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QUERCUS L. 

 Q. ALBA L. White Oak. 



All soils, plentiful throughout the State. 

 Q. MINOR (Marsh.) Sarg. Post Oak. Iron Oak. (Q. stellata, 

 Wang.) 



Dry sterile soils, common. 

 Q. MACROCARPA Michx. Burr Oak. Mossy-cup Oak. 



Rich soils. Tyler : near Long Reach. 

 Q. PRINUS L. Chestnut Oak. 



Rocky woods. Frequent throughout the State. 

 Q. ACUMINATA (Michx.) Houda. Yellow Oak. (Q. Muhlen- 

 bergii Engelm.) 



Rich, wooded valleys, especially in the mountains. Fay- 

 ette: near Nuttallburg, rare (Nuttall). 



Q. PAGODAEFOLIA (Ell.) Ashe. 



Rich bottom lands. Kanawha : a few trees found on the 

 north side of the river at Charleston (Brooks}. 

 Q. BICOLOR Willd. (Q. platanoides Sudw.). 



Moist soils and borders of streams. Grant : along Lunice 

 Creek; Hardy: along the South Branch, near Moorefield; 

 Pocahontas : near Marlinton ; Randolph : along the Tygarts 

 Valley near Huttonsville ; Upshur : rare near Lorentz 

 (Brooks). 

 Q. RUBRA L. Red Oak. 



Common throughout the State, in both rich and poor soils. 

 Q. COCCINEA Wang. 



Woodlands. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, apparently a sec- 

 ond growth (Nuttall). 



Q. VELUTINA Lam. Black Oak. (Q. tinctoria Bartr.). 



Dry woodlands. In large tracts in the Alleghanies of 

 Mineral, Grant and Tucker counties. Gilmer : near Glen- 

 ville (Map el). Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Mon- 

 ongalia : near Ice's Ferry. Summers : near Hinton. 

 Q. PALUSTRIS DuRoi. 



Along streams. Monongalia : near Stumptown. Fayette : 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Q. DIGITATA (Marsh.) Sudw. Spanish Oak. (Q. f ale at a, Michx.) 



Dry sandy soils throughout the western counties. 

 Q. NIGRA L. Black Jack Oak. 



Common in dry or heavy clay soils throughout the center 

 of the State. Hardy : near Moorefield. 



Q. NANA (Marsh.) Sarg. Holly-leaved Oak. (Q. Hid folia Wang.) 

 Sandy soils. Hampshire : near Romney. Hardy : near 

 Moorefield. 

 Q. IMBRICARIA Michx.* Laurel Oak. 



Rich woods. Monongalia : near Morgantown and Laurel 

 Point. Hardy : near Moorefield. 



