WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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Distribution in West Virginia. — Rare. Collected on the North 

 Fork of South Branch of Potomac between Circleville and 

 mouth of Seneca in Pendleton county. Said to grow also 

 on South Branch and on the South Fork of the Potomac. 

 Reported by Millspaugh from Mineral and Grant counties. 



Wood. — Soft, brittle, light, very durable. 



Uses. — Valuable for posts, ties, poles, etc., but too rare in West 

 Virginia to be of great commercial or domestic value. 



JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA L. Red Cedar. Savin. 



Geo grap hie D istri h utio n. 



Dry gravelly slopes and rocky ridges, often immediately on 

 the sea coast, from southern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to 

 the coast of Georgia, the interior of southern Alabama and Mis- 

 sissippi, and westward to the valley of the lower Ottawa river, 

 eastern Dakota, eastern Nebraska and Kansas, the Indian Terri- 

 ritory and eastern Texas, not ascending the mountains of New 

 England and New York nor the high southern Alleghanies; in 

 middle Kentucky and Tennessee, and northern Alabama and 

 Mississippi, covering great areas of low rolling limestone hills 

 with nearly pure forests of small bushj^ trees. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Not plentiful. Rarely found in 

 Randolph, Tucker, Upshur, Pocahontas, Webster, Barbour, 

 Harrison, Taylor, Lewis and in the mountainous parts of 

 Nicholas, Greenbrier, Grant, Preston, and Monongalia. A 

 scattered growth throughout the whole western and south- 

 ern hilly sections and east of the Alleghanies. Rather 

 plentiful in Gilmer, Calhoun, Putnam and Hampshire. 



Wood. — Close-grained, soft, light, dark reddish, easily worked, 

 very durable. 



Uses. — "Wood used for interior finish, lining of wardrobes, chests, 

 etc., for posts and poles, and for pails, tubs, and shingles. 



JUGLANS CINEREA, L. Butternut. "White Walnut." 



Geographic Distribution. 



Rich moist soil near the banks of streams and on low rocky 

 hills, southern New Brunswick and the valley of the St. Law- 

 rence river in Ontario to eastern Dakota, southeastern Nebraska, 

 central Kansas, northern Arkansas, and Delaware, and on the 

 Appalachian mountains to northern Georgia and northern Ala- 

 bama; most abundant and of its largest size northward. 



