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CUPULIFEK.^. Oak Family. 
BETULA, L. Bibch. 
B. lenta, L. Black Bikoh. Sweet Birch. , 
Woods and copses; frequent. 
B. lutea, Mx. f. Yellow Birch. X<'- 
Common in woods. C- . - " ■ ' 
B. populifolia, Marsh. White Birch. Gray Birch. ^ ^ ^ 
B. papyrifera, Marsh. B. p^yrdbeh, Ait. 'i^per Birch. Canoe L - .r, 
Birch. % ‘ ' *' ' ^ ^ ^ P (^\ 
Common in woods. 
ALNUS, B. Aldeb ^^ 
A. o rigidi i I (ciin wi yf^ . Green Alder. ^ 7" 
Very common at all altitudes in dry soil. 7he^, A 
A. incana (L.), Willd. Speckled Alder. 
Common in low grounds. 
CORYLUS, L. Hazel-nut. 
C. rostrata, Ait. Beaked Hazel-ndt. iaAf.SMXC. 
Frequent in woods and clearings, and hy roadsides. North- 
west Cove; Emery District; Dog Mt.; Sargent Mt.; Aunt 
Mollys Beach ; Somesville, etc. (B-and); — Echo Notch (K. ^ P/ut, 
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QUERCUS, L. Oak. 
' Q. rubra, L. Red Oak. 
Frequent; widely distributed, hut nowhere very abundant; 
rare in the south of the Island. Much dwarfed on the moun¬ 
tains. During the early history of the Island oaks were ap- ^ 
patently abundant, although probably of this species only. At 
a very early day, however, the oak woods began to be felled for 
tirnber. At Somesville, it is said, there was an oak wood on 
the shores of Somes Harbor, which attracted the attention of 
