PLANTS ADAPTED TO VARIOUS TYPES OF SOIL CONDITIONS : Page 472


LIST OF PLANTS ADAPTED TO VARIOUS TYPES OF SOIL

CONDITIONS

A. Boggy and Peaty Soils. Plants in this group have proved theirability to thrive under extremely wet conditions in boggy or peaty

types of soil. The evergreens in this group should never be plantedin a soil containing limestone or in a soil which is supplied with waterfrom a source where limestone is present, or be fertilized with bonemeal.

a. Boggy situations {Trees and Shrubs):

Acer ruhrum Itea virginica

Red Maple Virginian Willow

Alnus glutinosa Larix laricina

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