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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — A common tree. Found through- 

 ' out the State except on highest mountains and in a few 

 small areas south and west, especially in Jackson, Putnam, 

 Mingo, and Wyoming. Thrives at higher altitudes than 

 Black Walnut, reaching 3,000 feet, or over, in its distribu- 

 tion along cold mountain streams in Randolph and adja- 

 cent counties. 



Wood. — Light, soft, coarse-grained, light brown, durable. 

 Uses. — Less valuable than black walnut. Wood used for interior 

 finish for houses, for posts, etc. Bears edible nuts. 



JUGLANS NIGRA, L. Black Walnut. 



GeograpJiic Distribution. 



Rich bottom lands and fertile hillsides, western Massachusetts 

 to southern Ontario, southern Michigan and Minnesota, central 

 and northern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and southward to west- 

 ern Florida, central Alabama and Mississippi, and the valley of 

 the San Antonio river, Texas; most abundant in the regions 

 west of the Alleghany Mountains, and of its largesc size on the 

 western slopes of the high mountains of North Carolina and 

 Tennessee, and on the fertile river bottom lands of southern 

 Illinois and Indiana, southwestern Arkansas, and the Indian 

 Territory; largely destroyed for its valuable timber, and now 

 rare. 



Distrihution in West Virginia. — Still found in scattered growth 

 in rich coves, valleys, and hillsides in every county. Not 

 found at high altitudes. 



Wood. — Heavy, dark brown, hard, coarse-grained, durable heart- 

 wood. 



Uses. — A very valuable timber tree. Wood used for furniture of 

 all kinds, veneering, musical instruments, wainscot, gun 

 stocks, and for many other purposes. Produces large quan- 

 tities of edible nuts. 



HICORIA MINIMA, Britt. Bitternut. Swamp Hickory. 



(jreograpMc Distribution. 



Low wet woods near the borders of streams and swamps or 

 high rolling uplands often remote from streams, southern Maine 

 to Ontario, central Michigan and Minnesota, southeastern Ne- 



