382 THE NATI^^ TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Infrequent. Found in the fol- 

 lowing counties: 



Randolph: a few trees at Glady, on Glady Fork of Cheat 

 river. 



Pocahontas : at Dunlevie, on the Greenbrier, and at Cran- 

 berry Glades. 

 Grant : sununit of Alleghany mountains. 

 Tucker: high plateau near Davis. 

 Preston: near Cranes^dlle. 

 Upshur: on French creek. 



Reported by Millspaugh from Calhoun, Gilmer, Mononga- 

 lia, jMason, Summers, and Wirt. 

 Wood. — Soft, light, brownish. 

 Uses. — Not valuable for its wood. 



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POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA, Michx. Poplar. 



Gecgraphic Distribution. 



Rich moist sandy soil near the borders of swamps and 

 streams; No^^ Scotia, through New Brunswick, southern Que- 

 bec and Ontario to northern Minnesota, southward through 

 the northern states to northern Delaware, southern Indiana 

 and Illinois, northeastern and central Iowa, and along the Alle- 

 ghany mountains to North Carolina, and westward to central 

 Kentucky and Tennessee. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Not common. Found in the fol- 

 lowing localities: 

 Webster: on Elk mountain. 

 Randolph : Horton, Gandy creek. 

 Tucker: near Da^ds. 

 Monongalia: on Deckers creek. 

 Tyler: near Middlebourne. 



Reported by Millspaugh from Ohio and Preston. 



Wood. — Light, brownish, thin white sapwood. 



Uses. — Not commercially important. Wood used for minor do- 

 mestic purposes in West Virginia. 



