PREFACE
CONTENTS
West Virginia Trees
KEY TO THE GENERA
PINACEAE THE PINE FAMILY
SALICACEAE THE WILLOW FAMILY
JUGLANDACEAE THE WALNUT FAMILY
BETULACEAE THE BIRCH FAMILY
FAGACEAE THE BEECH FAMILY
URTICACEAE THE NETTLE FAMILY
MAGNOLIACEAE THE MAGNOLIA FAMILY
ANONACEAE THE CUSTARD APPLE FAMILY
LAURACEAE THE LAUREL FAMILY
HAMAMELIDACEAE THE WITCH HAZEL FAMILY
PLATANACEAE THE PLANE TREE FAMILY
ROSACEAE THE ROSE FAMILY
LEGUMINOSAE THE PULSE FAMILY
RUTACEAE THE RUE FAMILY
SIMARUBACEAE THE QUASSIA FAMILY
ANACARDIACEAE THE CASHEW FAMILY
AQUIFOLIACEAE THE HOLLY FAMILY
ACERACEAE THE MAPLE FAMILY
SAPINDACEAE THE SOAPBERRY FAMILY
TILIACEAE THE LINDEN FAMILY
ARALIACEAE THE GINSENG FAMILY
CORNACEAE THE DOGWOOD FAMILY
ERICACEAE THE HEATH FAMILY
EBENACEAE THE EBONY FAMILY
STYRACACEAE THE STORAX FAMILY
OLEACEAE THE OLIVE FAMILY
CAPRIFOLIACEAE THE HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY
WHITE PINE
PITCH PINE
TABLE MOUNTAIN PINE
YELLOW PINE
JERSEY OR SCRUB PINE
TAMARACK
RED SPRUCE
HEMLOCK
BALSAM FIR
ARBOR VITAE
RED CEDAR
BLACK WILLOW
AMERICAN ASPEN
LARGE-TOOTHED POPLAR
COTTONWOOD
BUTTERNUT
BLACK WALNUT
SHELL-BARK HICKORY
BIG SHELL-BARK HICKORY
MOCKERNUT HICKORY
PIGNUT HICKORY
BITTERNUT HICKORY
HOP HORNBEAM
AMERICAN HORNBEAM
BLACK BIRCH
YELLOW BIRCH
RED BIRCH
BEECH
CHESTNUT
CHINQUAPIN
WHITE OAK
POST OAK
BUR OAK
SWAMP WHITE OAK
YELLOW OAK
CHESTNUT OAK
RED OAK
PIN OAK
SCARLET OAK
BLACK OAK
SPANISH OAK
SCRUB OAK
BLACK JACK OAK
LAUREL OAK
SLIPPERY ELM
AMERICAN ELM
HACKBERRY
RED MULBERRY
CUCUMBER TREE
UMBRELLA TREE
MOUNTAIN MAGNOLIA
TULIP TREE
COMMON PAWPAW
SASSAFRAS
WITCH HAZEL
SWEET GUM
SYCAMORE
AMERICAN CRAB APPLE
MOUNTAIN ASH
SHAD BUSH
COCKSPUR THORN
DOTTED THORN
BLACK CHERRY
CHOKE CHERRY
WILD RED CHERRY
WILD PLUM
HONEY LOCUST
RED BUD
COMMON LOCUST
HOP TREE
STAGHORN SUMACH
DWARF SUMACH
POISON SUMACH
AMERICAN HOLLY
MOUNTAIN HOLLY
STRIPED MAPLE
MOUNTAIN MAPLE
SUGAR MAPLE
BLACK SUGAR MAPLE
SILVER MAPLE
RED MAPLE
BOX ELDER
FETID BUCKEYE
SWEET BUCKEYE
BASSWOOD
WHITE BASSWOOD
HERCULES CLUB
FLOWERING DOGWOOD
ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD
BLACK GUM
GREAT LAUREL
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
SOURWOOD
COMMON PERSIMMON
OPOSSUM WOOD
WHITE ASH
RED ASH
BLACK ASH
FRINGE TREE
SWEET VIBURNUM
BLACK HAW
TREES FOUND IN WEST VIRGINIA BUT NOT NATIVE
WEST VIRGINIA NATIVE SHRUBS AND SHRUBBY VINES
GLOSSARY
WEST VIRGINIA TREES
BULLETIN 175
Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agriculture
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Morgantown
JOHN LEE COULTER, Director
Bulletin 175 September, 1920
Agricultural Experiment Station
College of Agriculture, West Virginia University
JOHN LEE COULTER, Director,
MORGANTOWN
West Virginia Trees
A Stand of Young White Pines.
