... in Methuen and ponds in North Andover. South, east of the Alleghany mountains, to Florida; west, locally through the northern tier of states to Minnesota and along the Gulf states to Texas; ... banks of rivers. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia to the Lake Superior region. Maine,—frequent; New Hampshire,—in the highlands of the southern section, and along the Connecticut river valley to ... highlands up to the alpine area of the White mountains, above the range of the yellow birch; Vermont,—common; Massachusetts,—common in the western and central sections, rare towards the coast;...