370 THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



olas, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph, Roane, Summers, 

 Tyler, Wayne, and Wyoming. Reported from Greenbrier 

 by Millspaugh. In Webster it is rare, being found on the 

 divide betv^^een Gauley and Williams rivers at altitude 

 3,500 feet, on "Tater knob" on Holly river, and in a few 

 other places. It is not frequently found in McDowell and 

 Wyoming. 



Wood. — Coarse-grained, brittle, light, reddish, very durable 

 Resin-filled knots are frequently found in deciduous woods 

 which have been exposed to the weather for hundreds of 

 years. 



Uses. — Wood excellent for fuel. Used also for charcoal, interior 

 finish for houses, for furniture, for bridge timber, boxes 

 and crates. Tar is often made from this wood. An area 

 on Snaggy mountain, near Terra Alta, Preston county, was 

 used for this purpose. Not an important timber tree in 

 West Virginia. 



PINUS ECHINATA, Mill. Yellow Pine. Short-leaved Pine. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Staten Island, New York, to north Florida and to West Vir- 

 ginia and eastern Tennessee, and through the Gulf states to east- 

 ern Louisiana and southern Missouri to eastern Texas; most 

 abundant and of its largest size west of the Mississippi river. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Sparsely distributed in the fol- 

 lowing counties lying back from the Ohio river, and on the 

 east of the Alleghany mountains. 

 Calhoun : common near Grantsville. 

 Doddridge: very few trees. 

 Grant: east of AUeghanies. 

 Hampshire : on dry soils with other softwoods. 

 Hardy: scattered grovrth. 



Jackson: once abundant, now scattered thickly in some 



parts of Washington district. 

 Mason : few trees in hilly section. 

 Mercer: distributed in northern and western parts. 

 Mineral : few trees. 



