WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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Distribution in West Yh^ginia. — Preston county, Cranesville 

 swamp at Maryland line. Few scattered trees, none over 

 15 inches in diameter. 



Wood. — Hard, heavy, very durable, brownish. 



Uses. — Too rare at present to be of value in West Virginia. 

 Wood used for interior finish, telephone poles, cross-ties, 

 fence po&ts, ship-building, and for many other purposes. 

 Planted as an ornamental tree. 



PICEA RUBENS, Sarg. Red Spruce. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Well-drained uplands and mountain slopes, often forming a 

 large part of extensive forests, from Prince Edward Island and 

 the valley of the St. Lawrence southward to the coast of Massa- 

 chusetts, along the interior hilly part of Nev\^ England and New 

 York, and the Alleghany Mountains to the high peaks of North 

 Carolina. 



Distribution in W est Virginia. — Confined to high mountains and 

 plateaus. Grows at elevations varying from about 2,-500 

 feet, in a few instances, up to 4,000 feet and over in the 

 following counties : 



Eandolph — on south and east — approximately, 80.000 acres 

 Pocahontas — on north and west — " 70,000 " 



Webster— on east— " 10,000 " 



Tucker j 



Pendleton V . 'V 30,000 



Greenbrier ) 



Total 190,000 acres 



A few scattered trees and groves are still to be found in 

 Grant and Preston counties, and in the cut-over lands ad- 

 jacent to the present uncut areas. 



According to Col. E. Hutton, whose estimate was published 

 in* Bulletin No. 17, of the West Virginia Agricultural 

 Experiment Station (Dr. A. D. Hopkins, 1891) the area 



