PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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CARYOPHYLLACEAE 

 Dianthus barbatus L. 



Sweet william 



Roadsides and waste places about houses. Introduced and cultivated 

 for ornament but sometimes escaping from gardens and door yaids. 

 Freemans Home. July. 



Silene noctinora L. 



Night flowering catch fly 

 Waste places. Not common. Introduced. 



Arenaria Groenlandica (Retz.) Spreng. 

 Greenland sandwort. Mountain sandwort 

 Summit of Mt Mclnt) re and Mt Wright. July and August. 



Alsine media L. 



St ell aria media Sm. 

 Common chickweed 



This introduced plant and troublesome weed is common and variable. 

 A small upright form is common along the old Keene road in the eastern 

 part of the town. In rich partly shaded ground it grows much larger 

 and is either erect or prostrate. It is very hardy and may be found in 

 blossom till freezing weather stops its growth, and in early spring it is 

 ready to begin its growth as soon as ice and snow have disappeared. 



Alsine longifolia (MuhL) Britton 



Stellaria longifolia Muhl. 



Long leaved stitchwort 



Moist ground. Wood farm and Notch road. August. The species 

 is easily recognized by its long narrow leaves and by its inflorescence 

 soon becoming lateral. 



Alsine borealis {Bigel.) Britton 



Stellaria borealis Bigel. 



Northern stitchwort 



Wet places. June and July. Freemans Home and Marcy trail. It 

 ascends to the open summit of Mt Marcy. A very diffuse form 

 approaching A. borealis alpestris was collected many years ago in the 

 Ausable valley. 



