WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA, L. Yellow Poplar. 



Tulip-tree. 



Geographic Disirihution. 



Deep rich moist soil on the intervales of streams or on moun- 

 tain slopes; Rhode Island to southwestern Vermont, and west- 

 ward to the southern shores of Lake Michigan, southward to 

 northern Florida, southern Alabama and Mississippi, and in 

 southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas; most abund- 

 ant and of its largest size in the valleys of the lower Ohio 

 basin, and on the lower slopes of the high mountains of North 

 Carolina and Tennessee. 



Distribution in Yiest Virginia. — A common timber tree in nearly 

 all parts of the State. Most plentiful and largest on the 

 waters of Great Kanawha and southward. Once abundant 

 throughout the whole western and central sections below 

 the spruce belt. Least abundant in Pendleton and other 

 counties drained by the Potomac waters. 



Wood. — ^Soft, light, easily worked, not strong, durable heartwood, 

 light yellow. 



Uses. — A very valuable tree. Wood used for building purposes, 

 furniture, veneer, shingles, fencing, pulp, and for many 

 other purposes. 



ASIMINA TRILOBA, Dunal. Pav^rpaw. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Deep rich moist soil; western New Jersey to the northern 

 shores of Lake Ontario, and eastern central Pennsylvania, west- 

 ward to southern Michigan, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, 

 and southward to middle Florida, and to the valley of the Sabine 

 river, Texas; comparatively rare in the region adjacent to the 

 Atlantic seaboard; very common in the Mississippi valley, 

 forming the thick forest undergrowth on rich bottom-lands, or 

 thickets many acres in extent. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Common. Scattered groves 

 throughout the State. Rather infrequent in the mountain- 

 ous counties and absent from the spruce belt, and adjacent 

 highlands. 



Wood. — Soft, light, weak, coarse-grained, light yellow. 



Uses. — Of little value for its wood. Groves of trees often pre- 

 served for the luscious and wholesome fruit. 

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