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URTICACEAE 

 Urtica dioica Z. 



Stinging nettle 

 Roadsides and waste places. Raybrook. August 



Urtica gracilis Ait 



Slender nettle 

 Roadsides. Lake Placid and Wood farm. August 



Urticastrum divaricatum (Z.) Kuntze 

 Lapo?'tea Ca?iadensis Gaud. 

 Wood nettle 



Wet or moist places in woods. Common. July and August. Not- 

 withstanding its stinging prickles the foliage of this plant is apparently 

 sometimes eaten by deer. 



Ulmus Americana Z. 



American elm. White elm 

 Valley of the Ausable and Newman farm. Scarce. May. 



MYRICACEAE 

 Myrica Gale Z. 



Sweet gale 

 Swamps and shores of lakes. Mirror lake. May. 



Comptonia peregrina (Z.) Coulter 

 Myrica asple?iifolia Endl. 

 Sweet eern 



Dry, sandy or rocky soil. Near the cemetery. June. 



CUPU LIFER AE 

 Alnus incana (Z.) Willd. 

 Speckled alder. Hoary alder 

 Swamps and shores of lakes and streams. Common. May. 



