404 THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Uses. — Now considered valuable. Wood used for interior finish, 

 butcher blocks, furniture, tobacco boxes, etc. 



MALUS CORONARIA, Mill. Crab Apple. Fragrant Crab. 



Geographic Distrihution. 



Rich rather moist soil in forest glades, often forming wide 

 thickets; less commonly on dry limestone hills; valley of the 

 Humber river, Ontario, westward along the northern shores of 

 Lake Erie, and southward through western New York and 

 Pennsylvania to the District of Columbia, and along the Alle- 

 ghany mountains to central Alabama, and westward to north- 

 ern Missouri. 



Distrihution in West Virginia. — A common tree in most sections. 

 Kare in Boone, Logan, Mingo, and other counties of the 

 southwest. Abundant through the high hilly regions in 

 the central and northern parts of the State. 



Several trees found growing near Morgantown, Monon- 

 galia county, and near Terra Alta, Preston county, have 

 larger, lighter-colored blossoms, larger and more rounded 

 leaves, and more glossy fruits. 



Uses. — The hard, close-grained wood sometimes used for tool 

 handles, mallets, etc. Tree prized for its fragrant blossoms. 



SORBUS AMERICANA, Marsh. Mountain Ash. 



Geographic Distrihution. ^ 



Borders of swamps and rocky hillsides; Newfoundland to 

 Manitoba and southward through the maritime provinces of 

 Canada, Quebec and Ontario, the elevated portions of the north- 

 eastern United States and the region of the Great Lakes to the 

 high mountains of Virginia and North Carolina; probably of 

 its largest size on the northern shores of Lake Huron and 

 Superior; in the United States, except in New England; more 

 often a shrub than a tree; on the Alleghany mountains usu- 

 ally low, with narrower leaflets and smaller fruit than north- 

 ward. 



Distrihution in West Virginia. — Confined to high glades and 

 mountains. Found at the following points : 

 Pendleton : Spruce Imob and vicinity. 

 Pocahontas: Cranberry Glades. 

 Preston : Pine swamp near Cranesville. 



