. A botanical survey of the Sugar Grove region. Plant ecology -- Ohio Sugar Grove Region; Plants -- Ohio Sugar Grove Region Classification. 260 OHIO BIOLOGICAL SURVEY of the Hocking- bottom between Lancaster and i^ogan except tlie swamps described below and a few lai'ge trees standing in the fields into which it has been converted (fig. 6). Many of these, however, have either come up from seed since the forest was cut otf or were very young at that time, for they show no traces of ever having been crowded by near neighbors. One of them, a sugar maple {Acrr. sacdiarum), known as "The Queen
. A botanical survey of the Sugar Grove region. Plant ecology -- Ohio Sugar Grove Region; Plants -- Ohio Sugar Grove Region Classification. 260 OHIO BIOLOGICAL SURVEY of the Hocking- bottom between Lancaster and i^ogan except tlie swamps described below and a few lai'ge trees standing in the fields into which it has been converted (fig. 6). Many of these, however, have either come up from seed since the forest was cut otf or were very young at that time, for they show no traces of ever having been crowded by near neighbors. One of them, a sugar maple {Acrr. sacdiarum), known as "The Queen of the Valley (figs. 6 and 7), is the most perfect specimen of a round- topped shade tree known to the writer. Whether this bottom-land was originally covered with associations similar to those of rivei's in othei parts of the state or whether it partook of the features of the mixed forest of the "coves" cannot now be determined. Farmers who wdth their parents before them have always lived in the valley know nothing of the time when the land was generally clothed with forest. The last. Fig. 5. The Hocking Valley at Sugar Grove. Tlic hillsides still forested and largely in their natural condition, lowland and ujiland lioth cleared and cultivated. vestige of the forest, a little patch of only a few^ acres, was cleared away, so the writer is informed, al;out fifteen years ago. It is said to have contained some very large sycamore trees, with an admixture of some other 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 Griggs, Robert F. (Robert Fiske), 1881-1962. Columbus : Ohio State University
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