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Miscellaneous Papers on the Botany of Michigan (1921) (Paperback)
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Miscellaneous Papers on the Botany of Michigan (1921) (Paperback)
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOWERING PLANTS, FERNS AND FERN ALLIES GROWING
WILD IN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY AND VICINITY IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF
MICHIGAN IN 1915 During the season of 1915 a camp for general
biological work was established on the bank of Manistique River,
perhaps 22 or more miles northeast of the city of Manistique, at a
place known as Floodwood, a very wild and uninhabited locality. It
having been decided to examine also the wild plants of the region,
the writer undertook the work. As the wild vegetation of Mackinac
and Chippewa Counties had previously received some attention, it
was thought best as far as time would permit, to connect the
present with former work. SCHOOLCHAFT COUNTY This county is bounded
on the south by Lake Michigan, east by Mackinac and Luce counties,
north by Alger County, west by Alger County in part and by Delta
County. It is from 36 to 40 miles north and south and from 30 to 36
miles east and west. Its Lake Michigan shore line is about 40 miles
and its northern boundary is from less than 6 to 12 miles from the
south shore of Lake Superior. Manistique, the county seat on Lake
Michigan, is about 300 miles and the south shore of Lake Superior
about 350 miles from the south state line. From the city of Detroit
ii is about 165 west and 200 miles north. The city of Manistique
has a population of about 5,000, all other places being very small,
and the county in general being sparsely settled. So far as the
writer has been able to learn there is no available literature on
the wild plants of this region. General Surface Conditions The
surface of the county is very irregular and much broken up into
tamarack-black spruce swamps, cranberry marshes, large open wet and
undrained areas, jack pine plains, sand ridges, and sand dunes,
small spots and l...
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