FLORA OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WIS¬ 
CONSIN: A LIST OF THE FERN AND SEED PLANTS 
GROWING WITHOUT CULTIVATION. 
SAMUEL, C. WADMOND. 
PREFACE. 
So far as the writer is aware, there are but three lists of' 
local Wisconsin Flora extant, one of Milwaukee County, a 
second of Madison and vicinity, and a third of a part of Sauk 
County. This list is submitted as a slight further contribu¬ 
tion to the data for a study of Wisconsin phytogeography. 
It is to he hoped that these lists of local floras may ultimately 
develop into a catalogue of the Wisconsin Flora, superseding 
that of Swezey (1883) which is badly in need of revision and 
gives localities for hut a few species. 
Both counties are included in the list because collections 
were as often made in one of them as the other, and both are 
similar in topography and flora. 
The two counties combine to form nearly a square in the 
extreme southeast corner of the State, each side of the square 
representing twenty-four miles; the eastern side of the square 
is irregular, representing the Lake Michigan boundary. 
The altitude of the land above the level of Lake Michigan 
varies somewhat. Along the Lake it ranges from a few feet 
to forty feet, the level of Racine and Kenosha. In the western 
part it ranges from 190 feet at Wind Lake to 260 feet at 
Powers Lake, the latter point being 838 feet above sea level. 
The drainage of the eastern half of Racine County is tribu¬ 
tary to Lake Michigan through Root River; of the western to 
