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 Trees.
Alnus incana (speckled or hoary alder), abundant along streams, &c.
Thuja occidentalis (American arbor-vitæ), one of the prevailing.
Fraxinus sambucifolia (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 ta a settler, a few on the east side of Chesuncook Lake; a few also about Bangor in 1853.
