NEW SITE FOR CORNUS-FLORIDA (CORNACEAE) IN MAINE

1 Pages·1991·0.51 MB·English

by  C Cormier

RHODORA,
Vol. 93, No. 876, 400, 1991
p.
NEW
ENGLAND NOTE
NEW
FOR CORNUS FLORIDA (CORNACEAE)
SITE
MAINE
IN
Charles Cormier
On my
November
brother and discovered a stand
1990,
24,
I
dogwood, on Second
of Cornus JJorida L., the flowering Hill, in
York, Maine, one mile northeast of Mt. Agamenticus. Mt. Aga-
menticus the only historical site for naturally-occurring C. flor-
is
Maine. The two former stands that existed here were dis-
ida in
A
covered by Dr. Anne Perkins in 1936. search by Dr. Perkins
and Professor Hyland in 1954 revealed that both stands had been
destroyed by construction and the building of a road. In 1973,
M.
one was found near the above-mentioned road by L.
tree
summer
Eastman; was observed by the author during the of
it
The Second noteworthy owing
1990. station Hill to the fact
at
is
now known
that the only naturally-occurring stand of C.
it is
Eastman,
Perkins, 1955; 1976).
ate
(5£^£^
fl'
common
Nort
understory of eastern
tree
a
northeastemmost limit of distribution
its
Winth
from Favette Rid&e, Maine, near
never produced voucher specimen and most erroneous.
a likely
is
The on Second on south about
stand Hill located the side at
is
m
165 (500 above sea and consists of twelve trees four
level,
ft.)
m
cm
each about diameter four
to five in height, 7.5 in at feet
The
above ground (DBH). about dry rocky
level site, .5 acre, is
woods which also supports Quercus alba L., Q. rubra L., Q. prinus
Carya ovata K. Koch, Pinus strobus Tsuga cana-
(Mill.) L.,
L.,
A
densis Carr, and Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) K. Koch. voucher
(L.)
specimen has been deposited maine.
at
LITERATURE CITED
Perkins, A. 1955. The Flora of York County, Maine. The Garden Journal
E.
New NY.
Vol. No. York Botanical Garden, The Bronx,
5, 1,
Eastman, M. 1976. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus flohda) in Maine. Maine
L.
Planning Planning Report No. Planning
State Office State Office,
9.
ME.
Augusta,
MELBOURNE
STREET
227
NH
PORTSMOUTH,
03801
400