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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found in Barbour, Boone^ 

 Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Fayette, Kanawha, Lewis, 

 Logan, Llarshall, Mingo, ]\Ionongalia, Monroe, Pocahontas^ 

 Putnam, Ritchie, Summers, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and 

 Wyoming. 



Variety, hy'brida, Sarg. occurs more frequently than any 

 other. 



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

 Uses. — Wood used as in the preceding species of this genus. 



TILIA AMERICANA, L. Linden. Bass Wood 



Geographic Bistrih ution. 



Ricli often moist soil, formerly often in mostly pure forests; 

 northern New Brunswick to the eastern shores of Lake Super- 

 ior, and northwestward to the southern shores of Lake Winni- 

 peg and the valley of the Assiniboine river, and south in the 

 United States to Virginia, along the Appalachian mountains to 

 Georgia and Alabama, and to eastern Dakota, eastern Kansas, 

 Nebraska, the Indian Territory, and Texas; more common 

 northward than southward, and of its largest size on the bot- 

 tom-lands of the tributaries of the lower Ohio river. 



Distrihution in West Virginia. — Found at Cranberry Glades, 

 Pocahontas county. Probably occurs with the following 

 species, but less frequently, in many parts of the State. 



Wood. — Light, soft, light brown. 



Uses. — Woodenware, pulpwood, cheap furniture, excelsior, etc. 

 TILIA HETEROPHYLLA, Vent. Linden. Bee-tree. 



Geographic Distriljution. 



Rich wooded slopes in moist soil or near the banks of 

 streams; often on limestone; near Ithaca, New York, south- 

 ward along the Appalachian mountains to northern Alabama, 

 and westvrard to middle Tennessee, Kentucky, and southern 

 Indiana and Illinois; most abundant and of its largest size on 

 the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — A common tree in L'pshur, Ran- 

 dolph, Tucker, Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, Braxton, Lewis, 

 Webster, Nicholas, Roane, Fayette, Kanawha. Gilmer, 

 Monongalia, Marshall, and in several other counties. 



