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braska eastern Kansas and Indian Territory, and southward to 

 northwestern Florida, northern Alabama, and eastern Texas; 

 one of the largest and commonest hickory trees of southern New 

 England, and abundant in all the central states east and west 

 of the Appalachian mountains; growing to its largest size on 

 the bottom lands of the lower Ohio basin; the common hickory 

 of Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Infrequent. Found in rather 



small numbers in the following counties: 



Boone : near Madison, on Pond Fork of Little Coal river. 



Grant : near Gormania, on North Branch of Potomac. 



Hampshire: near Romney. 



Hardy: near Moorefield. 



Jefferson: near Harpers Ferry. 



Monongalia : near Morgantown. 



Pocahontas: Cranberry Glades. 



Tucker: near Hendricks. 



Tyler: on Middle Island creek. 



Reported by Millspaugh from Greenbrier county. 

 Wood. — Hard, close-grained, heavy, tough, light broAvn. 

 Uses. — Wood used for fuel, handles, hoops, etc. Fruit bitter. 



HICORIA OVATA, Britt. Shellbark Hickory. Shagbark 



Hickory. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Low hills or near streams and swamps, in rich deep moder- 

 ately moist soil from southern Maine to the valley of the St. 

 Lawrence river near Montreal, southwestward along the north- 

 ern shores of Lake Erie and Ontario to southern Michigan, cen- 

 tral Minnesota, southeastern Nebraska, southward to Pennsyl- 

 vania and Delaware and along the Appalachian mountains to 

 western Florida, northern Alabama and Mississippi, and west- 

 ward to central Kansas, the Indian Territory and eastern 

 Texas; most common and of its largest size on the western 

 slopes of the southern Allegheny mountains and in the basin 

 of the lower Ohio river. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — A common tree. Found in all 

 parts of the State except on high mountains. Reported as 

 not plentiful in Wetzel, Roane, Jackson, and Summers. 



Wood. — Heavy, hard, strong, tough, close-grained, flexible, light 

 in color. 



