S92 THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



and Kentucky, and southern Illinois and Indiana; most abund- 

 ant and one of the largest and most valuable timber trees in 

 the river swamps of the Yazoo basin, Mississippi, and of east- 

 ern Kansas. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Rare. 



Kanawha county: a few trees found on north side of Ka- 

 nawha river at Charleston. 



Wood. — Hard, heavy, light reddish brown. 



Uses. — A valuable timber tree in regions where it grows in great- 

 er abundance. Wood used for same purposes as that of 

 white oak. 



QUERCUS IMBRICARIA, Michx. Shingle Oak. Laurel Oak. 



Oeograpliic Distribution. 



Rich uplands and the fertile bottom lands of rivers; Lehigh 

 county, Pennsylvania, westward through southern Michigan 

 and Wisconsin to northern Missouri and northeastern Kansas, 

 southward to the District of Columbia, and along the Alleghany 

 mountains to northern Georgia and Alabama, middle Tennessee 

 and northern Arkansas; comparatively rare in the east; one of 

 the mcst abundant oaks of the lower Ohio basin; probably 

 growing to its largest size in southern Indiana and Illinois. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Infrequent. Found growing 

 along streams m the following counties: 

 Barbour : near Belington on Tygarts Valley river. 

 Grant : on Lunice creek. 



Hardy : few trees near Moorefield on South Branch of Po- 

 tomac. 



Mason : frequent along the Ohio river. 

 Monongalia: common near Morgantown on Monongahela 

 river. 



Upshur : along Buckhannon river from Hampton down, and 

 on Cutrights run. 

 Wood. — Hard, hea.vy, coarse-grained, light bro^vn. 

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



used for interior finish, furniture, boards, and fuel. 



