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Title: Plants of Monroe County, New York, and adjacent territory
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Beckwith, Florence Macauley, Mary E
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: (Rochester, N.Y.)
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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nd and gravel knolls*about twelve miles south-east from Rochester. They are five in num-ber, the smallest covering only a few acres, the largest having an areaof over one hundred acres. Four are connected by creeks or marshes,and form the head of Irondequoit creek. A fifth is apparently with-out outlet. Some sphagnum bogs represent other former ponds.The margins of the ponds are generally low and marshy. Sphagnumgrows here luxuriantly, forming a bed for large numbers of Sarra-cenia, Drosera, Calopogon, and many other species. The land adjoiningis under cultivation, but some low borders and hillsides are coveredwith forests which contain nearly every species of tree found withinthe district. The tupelo is represented by several large, fine trees.Black spruce is reported within the county only at this point. A char-acteristic feature of this locality is the occurrence of thousands ofplants of species which are elsewhere scarce. Acres of marsh are *See page 35. Proc. Roch. Acad. Science.
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