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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST \TRGINIA. 



land on rocky cliffs within reach of the spray of the ocean; not 

 common in the coast region of the southern states; in the 

 southwest only in the bottoms of mountain canons at elevations 

 of 5,000 feet to 7,000 feet above the level of the sea. 



Distrihiition in West Virginia. — A common timber tree in tlie 

 mountains. Once grew in great abundance in rich plateaus 

 and mountain coves and valleys in parts of Tucker, Ran- 

 dolph, Barbour, Upshur, "Webster, Nicholas, Pocahontas, 

 Greenbrier, and ]\Ionroe. Less plentiful and of smaller 

 size in the hilly counties south of the Great Kanawha, 

 throughout the whole western third of the State, and on 

 the eastern side of the AUeghanies. 



Wood. — Light, strong, hard, close-grained, reddish. 



Uses. — Valuable for interior finish and furniture. 



CERCIS CANADENSIS, L. Redbud. Judas-tree. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Borders of streams and rich bottom-lands, forming, especially 

 w^est of the Alleghany mountains, an abundant undergrowth to 

 the forest; valley of the Delaware river, New Jerse3\ southward 

 to the shores of Tampa Bay and to northern Alabama and 

 Mississippi, and westvv-ard to southern Ontario, eastern Nebras- 

 ka, the eastern borders of the Indian Territory, Louisiana, and 

 the valley of the Brazos, Texas; and on the Sierra Lladre of 

 Nuevo Leon; common and of its largest size in southwestern 

 Arkansas, the Indian Territory and eastern Texas, and in early 

 spring a conspicuous feature of the landscape. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Com^mon in most parts of the 

 State, forming thickets along borders of fields and banks 

 of streams. Listed in the following counties : 



Boone, Braxton, Clay, Fayette, Grant, Hampshire, Jeffer- 

 son, Kanawha, Lewis, Logan, Mingo, IMonongalia, Fatnam, 

 Eandolph^ Tyler, Upshur (rare), T>"etzel, Webster, and 

 Wyoming. 



Wood. — Heavy, hard, weak, close-grained, reddish. 

 Uses. — Seldom used for any purpose. 



