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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

P. Taeda L. Loblolly, or Old-field Pine. Opens. Wood: near Kanawha Station. Mineral, Hamp shire, and Hardy : along the table-lands. P. rigida Mill. Pitch Pine. Kanawha: near Charleston (Barnes). Fayette: near Nuttallburg, alt. 2,000 (Nuttall). Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs. Mineral : on Knobby Mountains. Web ster: on Tater Knob, Wood: near Nicollet (H. H. Smith. 1510, 2026). P. PUNGENS, Michx. f. Table Mountain Pine. Dry rocky soils. Kanawha: near Giarleston (Barnes) Mineral on Knobby Mountain. Pendleton : foot hills of Spruce Knob (A. D. Hopkins). P. ViRGiNiANA Mill. Scrub Pine. (P. inops, Ait.). Sterile hills. Greenbrier: near Caldwell; slopes of Kate's Mountain, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small). Fayette: near Nuttall burg, a common second growth (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton (Eggleston, 5587). Berkeley: near Martinsburg Mercer : near Ingleside. P. есншлтл Mill. Yellow Pine. (P. mitis, Michx.) Wood : near Leachtown ; near Nicollet (H. H. Smith, 2025). Randolph: near Valley Bend. Summers: near Hinton. LARIX Adans. L. laricina (DuRoi) Koch. Tamarack (L. Americana Mx.) Boggy lands. Preston: in Cranesville Glade (Rumsey) PICEA, Link. P. Rubens Sarg. Black Spruce. "Yew Pine." "White Spruce," "Spruce Pine." (Picea Mariana Prel. Cat ) In 1901 there were magnificent forests in the following regions where it grew at elevations varying from 2,500 to 4,000 feet : Acres. Randolph County on Elk and Gauley waters 15,000 Randolph County on Cheat waters 120.000 Randolph County on Mill Creek 5,000 Randolph County on Elk Mountain 500 Pocahontas County on Shaver's Fork of Cheat. . . . 20,000 Pocahontas County on the headwaters of Greenbrier River 100,000 Pocahontas County on Elk and Gauley headwaters. 100,000 Tucker County on Cheat water 50,000