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CONIFER/E, 



JUNIPERUS, L. 



J. COMMUNIS, L. 



Mr. Latham's woods, Catawba; very rare. 

 J. virginiana, L., Red Cedar. 



Frequent in dry soil in various parts of Erie and 

 Ottawa counties. Formerly abundant on the 

 islands where its wood was one of the first 

 sources of income to the early settlers. Many 

 stumps two feet or more in diameter still remain 

 on Kelley's Island, though they are being used 

 for kindling and for boat knees. The trees grew 

 in the thin soil overlying the limestone, and so 

 the roots following the level surface of the rock 

 were given off from the trunk at a right angle. 

 Having greater strength than an artificial joint 

 and great durability sections of these stumps 

 make excellent knees for small boats. Large 

 cedars grew formerly also on Cedar Point where 

 small ones are common now. 



PINUS, Tourn. 



P. strobus, L. White Pine. 



Cedar Point and Vermillion River. Both this 

 and Red Cedar grew once where Sandusky Bay is 

 now. 



TAXUS, Tourn. 



T. canadensis, Willd. American Yew. Ground 



Hemlock. 



Shores of Islands and Vermillion River ; infre- 

 quent. 



TSUGA, Carriere. 



T. canadensis, Carr. Hemlock. 



Common along the Old Woman Creek at Berlin 

 Heights and along the Vermillion River. 



