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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



abama, middle Kentucky and Tennessee, northern Mississippi^ 

 and in central and southwestern Arkansas, extending in the 

 south Atlantic states nearly to the coast; of its largest size in 

 the valleys along the western slopes of the Great Smoky moun- 

 tains in Tennessee. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found as follows: 

 Boone : near Madison. 

 Braxton : on Elk river. 

 Fayette : on New river. 

 Kanawha: near Charleston. 

 Logan: common on Island creek. 

 McDowell : frequent along Tug Fork. 

 Mingo : common. 

 Nicholas: near Curtin. 



Randolph: Middle Fork and Buckhannon rivers. 



Ealeigh : near Beckley. 



Upshur: Sago and Selbyville. 



Webster: Holly river. 



Wyoming: frequent. 

 Wood. — Light, soft, close-grained, not durable. 

 Uses. — A small tree of no commercial value here. 



MAGNOLIA FRASERI, Walt. Mountain Magnolia. Long- 

 leaved Cucumber-tree. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Valleys of the streams of the southern Appalachian moun- 

 tains from southwestern Virginia to northern Georgia and Ala- 

 Lama, eastern Tennessee and northern Mississippi; probably 

 most abundant and of its largest size on the upper waters of 

 the Savannah river in South Carolina. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Infrequent. Scattered through 

 the mountainous parts of Clay, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Ran- 

 dolph, L^pshur, and Webster. Found growing at elevation 

 3,500 feet on head of North Fork of Cherry river in Po- 

 cahontas. 



Reported by Millspaugh from* Summers and Mercer. 

 Wood. — Light, soft, close-grained, not durable. 

 Uses. — Small tree, used only for minor domestic purposes. 



