. West Virginia trees. s; pistillate in elongating looser catkins. Fruit.—Two-halved, cone-shaped, hairy capsules y^ inch long ondrooping catkins; seeds brown, small, with long white hairs. Bark.—Smooth except near the base, gray-green, resembling thatof American Aspen, but with more yellowish or buff color on youngtrunks and limbs. Wood.—Light, soft, not strong, light brown with almost whitesap wood. Range.—Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Minnesota to Iowa, Illinois,Indiana and Delaware; southward along the Alleghanies to NorthCarolina. Distribution in West Virginia.—Not common. Found in the fol-lo
. West Virginia trees. s; pistillate in elongating looser catkins. Fruit.—Two-halved, cone-shaped, hairy capsules y^ inch long ondrooping catkins; seeds brown, small, with long white hairs. Bark.—Smooth except near the base, gray-green, resembling thatof American Aspen, but with more yellowish or buff color on youngtrunks and limbs. Wood.—Light, soft, not strong, light brown with almost whitesap wood. Range.—Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Minnesota to Iowa, Illinois,Indiana and Delaware; southward along the Alleghanies to NorthCarolina. Distribution in West Virginia.—Not common. Found in the fol-lowing localities: Webster, on Elk Mountain; Randolph, Horton andGandy Creek; Tucker, near Davis ; Monongalia, Deckers Creek; Tylernear Middlebourne. Reported from Ohio and Preston counties. Habitat.—Rich, moist, sandy soil. Notes.—This tree can be distinguished by its coarse-toothedleaves. It is comparatively rare and of little importance commer-ciallv. 56 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175 T M^^. COTTONWOOD September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 57 COTTONWOODPopulus deltoides, Marsh. Form.—Height 50-100 feet, diameter 3-5 feet; trunk usuallycontinuous and tapering; horizontal and ascending branches forminga long pyramidal crown. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, deltoid or broadly ovate, 3-5 incheslong, margins coarsely crenate toothed except at base and apex, darkshining green above, paler beneath, petioles 2-3 inches long, laterallyflattened. Flowers.—April, before the leaves; dioecious ; staminate in shortdrooping catkins; pistillate in elongating looser catkins. Fruit.—Capsule 2-4-valved on long drooping catkins; brownseeds covered with a dense mat of long white hairs. Bark.—Rough on old trees, with deep fissures and with more orless parallel and connected rounded ridges. Wood.—Light, soft, not easily seasoned, brown with thick whit-ish sapw^ood. Range.—Southern Canada to Florida and west to the RockyMountains. Distribution in West Virginia.—I
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