€83 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] || [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.