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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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h red tinge ; pistil-late with rounded scales and pale yellow-green bracts. Fruit.—Cones oblong-ovate, about 2j/^ inches long; width ofscales twice their length, dark purple; bracts reflexed covering atmaturity about half the scale. Bark.—Roughened by cinnamon or gray scales. Wood.—Light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, pale brown withwhitish sapwood. Range.—From Virginia and West Virginia south to North Caro-lina and Tennessee. Distribution in West Virginia.—Growing hear Cheat Bridge,Randolph County; on the head of the Greenbrier River, PocahontasCounty; and near the head of Blackwater fork of Cheat River inTucker County. Habitat.—Grows at high elevations and seems to prefer swampysoil in West Virginia. Notes.—This species, which reaches the northern limit of its re-stricted range in Tucker County, is not commercially important. Thetrunks are occasionally sawed into lumber, and the tree has beenwidely transplanted on lawns. W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION (Bulletin 175
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ARBOR VITAE September, 1020) WEST VIRGINIA TREES 4 7 ARBOR VITAE Thuja occidentalis, L. Form.—Height 40-50 feet, diameter 1-2 feet; trunk often divided;crown compact, pyramidah Leaves.—In 4 ranks on the stems, scale-Hke, 5^-/4 inch long,longest and long-pointed on leading shoots, yellow-green, aromatic. Flowers.—April-May; monoecious; staminate round, small, yel-low ; pistillate larger, oblong, reddish. Fruit.—Cones maturing in early Autumn, oblong, about Yz inchlong, reddish-brown, and persisting through the following winter. Bark.—On trunk reddish-brown, slightly furrowed, and separat-ing in ragged and twisted strips. Wood.—Light, soft, brittle, durable, fragrant, yellowish-brown ;sapwood whitish and thin. Range.—Labrador, Manitoba and Minnesota, southward alongthe mountains to North Carolina. Distribution in West Virginia.—Small trees on the South Branchof the Potomac River and on the North Fork of the South Branchin Pendleton County. Reported from Grant and Mineral

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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:51
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