WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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Distribution in West Virginia. — A small tree found frequently 

 in all sections west of the Alleghany mountains. Rare in 

 the eastern counties. 



Uses. — The hard, heavy, close-grained wood is sometimes used 

 for handles, bean poles, and for other minor domestic pur- 

 poses. 



DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA, L. Persimmon. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Light sandy well-drained soil, or in the Mississippi basin 

 sometimes on the deep rich river-hottoms; Lighthouse Point, 

 New Haven, Connecticut, southward to the banks of Caloosa 

 river and the shores of Bay Biscayne, Florida, southern Ala- 

 bama and Mississippi, and from southern Ohio to southeastern 

 Iowa, southern Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern Kan- 

 sas, the Indian Territory, and the valley of the Colorado river, 

 Texas; very common in the south Atlantic and Gulf states, of- 

 ten covering with shrubby growth by means of its stoloniferous 

 roots abandoned fields, and springing up by the sides of roads 

 and fences. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Frequent on low lands through- 

 out the State. Probably most abundant in the valleys of 

 the several larger tributaries of the Potomac. 



Uses.- — The heavy, strong, dark wood infrequently used. ]\Ianu- 

 factured in some states into plane stocks, shoe lasts, and 

 other small articles. Fruit edible in late fall and winter. 



MOHRODE^DRON CAROLINUM, Britt. Silver Bell Tree. 



Geographic Distribution. 



Rich wooded slopes and banks of streams; mountains of West 

 Virginia to southern Illinois, and southward to middle Florida, 

 central Alabama and Missippi, and through Arkansas to west- 

 ern Louisiana and eastern Texas; most abundant in the ele- 

 vated Appalachian region, and of its largest size on the west- 

 ern slopes of the high mountains of North Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee. 



Distribution in West Virginia. — Rare. Grows plentifully along 

 the Great Kanawha and New rivers from the eastern end 

 of Kanawha county through Fayette and into Summers 

 county, reaching in West Virginia the northern limit of 



