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Betula a/nus Stewart 1806: ‘Alder‘. Alnus rugosa (speckled alder). Betula alnus incana was applied by Linnaeus (1753) to Alnus Bagster 1861: ‘Alder birch'. incana, the European grey alder.

Alnus serrulata McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given] ? Alnus crispa (green alder). A. serru/ata, the hazel alder, occurs in NS. and NB. (Farrar 1995). [Bain] 1882: ‘alders‘. ? Alnus rugosa (speckled alder). Erskine (1960) considered that McSwain & Bain’s species must be Popu/us tremu/a

Alnus crispa.

Bagster 1861: ‘White poplar'. Popu/us tremu/o/des (aspen). The name Popu/us tremu/ens is not listed by Elwes & Henry. Stewart 1806: ‘White ash’. Fraxinus americana (white ash). Fraxinus exce/sior is the European ash. Fraxinus sambucifo/ia

Stewart 1806: ‘Black ash’. Fraxinus nigra (black ash). I could not find Fraxinus americana ever having been used for the black ash — could it be Stewart’s own error? Carp/nus ostrya

Bagster 1861: ‘Black ash’. Fraxinus sambucifolia was applied to the black ash by Lamarck Ostlya virgin/ca

[Bain] 1882: ‘ashes’. (1786).

Fraxinus nigra (black ash).

Macoun 1894: ‘Black ash‘. Johnson 1895: ‘Black ash’.

Bagster 1861: ‘Horn beam’. Ostrya virginiana (ironwood). Carp/nus ostrya was applied by Linnaeus (1753) to the European hop hornbeam, and later extended to the American lronwood.

Johnson 1895: ‘lron wood'. Ostrya virgin/ana (ironwood). Ostlya virginica was a name given by Willdenow (1805).

Bagster 1861: ‘Mountain ash’. Sorbus americana (mountain ash). Sorbus aucuparia (rowan) is a European species.

Pyrus americana McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given] Sorbus americana (mountain ash). Pyrus americana was the name given by De Candolle (1825). The P/rus americana Johnson 1895: ‘Mountain ash’. species was later re-assigned to the Sorbus genus.

P. cerasus (dwarf cherry) is a European species.

Prunus cerasus

Prunus depressa

Prunus virgin/a

Prunus serotina

Bagster 1861: ‘Red cherry’.

Prunus depressa. Erskine (1960) says that this species is absent from Prince Edward island, though it is found in New Brunswick.

McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given]

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[Bain] 1882: ‘cherries’ [no name given]. Prunus virginiana (choke cherry). Prunus virgin/a may simply be an error for P. virginiana.

Bagster 1861: ‘Late cherry’. ? [he lists P. virginiana separately] Prunus serotina is a species found in New Brunswick (Erskine McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given] ? [they list P. v/rginiana separately] 1960). The name was also applied by Ehrhart (1788) to include

Macoun 1894: ‘Biack cherry‘. Prunus virginiana (choke cherry). the choke cherry, though previously Miller (1768) had applied the name P. viriniana to the choke cher Cory/us avel/ana Stewart 1806: ‘Hazel nut’. Cory/us cornuta (hazel). Cory/us ave/lana is the European species of hazel.

Bagster 1861: ‘Beaked hazel'. Cory/us cornuta (hazel). Cory/us rostrata was a name applied to C. cornuta by Alton McSwain & Bain 1891: [no name given] (1789?).

Cory/us cornuta (hazel).

Cory/us rostrata

Cory/us americana

Bain 1890: ‘Hazel’. Cory/us americana is a more southerly North American species.