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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



ACER PENNSYLVANICUM, L. Striped Maple. Moosewood. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Usually in the shade of other trees, often forming in north- 

 ern New England a large part of their shrubby undergrowth; 

 shores of Ha-Ha Bay, Quebeck, westward along the shores of 

 Lake Ontario and the islands of Lake Huron to northeastern 

 Minnesota, and southvvard through the Atlantic states and along 

 the Appalachian mountains to northern Georgia; common in 

 the north Atlantic states, especially in the interior and elevated 

 regions; of its largest size on the slopes of the Big Smoky 

 mountains, Tennessee, and of the Blue Ridge in South and 

 North Carolina. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found with, the foregoing spe- 

 cies (Acer spicatum) but usually more abundant and in 

 more shady situations. 



Wood. — Light, soft, coarse-grained. Not often used. 



ACER SACCHARUM, Marsh. Sugar Maple. Rock Maple. 



(xeoaraphic Distribution. 



From southern Newfoundland to northern Georgia and west- 

 ern Florida, and west to Minnesota, eastern Nebraska, eastern 

 Kansas, and eastern Texas. Most abundant in Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin, Michigan, New York, and Maine, and on the Appalach- 

 ian slopes. In the northern pine belt the principal forest tree 

 forming often 25 to 75 per cent of the total stand. Associated 

 species are beech, yellow birch, white pine, red pine, white 

 spruce, red spruce, balsam fir, v»'hite birch, and red maple. 

 Farther south it is found in mixture with nearly all the hard- 

 woods. (Forest Service Circular 95.) 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found in every county. Super- 

 ior on the elevated flats and in the rich coves along the 

 AUeghanies from Tucker to Greenbrier and Monroe. 

 Abundant in the high hilly ^sections just west of the moun- 

 tains. 



Wood. — Strong, hard, heavy, close-grained, reddish. 

 Uses. — ^Valuable for interior finish and furniture. This is the 

 principal tree from which sap is taken for sugar making. 



