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Shallow water of ponds and streams; frequent, particularly on the 
upland. Occasionally on exposed muddy shores and at other times 
at a depth of several feet. 
SPERMATOPHYTA. SEED PLANTS; FLOWERING PLANTS. 
GYMNOSPERMAE. GYMNOSPERMS. 
TAXACEAE. YEW FAMILY. 
TAXUS. Yew. 
T. canadensis Marsh. Ground Hemlock. — Cool woods and 
shaded slopes; common. 
PINACEAE. PINE FAMILY. 
ABIES. Fir. 
A. balsamea (L.) Mill. Balsam Fir. — Swamps and moist slopes, 
along the plateau from Sandisfield northward; frequent in Sandisfield, 
common in parts of Washington and on Greylock. 
JUNIPERUS. Juniper. 
J. communis L. — A single tree, 3 m. high, in open woodland, 
Pittsfield. 
var. depressa Pursh. Common Juniper. — Hillside pastures and 
borders of woodland; frequent in Sheffield, rare elsewhere in the 
valley. Frequent on a gravelly hillside, Cold Spring Road, Williams- 
town. Occasional on the plateau, Savoy, Washington (altitude 
1800 feet). 
J. virginiana L. Red Cedar; Savin. — Hillside pastures; fre- 
quent in Shcllield, occasional in the Housatonic Valley as far north as 
Lee. A fine grove on a gravelly iiillsidc on the Cold Spring Road, 
Williamstown. A few scattered trees in South Sandisfield; not noted 
elsewhere on the plateau. 
LARIX. Larch. 
L. laricina (DuRoi) Koch. Larch; Tamar.\ck. — Wet hillsides 
and swamps; common. 
