WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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Randolph: Osceola and Cheat Bridge. 

 Tucker: near Davis. 



Reported from Grant county. 

 Wood. — Soft, light, not strong, pale lemon. 



Uses. — Not valuable for timber. Wood used only occasionally 

 for domestic purposes. Fruit sometimes used in prepar- 

 ing home-made medicines. 



AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS, T. & G. Shad Bush. 

 Service Berry. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Upland woods in rich soil; Newfoundland, through the mari- 

 time provinces of Canada, and westward along the shores of the 

 Great Lakes, ranging southward to northern Florida and west- 

 ward to Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, and 

 southern Arkansas. 



Distrihidion in West Virginia. — Frequent throughout the State. 

 Most plentiful in damp rich soils in the mountainous and 

 high hilly sections. Least abundant in the low hill country 

 back from the Ohio river. 



Wood. — Heavy, very hard, close-grained, brownish. 



Uses. — Wood occasionally used for tool handles and other small 

 articles. Tree prized for its edible berries. 



CRAT^GUS CRUS-GALLI, L. Cockspur Thorn. 



GecgrapJiic Distribution. 



Usually on the slopes of low hills in rich soils; valley of the 

 St. Lawrence river near Montreal, southward to Delaware and 

 along the Appalachian foothills to North Carolina, and west- 

 ward through v/estern New York and Pennsylvania to southern 

 Michigan. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — One of the commonest haw- 

 thorns. Found in abundance in Jefferson, Berkeley, 

 Hampshire, Hardy, Upshur, Randolph, Webster, IMononga- 

 lia, and Kanawha. 



