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PINK MOCCASIN-FLOWER, Cypripedium acaule.—^everdl 

 in bloom. 



ROUND-LEAVED ORCHID, Lysias orhiculat a. —One plant 

 found in shade of spruce trees near summit. Now in bud. 



BRACKEN FERN, Fteridkim aquilinum. — The most abundant 

 plant of the region, covering thousands of acres of burnt 

 lands. 



CINNAMON FERN, Osmunda cinnamonea. — A few small areas 

 overgrown with this fern. 



POLYPODY, Polypodium vulgare. — On rocks. Not common. 



GROLTND PINE, Lycopodinm ohscurum. — Common. 



RUNNING PINE, Lycopodkim clavatum. — Abundant. Trailing 

 over rocks. 



GROUND PINE, Lycopodinm complanatum. — A few found. 



The list here given is far from complete but includes the 

 majority of plants, from the club mosses up, which grow on the 

 highest parts of Spruce mountain. A thorough search would 

 reveal many additional and interesting flowering plants and a 

 large number of cryptogams. A list oi the numerous plants 

 which grow in the wooded portions of the mountain might be 

 given, but for lack of space this is not included. 



The mammal and bird life of Spruce mountain is no less 

 interesting than the plant life; and the region is as definitely 

 characterized as Canadian by the one as by the other. Some of 

 the representatives of the mammalian fauna found upon or in 

 the vicinity of the mountain are the Black Bear, Ursus ameri- 

 canus, the Raccoon, Procyon lot or, the Red Fox, Vtdpes fidvus, 

 the Bay 'Ljjix,Lynx 7'ufus, the Varying Hare, Lepus Ameri- 

 canus, and the Red Squirrel, Sciurus hudsomcus. Among the 

 smaller mammals are the Smoky Shrew, Sorex fumeus, the Star- 

 nosed Mole, Condylura crisfaia, Cooper's Lemming, Synaptomys 



