Title: The Canadian field-naturalist
Identifier: canadianfieldnat451931otta (find matches)
Year: 1931 (1930s)
Authors: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Publisher: Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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228 The Canadian Field-Naturalist (Vol. XLV stone, west side of river. Recorded by St. John as S. cordifolia Pursh. *Salix cordifolia Pursh, var. intonsa Fernald. Wolf Bay, July 31, 1927, turfy slope on the island called "The Black Land". Wapitagun, August 4, 1928, shallow turf on granitic slope. *Salix cordifolia Pursh, var. Macounii (Rydb.) Schneid. Wolf Bay, June 16, 1928, turfy hiUside, and June 17, 1928, low, rich soil at foot of turfy bank. Lake Island, June 17, 1927, scanty turf bordering bare granite just back of cliflfs, and August 6, 1928, prostrate in moss on hill. *Salix arctophila Cockerell. Yankee Harbour, July 28, 1927, damp swale. Mistanoque Island, June 24, 1927. Blanc Sablon, June 28, 1927, prostrate in turf on cal- careous sandstone, west side of river. Salix urva-ursi Pursh. Net Island, July 4, 1927, prostrate on rocky, granitic summit of island, at about 300 feet elevation. Bradore Bay, July 13, 1928, gran- itic summit, at about 500 feet elevation. Salix vestita Pursh. Blanc Sablon, July 10, 1928, bushy hillside, west side of river. Populus tremuloides Michx. Thunder River, September 2, 1928, open, scattered, mixed woods on sandy soil. Magpie, September 1, 1928, open woods on sandy plain. Ste. Genevieve Island, August 23, 1928, open limestone shingle area above beach. Mascanin, August 20, 1928, beside small stream at tide water. St. John states, "R. Bell indicates this on his map (B4) as growing over the greater part of Labrador peninsula, It does not, how- ever, grow in the coastal region east of Mingan." That this unfortunate statement is incorrect is shown by the above collections from Ste. Genevieve Island and Mascanin, both of which stations are east of Mingan and at both of which P. tremuloides grows within a few feet of tide water. At Mascanin, the easternmost station recorded, were a number of trees of this species about 40 feet high, and from 5 to 11 inches in diameter, as well as smaller individuals. This record extends the known range of this plant 70 miles eastward from Mingan along this coast. I have also observed the species at Betchewun and at Little Watshishu, both east of Mingan, so that its range in this region is, apparently, fairly continuous. It may be noted here that the St. Lawrence Pilot, vol. 1, Eighth Edition, 1916, page 168, published by the British Admiralty, records "poplar" as growing on Little Mecatina Island, probably on the authority of Dr. Wm. Kelly, who accompanied Capt. Bayfield when he made a hydrographic survey of this coast. The species intended is not known. *Populus tremuloides Michx., var. rhomboidea Vict. Magpie, September 1, 1928, tree about 40 feet high and 10 inches in diameter. Populus tacamahacca Mill. Betchewun, August 26, 1928, boggy places in clearings and woods. Recorded by St. John as P. balsamifera L. (To be continued)
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Unusually old individual of Betula pumiJa, prostrate at top of sea-cliff on Lake island.

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