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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
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arrow and round-topped. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, oblong-lanceolate, pointed, serrate,smooth and shining, 5-7 inches long. Flowers.—July; perfect; small, white, in long, one-sided racemesclustered in an open, terminal panicle. Fruit.—Matures in early autumn ; a 5-valved capsule, often per-sistent into the winter. Bark.—Thick, roughened by fissures and broken, grayish ridges. Wood.—Hard, heavy, close-grained reddish-brown with lightersapwood. Range.—Pennsylvania and Indiana southward mostly along themountains to Florida and Louisiana. Distribution in West Virginia.—Found in all sections west of theAlleghanies, rare in the eastern part of the State. Habitat.—Fight, Avcll-draincd soils of hillsides and bottoms. Notes.—Sour-wood, or Sour Gum, although quite common inmost parts of West Virginia, is not often used except for unimportantdomestic purposes. The tree is \ery ornamental when in bloom Imtis infrequently planted. 214 W. VA. AGRii EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 175
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COMMON PERSIMMON September, 1920) WEST VIRGINIA TREES 215 COMMON PERSIMMONDiospyros virginiana, L. Form.—Height 25-50 feet, diameter 8-14 inches; trunk usuallyshort; crown broad and rounded when not too much crowded. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, ovate-oblong, 4-6 inches long,smooth, entire, dark-green and shining above, often somewhat hairybeneath. Flowers.—May-June; polygamous, white or pale yellow; thestaminate in 2-3-flowered cymes; the pistillate solitary and borne onshort stalks. Fruit.—Matures after frost in autumn ; a si)herical yellowish,plum-like berry, containing from 1-8 large seeds, and with large, per-sistent calyx; astringent when green, sweet and edible when fullyripe. Bark.—Rough on old trunks, with dark gray ridges which arebroken into somewhat rectangular sections. Wood.—Hard, heavy, close-grained, taking a high polish, brownto black Avith yellowish sapwood, sometimes streaked with black. Range.—Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and Iowa. Distribut

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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:219
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