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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



CELTIS OCCIDENTALIS, L. Hackberry. Sugarberry. 



"Hoop Ash." 



Geographic Distribution. 



Valley of the St. Lawrence river near Montreal, westward to 

 southern Ontario, and "in the United States from the shores of 

 Massachusetts Bay to northwestern Nebraska, North Dakota, 

 southern Idaho, eastern Washington and Oregon, western 

 Washington, Nevada, New Mexico, and southward to the shores 

 of Bay Biscayne and Cape Romano, Florida, and to Missouri 

 and eastern Texas; rare east of the Hudson river, more abund- 

 ant in western New York and the middle states, and of its 

 largest size on the rich bottom-lands of the lower Ohio basin; 

 growing usually in rich moist soil and often, especially in the 

 east, on dry gravelly or rocky hillsides; west of the Rocky 

 Mountains, a small tree or shrub rarely 30 feet high, with 

 thick rigid scabrous reticulate leaves, exceedingly rare and 

 only on the banks of streams. 



Distrihution in West Virginia. — Found as follows : 



Boone : few trees at Madison. 



Braxton : near Burnsville. 



Grant: on Lunice creek. 



Hampshire: near Romney. 



Hardy: common at Moorefield. 



Jefferson: near Harpers Ferry. 



Kanawha: near Charleston. 



Logan: at Logan Court House. 



Monongalia: common near Morgantown. 



Tyler : near Middlebourne (large trees). 



Upshur: northern end (rare). 

 Reported by Millspaugh from Fayette and Jackson. 

 Wood. — Soft, coarse-grained, not strong, light yellow. 

 Uses. — Fencing, cheap furniture, agricultural implements, coop- 

 erage, boxes, and rough construction. 



MORUS RUBRA, L. Red Mulberry. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Intervales in rich soil and on low hills; western Massachu- 

 setts, Connecticut, and Long Island to southern Ontario and 

 central Michigan, southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and 

 southward to the shores of Bay Biscayne and Cape Romano, 

 Florida, and to the valley of the Colorado river, Texas; most 