BY
A. B. BROOKS
Bulletins and Reports of this Station will be mailed free to any citizen of West Virginia upon written application. Address Director of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, W. Va.
THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
Educational Institutions
| THE STATE BOARD OF CONTROL |
| E. B. STEPHENSON, President | Charleston, W. Va. |
| JAMES S. LAKIN | Charleston, W. Va. |
| J. M. WILLIAMSON | Charleston, W. Va. |
| The State Board of Control has the direction of the financial and business affairs of the state educational institutions. |
| THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION |
| M. P. SHAWKEY, President | Charleston, W. Va. |
| State Superintendent of Schools |
| GEORGE S. LAIDLEY | Charleston, W. Va. |
| NOAH G. KEIM | Elkins, W. Va. |
| EARL W. OGLEBAY | Wheeling, W. Va. |
| FRANK N. SYCAFOOSE | Webster Springs, W. Va. |
| L. W. BURNS | Grafton, W. Va. |
| W. C. COOK | Welch, W. Va. |
| The State Board of Education has charge of all matters of a purely scholastic nature concerning the state educational institutions. |
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY |
| FRANK BUTLER TROTTER, LL.D. | President |
| Agricultural Experiment Station Staff |
| JOHN LEE COULTER, A.M., Ph.D. | Director |
| BERT H. HITE, M.S. | Vice-Director and Chemist |
| FRANK B. KUNST, A.B. | Assistant Chemist |
| CHARLES E. WEAKLEY, Jr. | Assistant Chemist |
| W. E. RUMSEY, B.S.Agr. | State Entomologist |
| N. J. GIDDINGS, Ph.D. | Plant Pathologist |
| ANTHONY BERG, B.S. | Assistant Plant Pathologist |
| ERNEST L. ANTHONY, M.S. | Dairyman |
| H. O. HENDERSON, M.S. | Assistant Dairyman |
| HORACE ATWOOD, M.S.Agr. | Poultry Research |
| E. L. ANDREWS, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Poultry Husbandry |
| ROBERT M. SALTER, M.Sc. | Soil Investigations |
| R. E. STEPHENSON, M.S. | Assistant in Soil Investigations |
| I. S. COOK, Jr., B.S.Agr. | Research Agronomist |
| T. C. McILVANE, M.S.Agr. | Assistant Agronomist |
| R. P. BLEDSOE, M.S. | Assistant Agronomist |
| J. K. SHAW, Ph.D. | Horticulturist |
| H. A. JONES, Ph.D. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| L. F. SUTTON, B.S., B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. E. KNOWLTON, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. L. CRANE, M.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| ROLAND H. PATCH, M.S. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| H. W. RICHEY, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| ERNEST ANGELO, B.S.Agr. | Assistant Horticulturist |
| L. M. PEAIRS, M.S. | Research Entomologist |
| E. A. LIVESAY, M.S.Agr.. | Animal Husbandry |
| 1R. H. TUCKWILLER, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Animal Husbandry |
| C. V. WILSON, B.S.Agr. | Assistant in Animal Husbandry |
| A. J. DADISMAN, M.S.Agr. | Farm Economics |
| C. A LUEDER, D.V.M. | Veterinary Science |
| C. E. STOCKDALE, B.S.Agr. | Agricultural Editor |
| D. M. WILLIS, LL.M. | Financial Secretary |
| J. C. JOHNSTON | Chief Clerk |
| MARY A. FOX | Assistant Librarian |
