. West Virginia trees. late, with acute apex, dark greenand lustrous above, pale and hairy beneath. Flowers.—May, with the leaves ; monoecious; staminate flowersborne on long catkins ; the pistillate on short stalks. Fruit.—Acorns mature the second autumn after the flowers ; cupsaucer-shaped, brown and glossy inside, with reddish-brown scales,and enclosing about Yi of the ovoid, dark brown, often striate nut. Bark.—With shallow fissures and with ridges having brownscales. Wood.—Heavy, hard, coarse-grained, reddish-brow n. Range.—Pennsyhania to Georgia west to Michigan. Nebraskaand Arkansas. Di
. West Virginia trees. late, with acute apex, dark greenand lustrous above, pale and hairy beneath. Flowers.—May, with the leaves ; monoecious; staminate flowersborne on long catkins ; the pistillate on short stalks. Fruit.—Acorns mature the second autumn after the flowers ; cupsaucer-shaped, brown and glossy inside, with reddish-brown scales,and enclosing about Yi of the ovoid, dark brown, often striate nut. Bark.—With shallow fissures and with ridges having brownscales. Wood.—Heavy, hard, coarse-grained, reddish-brow n. Range.—Pennsyhania to Georgia west to Michigan. Nebraskaand Arkansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Locally distributed in manyparts of the State, but nowhere common. Observed in Barbour,Grant, Hardy, Mason, Monongalia, Morgan, and L^pshur counties. Habitat.—Prefers bottom lands along streams. Notes.—This oak is unusual in appearance since the leaves areentirely without lobes. It cannot be recommended for forestry pur-poses. 116 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. SLIPPERY ELM September, 1!»20] VS^EST VIRGINIA TREES 117 SLIPPERY ELMUlmus fulva, Michx. Form.—Heii:;-ht 40-80 feet, diameter \-2y2 feet; trunk usuallyshort and soon branching; crown open and broad. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, 5-7 inches long, ovate-oblong, obliqueat base, abruptly sharp-pointed apex, margin doubly serrate, rough-hairy on both sides. Flowers.—April, before the leaves; mostly perfect; on short ped-icels in crowded branches; corolla absent, calyx green, anthers red,two stigmas purple. Fruit.—Matures in spring a few weeks after the flowers; a one-seeded samara consisting of a small flat seed surrounded by a wingwhich is nearly circular in outline and smooth, except over the seedcavity. Bark.—^Mlick, divided by fissures and with large, thick appressedscales, brown tinged with red within, inner bark fragrant, mucila-ginous and slippery. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, reddish-brown, with thin sapwood. Range.—Southeastern Canada to Florida, w
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