. West Virginia trees. aves.—Alternate, simple, 3-4 inches long, ovate to ovate-ob-long, finely serrate, smooth when old, dark green above, paler beneath. Flowers.—April; perfect, white, borne in drooping racemes. Fruit.—June-August; a berry-like, globular pome, one-third-^inch long, borne in racemes, red to purple, sweet and edil^le. Bark.—Smooth, or somewhat rough, with narrow scaly ridgeson old trees. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, warps and checkseasily, dark reddish-brown with thick whitish sapwood. Range.—Newfoundland and Ontario, south to Florida and westto Louisiana and Kans
. West Virginia trees. aves.—Alternate, simple, 3-4 inches long, ovate to ovate-ob-long, finely serrate, smooth when old, dark green above, paler beneath. Flowers.—April; perfect, white, borne in drooping racemes. Fruit.—June-August; a berry-like, globular pome, one-third-^inch long, borne in racemes, red to purple, sweet and edil^le. Bark.—Smooth, or somewhat rough, with narrow scaly ridgeson old trees. Wood.—Heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, warps and checkseasily, dark reddish-brown with thick whitish sapwood. Range.—Newfoundland and Ontario, south to Florida and westto Louisiana and Kansas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in nearly all parts ofthe State. Habitat.—Dry, light soils of upland woods and hillsides. Growsin a variety of soils and exposures. Notes.—Service tree and Juneberry are two other names of thistree. The wood is rarely used for any purpose. At least two shru1)by species of Amelanchier are native to WestVirgfinia. 148 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. COCKSPUR THORN September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 149 COCKSPUR THORN Crataegus crus-galli, L. Form.—Height 10-25 feet, diameter 6-12 inches; trunk sliort;crown broad and flat-topped. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, ovate-ol:)Ovate, 1-3 inches long, sharp-ly serrate except toward the base, long tapering at the base, roundedor blunt-pointed at the apex, thick, dark green and glossy above, palerbeneath. Flowers.—June; perfect; white, two-thirds of an inch across,aranged in many-flowered corymbs; stamens 10; styles 1-3. Fruit.—Matures in autumn ; an ovoid or sub-globose pome two-fifths-^ inch long, greenish to dull red, containing usually 2 which are 2-3-grooved on the back. Bark.—Orayish brown, roughened on old trees by small scales. \^ood.—Hard, heavy, close-grained, reddish brown with thicklight-colored sapwood. Range.—Southern Canada to northern Georgia, west to Missouriand Michigan. Distiibution in West Virginia.—.-V common thorn thro
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