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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



referred — ^without complete sets of flowers, mature leaves and 

 fruits— to the proper species. Other trees which are of especial 

 interest on account of the difficulty in some cases of their de- 

 termination and the consequent uncertainty of their occurrence 

 or distribution in the State, are the Basswoods, the Willows, the 

 Poplars, and the Ashes. 



PINUS STROBUS, L. White Pine. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Newfoundland to Manitoba, through the northern states to 

 Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Iowa, and along the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains to eastern Kentucky and Tennessee and northern Georgia, 

 forming nearly pure forests on sandy drift soils, or more often 

 in small groves scattered in forests of deciduous-leaved trees on 

 fertile, well-drained soils, also on the hanks of streams, river 

 flats, or rarely in swamps. * 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Grew originally in abundance 

 (1) on the east side of Greenbrier river in Pocahontas and 

 Greenbrier counties, chiefly on Knapps creek, Deer creek, 

 Sitlington creek, and Anthonys creek; (2) on heads of 

 Piney river and Glade creek in Raleigh county; (3) on 

 Bluestone river in IMercer county; (4) on Horseshoe run 

 and adjacent tributaries of the Cheat river in Tucker 

 county. 



Distributed at present as follows: 



Calhoun: Laurel creek, and on Little Kanawha river 



below Grantsville. 

 Gilmer: a few scattered trees in northern end. 

 Hampshire: scattered among other conifers. 

 Hardy: scattered growth. 

 Jackson: few trees. 

 Mineral: infrequent. 



Pendleton : in creek bottoms. Small areas. Once common 

 on South Branch and South Fork of Potomac. Killed 

 by beetles in 1892. 



♦ The geographic distribution of all species of trees named in this 

 report is according to "Manual of the Trees of North America" by 

 Charles S. Sargent. 



