ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF CEDAR BOG, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO

Surveys of vascular plants in Cedar Bog State Memorial were conducted from 1990 through 1992 as part of a larger ecological study by the ohi o Department of Natural Resources. Cedar Bog is a fen, or alkaline bog , containing unusual habitats conducive to the growth of numerous plan t taxa considered rare in Ohio. Investigations of the flora of this ar ea began in the late 19th century and have continued intermittently to the present, making Cedar Bog one of the most thoroughly studied natu ral areas in ohio. Thirty-eight species new to Cedar Bog were discover ed, as well as two species thought to have been extirpated from Cedar Bog.