. Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region. Natural history -- Maine Mount Desert Island. THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 21 These range from the cedar swamps where the principal tree is arbor vitae to the ones locally called 'sunken heath,' 'bottomless heath,' etc., which are spring fed, and larch, spruce and the like dominate, with some maples. Brush such as Myrica gale and rank grasses begin in these. Approaching sea level; swamps and 'heaths' are formed where the water is fresh from the land drainage above or salt from the sea's penetration. Such a place is the bog back of Sea Wall and Great H
. Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region. Natural history -- Maine Mount Desert Island. THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 21 These range from the cedar swamps where the principal tree is arbor vitae to the ones locally called 'sunken heath,' 'bottomless heath,' etc., which are spring fed, and larch, spruce and the like dominate, with some maples. Brush such as Myrica gale and rank grasses begin in these. Approaching sea level; swamps and 'heaths' are formed where the water is fresh from the land drainage above or salt from the sea's penetration. Such a place is the bog back of Sea Wall and Great Heath in the northwestern part of the island, which is over 2 miles long and is a mile wide in one place. In. Swamp l)ack of Schooner Head these the vegetation is brush such as Myrica gale, Kalmia, and the like, while the floor of all of them is Spagnum. These places yield insects and at the same time, test one's endurance. Although the Island had attracted the attention of botanists for years, and they had published the results, no one did so in the case of insects before the Survey, with the exception of an interesting page and a half on the tiger beetles.*^ A number of butterflies obtained by various collectors visiting Mount Desert are mentioned in Scuclder's great work.'^ "'' Cicindelidae of Mt. Desert, Maine,'' by Edw. Doubleday Harris, Journal N. Y. Entom. Soc, vol. 9, p. 29, 1901. ^"Butterflies of eastern United States and Canada," by Samuel H. Scudder, 3 volumes, 1959 pages, and 89 plates, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Procter, William, 1872-1951; Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; Johnson, Charles Willison, 1863-1932; Blake, Charles Henry, 1901-. Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
Size: 2201px × 1135px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookpublisherphiladelphiathewistarinstituteofa
