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Coptis trifolia Salisb. 



Goldthread. Three leaved goldthread 



Woods, swamps, mossy places and mountain tops. Common. June. 

 The slender golden yellow thread-like rootstocks, which suggest the 

 common name of this plant, have a bitter taste and have been used as a 

 domestic remedy for sore mouth. The whole plant is said to possess a 

 bitter principle and to have tonic properties. 



Aquilegia Canadensis L. 



Wild columbine 



Rocky places. Rare. West side of Mt Pitehoff June. It is more 

 plentiful at Cascade lake near the east line of the town. It is a beautiful 

 plant both in flower and foliage and it is sometimes cultivated as an 

 ornamental plant of the garden/ 



Aquilegia vulgaris L. 



European columbine. Garden columbine 



This introduced ornamental plant sometimes escapes from gardens and 

 door yards and grows spontaneously along roadsides. In North Elba it 

 occasionally lingers about the sites of dwellings that have been abandoned 

 burned or demolished. 



Cimicifuga racemosa Nutt. 



Black snakeroot. Black cohosh 



A single cluster of this plant was found growing by the roadside 

 between South Meadow and Adirondack lodge road. It is probably a 

 recent introduction and may not be permanent. 



Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 

 A . spicata var. rubra Ait. 

 Red baneberry 

 Woods and thickets. Common. June. 



Actaea alba (Z.) Mill 



White baneberry 



Woods. Rare. Base of Rocky hill, southeast of Wood farm. June. 

 The thick pedicels and white berries afford the most available characters 

 by which to separate this species from the preceding one. 



