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"It was so desolate it would make an owl weep to fly over it." - Colonel William L. Stone’s description of the undeveloped swampy lowland that, in 1820, was Syracuse, New York, then a town of just 250 people. Source: Mark Kurlansky’s (2002) Salt: a world history.
Family Cupressaceae (cypresses):ORDER TAXALES (yews):Juniperus communis, common juniper Juniperus virginiana, eastern redcedar Thuja occidentalis, arborvitae
Family Pinaceae (pines):Larix laricina, tamarack Pinus banksiana, jack pine Pinus strobus, eastern white pine Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock
Family Taxaceae (yews)Taxus canadensis, Canada yew