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Niagara
Issues - Scoville's Knoll http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/ResBot/niag/ |
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Niagara
Issues - Scoville's Knoll This knoll feature (now
called "Oak Hill") appears on topographic maps, especially before
the 1950's as a natural elevation of indurated bedrock. It supports an
interesting forest of mature Oaks and Hickories on its western face. These
images show the western face (facing Ontario and the river). The treeless,
snow-covered slope is that of the spoil area and the suture between the knoll
and spoil area is where the two slopes meet. At the summit of the knoll is a
stone fence that most likely derives from an old farmhouse perhaps built by
the Scoville mentioned in George Clinton's journal from the 1860's (see web
site for mentions of Lewiston in this journal). Although the back of the
knoll, the side facing east, is mostly a forest growth of the weedy Acer
negundo (Box Elder) and other invasive species, the western face seems to
give a good representation of its aboriginal forest cover, the species
assemblages matching those in native areas of the Niagara gorge, such as at
Whirlpool woods (DeVeaux Steps near Whirlpool State Park). The knoll is
dignified by the site of a burial mound attributable to the aboriginal
peoples inhabiting the area.
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