Excerpt from The Rainbow Forest Plantations: Guide to Experimental Plots and Report of Progress, 1924
The natural forest growth of the region is inferior hardwoods (mostly grey birch and oaks) and pitch pine, with some chestnut and white pine. The latter species is the only one to make good growth although the chestnut did well before it was attacked by the blight. Land abandoned for agriculture first seeds in to broom sedge and similar plants, followed by grey birch and pitch pine. Later stages Of reversion Show a diminution of grey birch and an increase Of inferior oaks and pitch pine, with some white pine com ing in.
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