WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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streams of southern Arkansas and eastern Texas; at the north 

 in dry rather gravelly soil often on margins of oak woods, 

 southward on the borders of swampy river bottoms in rich 

 humid soil. 



Distribution in We^ Virginia: 

 Boone : near Madison. 

 Braxton : near Sutton. 

 Fayette: Kanawha Falls and Fayetteville. 

 Logan : common near Logan. 

 Mingo : near Williamson. 

 McDowell: common. 

 Nicholas : at Hichwood and Curtin. 

 Eandolph: Roaring creek. 

 Upshnr: waters of Buckhannon river, common. 

 Webster: on Elk river. 

 Wyoming: few. 



Rare east of the mountains and sparsely distributed 

 through the low hilly counties along the Ohio river. 

 Wood. — Light, close-grained, nearly white. 



Uses. — Wood used to a slight extent in cabinet making and in- 

 terior finish. Branches and berries used for Christmas 

 decoration. 



ACER SPICATUM, Lam. Mountain Maple. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Moist rocky hillsides usually in the shade of other trees, and 

 really aborescent only on the western slopes of the high moun- 

 tains of Tennessee and North Carolina; valley of the lower St. 

 Lawrence river to northern Minnesota and the Saskatchewan, 

 and southvv^ard to the northern slopes and along the Appalach- 

 ian mountains to northern Georgia. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found in Braxton, Grant, Poca- 

 hontas, Monongalia, Preston, Pendleton, Randolph, Tucker, 

 Upshur, and Webster. Grows from elevations of 850 feet 

 in Monongalia to 4,800 feet in Pendleton. 



Wood. — Light, soft, close-grained. 



Uses. — Not used except for a few ordinary domestic purposes. 



