26 PRACTICAL FORESTRY IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 
there may be found clumps or scattered specimens of young Tamarack, 
but even these trees have in many cases been attacked by insects and 
are Gying down from the top. (PI. VII, fig. 2.) The Tamarack is fol- 
lowed, on the less saturated ground, by Spruce, Balsam, and some- 
times White Pine. Along the low inlets the second growth is usually 
young Tamarack and Soft Maple. 
Black Ash is very exacting regarding soil. It is almost never found 
growing naturally, except on wet soil. The trees in the portion of the 
Adirondacks included in this working plan are of moderate size, on an 
average about 13 inches in diameter, and are frequently unsound. 
Cedar is not an important element in the forest and is very much 
localized in its distribution. It is found about a number of the lakes 
which are surrounded by Jow banks. Thus,on the east side of Lake Lila, 
in Nehasane Park, and on Bottle, Flatfish, Stony, and some other ponds 
in the Whitney Preserve there is a fringe of White Cedar. The trees 
are usuaily rather short and serubby and have avery quick taper. Their 
average diameter is about 14.5 inches for trees over 10 inches through. 
The few Birch which succeed in growing on low ground are crooked 
and unsound. The other species found within the limits of swamp land 
occur chiefly on slight elevations, and are discussed under Spruce flats. 
The following table, which gives the measurements of a sample plot 
made by the writer in 1896 at Santa Clara, N. Y., is an excellent illus- 
tration of a typical swamp in the Adirondacks. The table also shows 
the average rate of growth of swamp Spruce of different diameters. 
Acre measurements (1 acre) on cut-over swamp lands at Santa Clara, N. Y. 
[From ‘‘ The Adirondack Spruce.’’} 
(This land was cut over in 1891, at which time two Spruce trees with an estimated yield of 1.6 stand 
ards wereremoved. Situation: Spruceswamp. Soil: Wet. Balsam bunched on one side of the acre. 
No trees show increased growth after cutting.) 
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