200 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



P. Taeda L. Loblolly, or Old-field Pine. 



Opens. Wood : near Kanawha Station. Mineral, Hamp- 

 shire, and Hard}' : along the table-lands. 



P. RiGiDA Mill. Pitch Pine. 



Kanawha: near Charleston {Barnes). Fayette: near 

 Nuttallburg, alt. 2,000 (Nuttall). Greenbrier: near White 

 Sulphur Springs. Mineral : on Knobby Mountains. Web- 

 ster: on Tater Knob, Wood: near Nicollet (H. H. Smith. 

 1510, 2026). 



P. PUNGENS, Michx. f. Table Mountain Pine. 



Dry rocky soils. Kanawha: near Charleston (Barnes) 

 Mineral on Knobby Mountain. Pendleton : foot hills of 

 Spruce Knob (A. D. Hopkins). 



P. ViRGiNiANA Mill. Scrub Pine. {P. inops, Ait.). 



Sterile hills. Greenbrier : near Caldwell ; slopes of Kate's 

 Mountain, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small). Fayette: near Nuttall- 

 burg, a common second growth {Nuttall). Summers: near 

 Hinton {Eggleston, 5587). Berkeley: near Martinsburg 

 Mercer : near Ingleside. 



P. ECHiNATA Mill. Yellow Pine. {P. niitis, Michx.) 



Wood: near Leachtown; near Nicollet {H. H. Smith, 



2025). Randolph: near Valley Bend. Summers: near 

 Hinton. 



LARIX Adans. 



L. LARiciNA (DuRoi) Koch. Tamarack (L. Americana Mx.) 

 Boggy lands. Preston: in Cranesville Glade {Rumsey). 



PICEA, Link. 



P. RUBENS Sarg. Black Spruce. "Yew Pine." "White Spruce," 

 "Spruce Pine." {Picea Mariana Prel. Cat ) 



In 1901 there were magnificent forests in the following 

 regions where it grew at elevations varying from 2,500 to 

 4,000 feet : 



Acres. 



Randolph County on Elk and Gauley waters 15,000 



Randolph County on Cheat waters 120,000 



Randolph County on Mill Creek S,ooo 



Randolph County on Elk Mountain 500 



Pocahontas County on Shaver's Fork of Cheat. . . . 20,000 

 Pocahontas County on the headwaters of Greenbrier 



River 100,000 



Pocahontas County on Elk and Gauley headwaters. 100,000 

 Tucker County on Cheat water 50,000 



