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Identifier: westvirginiatree00broo (find matches)
Title: West Virginia trees
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Brooks, A. B. (Alonzo Beecher), 1873-1944
Subjects: Trees Shrubs
Publisher: Morgantown
Contributing Library: West Virginia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ots, flowers arranged in umbel-like heads 4-5inches in diameter. Fruit.—Matures in late summer and persists through the Axinter ;a reddish-broxvn. 5-celled, many-seeded capsule, about )/> inch long,terminated by a long persistent style. Bark.—Roughened by thin, flaky scales, dark reddjrown. Wood.—Hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, light ))rown withlighter sapwood. Range.—Nova Scotia and Lake Erie south along the mountainsto Georgia. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common locally throughout theState, most abimdant in the moiuitainous sections. Habitat.—Rich soil of stream banks, rocky mountainsides andflats. Notes.—The wood of Rhododendron is only occasionally used fortool handles, eng-raving blocks, and other small articles, and is excel-lent for fuel. On account of its small size the tree is not commer-cially important. It is one of the most beautiful of our native speciesand has been appropriately selected as the State flower. 210 WEST VIEGINIA TREES (Bulletin 175
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MOUNTAIN LAUREL September, 1920) WEST VIRGINIA TREES 211 MOUNTAIN LAURELKalmia latifolia, L. Form.—A shrub or small tree occasionally attaining; a height of15-25 feet; trunk stout, usually forked and bearing stiff, divergentbranches which form an irregular, compact, rounded head. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, evergreen, oblong or ovate-lanceol-ate, 3-4 inches long, acute at both ends, entire, green above and below,persistent for two seasons. Flowers.—May-June; perfect, pink or white, in many-floweredterminal corymbs. Fruit.—Matures in early autumn; a globose, 5-valved, many-seeded capsule. co\ered with viscid hairs and with persistent stvleand calyx. Bark.—Roughened by narro\v, thin scales which peel off, expos-ing brownish inner bark. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, rather brittle, reddish-brown withlighter sapwood. Range.—Xew Brunswick, south to Florida and west to Arkansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Pound locallv in all parts of theState. Habitat.—Growing usually in

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  • bookyear:1920
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  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Brooks__A__B___Alonzo_Beecher___1873_1944
  • booksubject:Trees
  • booksubject:Shrubs
  • bookpublisher:Morgantown
  • bookcontributor:West_Virginia_University_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:215
  • bookcollection:west_virginia_university
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