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THE NATI\^ TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



nessee, northern Arkansas, and eastern borders of the Indian 

 Territory; rare and of small size in New England; exceeding- 

 ly-common on the coast plain south of the Hudson river; of its 

 largest size and very abundant on the bottom-lands of the 

 streams of the lower Ohio basin. 



Distribution in West Yirginia. — Infrequent in most sections. 

 Mercer: plentiful near Princeton. 

 Hardy: few trees near Moorefield. 



Reported by Millspaugh from Stumptown, Monongalia 

 county. 



Wood. — Heavy, coarse-grained, light-colored. 

 Uses. — Not important as a timber tree in "West Virginia. "Wood 

 used for construction, boards, posts, rails, and staves. 



QUERCUS COCCINEA, Moench. Scarlet Oak. "Pin Oak.'* 



Geographic Distribution. 



Light and dry usually sandy soil; valley of the Androscoggin 

 river, Maine, through southern New Hampshire and Vermont 

 and central New York to southern . Ontario, westward through 

 central Michigan and Minnesota to southeastern Nebraska, and 

 southward to the District of Columbia and northern Illinois, 

 and along the Alleghany mountains to North Carolina; very 

 abundant in the coast region from Massachusetts Bay to south- 

 ern New Jersey; less common in the interior, grov;ing on dry 

 gravelly uplands, and on the prairies skirting the VN'estern 

 margins of the eastern forest. 



Distribution in West Yirginia, — Grows on dry bills throughout 

 the State. Not found in the higher mountains. 



Wood. — Hard, hea^^y, coarse-grained, light brown. 



Uses. — ^^^ood used for furniture, interior finish, cross-ties, staves, 

 and fuel. 



QUERCUS VELUTINA, Lam. Black Oak. Yellow-bark Oak. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Dry gravelly uplands and ridges; coast of southern Maine to 

 northern Vermont, southern and western Ontario and central 

 Minnesota, and southward to northern Florida, southern Ala- 

 bama and Mississippi, southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, 

 the Indian Territory and eastern Texas; one of the commonest 

 oaks on the gravelly drift of southern New England and the 

 middle states; often forming a large part of the forest growth 



