A BOTANICAL SURVEY OF THE CAMPUS OF 
DENISON UNIVERSITY! 
DWIGHT MUNSON MOORE 
INTRODUCTION 
General location. The campus of Denison University is one 
of the most attractive spots in the state of Ohio. The greater 
part of it is on a hill at the northern margin of the village of 
Granville, situated near the center of Licking County, close to 
the geographic center of the state. Recent additions to the 
campus have increased its area to approximately 350 acres. 
Of this, Shepardson College occupies about one acre, Granville 
College about fifty acres, and the remainder composes Deeds 
Field, a great recreation and athletic field, and the College 
Farm. 
Scope of this paper. The present study is limited to the phaner- 
ogams of that part of the campus bounded by Burg street on the 
west. College street on the south. Mulberry street and its north- 
ward extension on the east, and the northern edge of the College 
woods, hereafter called the North Woods, on the north. It is 
hoped that the paper may later be supplemented with a study 
of the rest of the campus. 
Geology and physiography . The region is near the western 
edge of the Allegheny Plateau, within the zone of transition 
between the maturely dissected upland occupying the greater 
part of southeastern Ohio and the undulating lowland of cen- 
tral western Ohio. One of many hills of a rolling upland, inter- 
sected by streams, has been chosen for the campus. Its summit 
rises slightly above 1100 feet in altitude, and overlooks the broad 
flat-floored valley of Raccoon Creek which flows eastward along 
the southern foot of the hill at an elevation of about 900 feet 
^ Contribution from the Botanical Laboratory of Denison University, No. XIII. 
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