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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Uses— Wood used for furniture, broom handles, clothes pins^ 

 and numerous small wooden articles. 



By-products, charcoal, wood alcohol, acetate of lime. 



CASTANEA DENTATA, Borkh. Chestnut. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Southern Maine to the valley of the Winooski river, Vermont,, 

 and southern Ontario, along the southern shores of Lake On- 

 tario to southern Michigan, southward to Delaware and south- 

 eastern Indiana, and along the Alleghany mountains to cen- 

 tral Alabama and Mississippi, and to central Kentucky and 

 Tennessee; very common on the glacial drift of the northern 

 states and, except at the north, mostly confined to the Appa- 

 lachian hills; attaining its largest size in western North Caro- 

 lina and eastern Tennessee. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Frequent throughout the State ; 

 most abundant and of largest size through the high hilly 

 and mountainous sections, including portions of Preston, 

 Barbour, Upshur, Randolph, Braxton, Webster, Pocahontas, 

 Nicholas, and a few adjacent counties. Infrequent except 

 on dry ridges east of the Alleghany mountains, and also 

 along the Ohio river. 



Wood. — Soft, light, coarse-grained, not strong, durable in con- 

 tact with the ground, light brown. 



Uses. — Cheap furniture, interior finish, telephone and telegraph 

 poles, fence posts, rails, shingles, boxes, crates, etc. 

 Valued on account of its nuts. 



CASTANEA PUMILA, Mill. Chinquapin. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Dry sandy ridges, rich hillsides and the borders of swamps; 

 southern Pennsylvania to northern Florida and the valley of 

 the Naches river, Texas; usually shrubby in the region east of 

 the Alleghany mountains; arborescent west of the Mississippi 

 river; most abundant and of its largest size in southern Ar- 

 kansas and eastern Texas. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Not widely distributed. 

 Mercer: found in several localities. 

 Wyoming: occurs frequently. 



