PLANTS OF NORTH ELBA 



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Juncoides spicatum {£.) Kuntze 

 Luzula spicata Desv. 

 Spiked wood rush 

 Top of Mt Wallface. This is its only known station in our state. 

 Found there in June 1898. 



TYPHACEAE 

 Typha latifolia L. 



Broad leaved cat tail 

 Bogs and muddy shores. Common. July. 



Sparganium simplex Buds. 

 Simple stemmed bur reed 

 Along streams and margins of lakes. Ausable river. July and August. 



Sparganium androcladum fluctuans Morong 

 S. simplex fluitatis Engelm. 

 Shallow water. Lake Placid. August. The long narrow leaves float 

 on the surface of the water. 



ARACEAE 

 Arisaema triphyllum (L ) Torrey 

 Indian turnip. Jack-in-the-pulpit 

 Moist soil in woods and open places. Common. May and June. 



Calla palustris L. 



Water arum. Wild calla 

 Swamps, bogs and water holes. Little Cherrypatch pond. July. 



ALISMACEAE 

 Sagittaria latifolia Willd. 



S. variabilis Engelm. 

 Broad leaved arrowhead 



Shallow water and wet places. Lake Placid, Mirror lake and John 

 Brown farm. July and August. The leaves in this species are very 

 variable in the width of the blades and the lobes. Several forms recog- 

 nized in the Manual as varieties occur in Lake Placid and Mirror lake. 

 The obtuse leaf form, var. obtusa, the diverse leaf form, var. diversifolia, 

 and the narrow leaf form, var. angusHfolia may be found. 



