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Azalea viscosa 



Viburnum venosum, 

 and much less fre- 

 quently V. dentatum 



Sambucus canadensis 



Rosa palustris 



Vaccinium atrococ- 

 cum 



Ilex verticillata 



Padusvirginiana Mill. 

 (Prunus serotina 

 Ehrh.) as a shrub. 



Toxicodendron vernix 

 These with the 



trees mentioned 



above, form next to 



impenetrable growths 



through which it is 



almost impossible to 



force one's way. It 



often happens that 



their branches are in- 

 extricably bound to- 

 gether by vines of 



Smilax rotundifolia, 



Vitis aestivalis, Par- 



thenocissus quinque- 



folia and Toxicoden- 

 dron radicans. The 



difficulty of getting 



through them, cou- 

 pled with the almost 



funereal gloom of their 



interiors has made 



these wooded kettle- 

 holes an object of 



suspicion among some of the natives, and even among more sophisticated 



visitors. 

 Herbs 



Toward the center, very often none. 



Figure 12. Interior view of wooded kettlehole. P'or details 

 see text. (Photograph by Harrington Moore.) 



