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2.2 THE WEST \1RG1NIA FLORA

Maple (black), Acer nigrum. Trunk i6 in.

Maple (white), Acer saccharum L. Trunks 35 in., 49 in., plank 26 in., birdseye boards 10 to 12 in.

Maple (red), Acer rubrum. Trunk 14 in.

Maple (striped), Acer Pennsylvanicum. Trunk 6 in.

Osage Orange, Toxylon pomiferum. Trunk 4 in.

Oak (black), Quercus volutina. Trunks 10 and 27 in., finished board 11 in.

Oak (Spanish), Quercus digitata. Trunks 13 and 18 in.

Oak (swamp), Quercus palustris. Trunk 15 in.

Oak (laurel), Quercus imbricaria. Trunk 10 in.

Oak (chestnut), Quercus Prinus. Trunks 14 in., 27 in., 36 in., finished board 21 in.

Oak (black jack), Quercus nigra. Trunks 18 in.', 23 in.

Oak (white), Quercus alba. Trunks 50 in., 28 in., 32 in., 61 in., plank 37 in., boards (quartered) 5 to 13 in., quartered curly 10 in.

Oak (red), Quercus rubra. Trunks 42 in., 54 in., 84 in., plank 44 in.

Persimmon, Diospyros Virginiana. Trunk 12 in.

Poplar (yellow), Liriodendron Tulipifera. Trunk 48 in., trunk "wheels" 24, 36, 48, 60, 74, 90, and 138 in.; the tree from which the last wheel came cut 25,000 feet of merchantable boards, plank 36 and 57 in., cube 36 in., finished boards 27 to 46 in.

Pine (white), Pinus strobus. Trunk 36 in.

Pine (yellow), Pinus echinata. Trunk 28 in.

Pine (pitch), Pinus rigida. Trunk 16 in.

Papaw, Asimina triloba. Trunk 8 in.

Rhododendron, Rhododendron maximum. Trunk 6 in.

Red Bud, Cercis Canadensis. Trunks 5 1/2 and 9 in.

Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis. Trunks 52 in., 36 in., 40 in., finished board quartered 33 in.

Sassafras, Sassafras Sassafras. Trunk 22 in., finished board "wavy" 18 in.

Silver Bell, Mohrodendron Carolinum. Trunk 8 in.

Sourwood, Oxydendron arboreum. Trunk 15 in.

Spruce (black), Picea Mariana. Trunks 31, 34, and 49 in., planks 8 and 40 in., finished boards 18 and 20 in.

Spicewood, Benzoin Benzoin. Trunk 2 in.