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THE NATIVE TREES OF WEST VIRGINIA. 



CORNUS FL.ORIDA, L. Flowering Dogwood. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Usually under the shade of taller trees in rich well-drained 

 soil; eastef-n Massachusetts to southern Ontario and southern 

 Kansas, and southward to central Florida and the valley of 

 the Brazos river, Texas; and on the mountains of northern 

 Mexico; comparatively rare at the north; one of the commonest 

 and most generally distributed inhabitants of the deciduous- 

 leaved forests of the middle and southern states, ranging from 

 the coast nearly to the summits of the high Alleghany moun- 

 tains. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Frequent in all parts of the 

 State. 



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

 Uses. — Valuable for domestic purposes. Used for gluts, levers, 

 handles, etc. 



CORNUS ALTERNIFOLIA, L. Alternate-leaved Dogwood. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Rich woodlands, the margins of the forest, and on the bor- 

 ders of streams and swamps, in moist well-drained soil; New 

 Brunswick and Nova Scotia, westward along the valley of the 

 St. Lawrence river to the northern shores of Lake Superior 

 and to Minnesota, and southward through the northern states 

 and along the Alleghany mountains to northern Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Found along the Alleghany 

 mountains and westward throughout the State. Infrequent 

 on the east. 



Uses. — ^Used only occasionally for minor domestic purposes. 



OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM, DC. Sorrel-tree. Sour 

 Wood. *'Sour Gum." 



Geographic Distribution. 



Well-drained gravelly soil on ridges rising above the banks 

 of streams; southern Pennsylvania to southern Indiana and 

 middle Tennessee, and southward to the coast of Virginia and 

 along the Alleghany mountains to western Florida, the shor'^s 

 of Mobile Bay, and through the elevated regions of the Gulf 

 states to western Louisiana; of its largest size on the western 

 slopes of the Big Smoky mountains, Tennessee. 



