WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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QUERCUS PLATANOIDES, Sudw. Swamp White Oak. 



Geographic Distribution.' 



Borders of streams and swamps in moist fertile soil; south- 

 ern Maine to northern Vermont and southwestern Quebeck, 

 westward through Ontario and the southern peninsula of Michi- 

 gan to southeastern Iowa and western Missouri, and southward 

 to the District of Columbia, northern Kentucky and Arkansas, 

 and along the Appalachian mountains to northern Georgia; 

 widely scattered, usually in small groves but nowhere very 

 abundant; most common and of its largest size in western New 

 York and northern Ohio. 



Distribution in West Yirgiyiia. — Infrequent. Found so far only 

 in the localities named below : 

 Grant : few trees along Lunice creek. 



Hardy : scattered along the South Branch near Moorefield. 



Pocahontas : few trees near Marlinton. 



Randolph : infrequent along the Tygarts Valley near Hut- 



tonsville. 

 Upshur: rare near Lorentz. 

 Wood. — Heavy, hard, tough, light broT^oi. 



Uses. — ^Valuable for interior finish, boat-building, cross-ties,^ 

 staves, fencing, and fuel. 



QUERCUS PRINUS, L. Chestnut Oak. Rock Chestnut Oak. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Hillsides and high rocky banks of streams in rich and deep 

 or sometimes sterile soil; coast of southern Maine, the Blue 

 Hills of eastern Massachusetts, southward to Delaware and the 

 District of Columbia, and along the Appalachians to northern 

 Georgia and Alabama, westward to the shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain and the valley of the Genesee river, New York, the north- 

 ern shores of Lake Erie, and to central Kentucky and Tennes- 

 see; rare and local in New England and Ontario; abundant on 

 the banks of the lower Hudson river and on the Appalachian 

 hills from southern New York to Alabama; most common and 

 of its largest size on the lower slopes of the mountains of the 

 Carolinas and Tennessee, here often forming a large part of 

 the forest. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Common in all parts of the 

 State except on the high mountains and plateaus. 

 Abundant on the dry ridges of Pendleton, Grant, Hardy,. 



