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APPENDIX. 
III. LIST OF PLANTS. 
The following is a list of the plants which I noticed in the 
Maine woods, in the years 1853 and 1857. (Those marked * 
not in woods.) 
1. Those which attained the height of Teees. 
Alnus incana (speckled or hoary alder), abundant along streams, 
&e. 
Thuja occidentalis (American arbor-vitae), one of the prevailing. 
Fraxinus samhucifolia (black ash), very common, especially near 
dead water. The Indian spoke of “yellow ash” as also found 
there. 
Populus tremuloides (American aspen), very common, especially 
on burnt lands, almost as white as birches. 
Populus grandidentata (large-toothed aspen), perhaps two or 
three. 
Fagus ferruginea (American beech), not uncommon, at least on 
the West Branch (saw more in 1846). 
Betula papyracea (canoe-birch), prevailing everywhere and about 
Bangor. 
Betula excelsa (yellow birch), very common. 
Betula lenta (black birch), on the West Branch, in 1853. 
Betula alba (American white birch), about Bangor only. 
Ulmus Americana (American or white elm), West Branch and 
low down the East Branch, i. e. on the lower and alluvial part of 
the river, very common. 
Larix Americana (American or black larch), very common on 
the Umbazookskus, some elsewhere. 
Abies Canadensis (hemlock-spruce), not abundant, some on the 
West Branch, and a little everywhere. 
Acer saccharinum (sugar maple), very common. 
Acer rubrum (red or swamp maple), very common. 
Acer dasycarpum (white or silver maple), a little low on East 
Branch and in Chesuncook woods. 
Quercus rubra (red oak), one on an island in Grand Lake, East 
Branch, and, according to a settler, a few on the east side of Che¬ 
suncook Lake ; a few also about Bangor in 1853. 
