HABITATS OF PLANTS 



Mountain Heath (Phyllodice coerulea). — Family, Heath. A low, 

 evergreen shrub whose stems are crowned with long, narrow 

 leaves. Branches tipped with purplish bell-shaped flowers on 

 long peduncles, single or in clusters. Found on high moun- 

 tains in New Hampshire, Maine and northward, toward the 

 latter part of summer. 



Fetter Bush (Leucothoe recurva). Page 410. 



Trailing Arbutus. Ground Laurel (Epigaea repens). Page 

 no. Called also Mayflower. Mostly in pine woods. 



Checkerberry. Creeping Wintergreen (Gaultheria procum- 

 bens). Page 112. Light, sandy woods, especially pine woods. 



Be arberry {Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi). Page 413. Often in pine 

 woods. 



Alpine Bearberry (A. alpina). Page 415. 



Deerberry. Squaw Huckleberry (Vaccinium stamineum). 

 Page 415. 



Low Sweet Blueberry. Early Sweet Blueberry (V. pennsyl- 

 vanicum). Page 417. 



Late Low Blueberry (V . vacillans). Page 417. 



Flowering Moss. Pyxie (Pyxidanthera barbulata). Page 114. 

 Pine barrens. 



Galax {Galax aphylla). Of the same family as the Pyxie, the 

 Diapensia, this evergreen herb sends up from a tuft of creeping 

 rootstocks roundish, heart-shape, crenately toothed, thick 

 leaves, which are much used for funeral wreaths. A spike of 

 small, white flowers terminates a slender scape. Found south- 

 ward, in open woods, from Virginia to Georgia. 



Chickweed Wintergreen (Trientalis americana). Page 116. 



Storax (Styrax grandifolia) . Page 417. 



(S. pulverulenta) . Page 418. Pine barrens. 



Stiff Gentian (Gentiana quinquefolia) . Page 326. 



Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium). Page 446. 



Four-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia) . Page 284. 



Whorled-leaved Milkweed (A. verticillata) . Page 118. 



Downy Phlox {Phlox pilosa). Page 285. 



Ground Pink. Moss Pink (P. subulata). Page 285. 



Greek Valerian (Polemonium reptans). Page 328. 



Early Scorpion Grass (Myosotis virginica). Page 119. 



Gromwell (Lithospermum Gmelini). Page 200. 



False Gromwell (Onosmodium virginianum) . Page 202. 



Skullcap (Scutellaria nervosa). Page 335. 



Giant Hyssop (Agastache nepetoides). Page 202. 



(A. scrophulariaefolia). Page 337. 



Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata). Page 340. 



(Blephilia ciliata). Page 341. 



Wood Mint (B. hirsuta). Page 341. 



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