THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Hampshire, and Morgan, but scarcely less abundant in 



numerous other sections. 

 Wood. — Heavy, hard, close-grained, light brown, durable. 

 Uses. — Valuable for cross-ties, interior finish, fencing, fuel, 



staves, etc. Bark used extensively for tanning leather. 



QUERCUS ACUMINATA, Sarg. Yellow Oak. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Gardner's Island, Lake Champlain, western Massachusetts 

 and Connecticut, and near the city of Newburg, New York, 

 westward through southern Ontario to southeastern Nebraska 

 and eastern Kansas, southward in the Atlantic states to the 

 District of Columbia and the valley of the upper Potomac river, 

 and west of the Alleghany mountains to central Alabama and 

 Mississippi, through Arkansas and northern Louisiana, to the 

 eastern borders of the Indian Territory and to the valley of the 

 Nueces river and the Guadaloupe mountains, Texas; rare and 

 comparatively local in the Atlantic states, usually on limestone 

 soil; very abundant in the Mississippi basin, growing on lime- 

 stone ridges, dry flinty hills, or deep rich bottom-lands and the 

 rocky banks of streams; of its largest size on the lower Wabash 

 river and its tributaries in southern Indiana and Illinois. 



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

 lowing counties : 



Boone : few trees near Madison on Little Coal river. 

 Doddridge: several trees on Middle Island creek a short 



distance below West Union. 

 Fayette: at Kanawha Falls. 



Grant: probably more common near Petersburg than in 



any other part of the State. 

 Hardy: few trees on Mudlick run. 

 Kanawha: near St. Albans. 

 Monongalia : few trees near ]\Iorgantovm. 

 Summers : on New river above Hinton. 



Webster :on Elk river 2 miles above Webster Springs. 

 Wood. — ^Very strong, heavy, durable, close-grained, light-colored. 



Uses. — Fencing, vehicles, staves, interior finish, and cross-ties. 

 Too rare in West Virginia to be of commercial importance. 



