. West Virginia trees. o a flat narrow greenish bract. Fruit.—October; a woody, globose, nut-like drupe, al)out tlie sizeof a pea and Ijorne in drooping clusters. Bark.—On old trunks deeply furrowed and \vith ])road, scaly,light brown ridges. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, tough, light bro\vnish-red,with thick scarcely lighter sapwood. Range.—Manitoba to Georgia, and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common, especially in the moun-tainous and high hilly parts of the State, though occurring less fre-quently than the following species. Habitat.— Rich, \vell-drained soil of bottoms and slo
. West Virginia trees. o a flat narrow greenish bract. Fruit.—October; a woody, globose, nut-like drupe, al)out tlie sizeof a pea and Ijorne in drooping clusters. Bark.—On old trunks deeply furrowed and \vith ])road, scaly,light brown ridges. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, tough, light bro\vnish-red,with thick scarcely lighter sapwood. Range.—Manitoba to Georgia, and Texas. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common, especially in the moun-tainous and high hilly parts of the State, though occurring less fre-quently than the following species. Habitat.— Rich, \vell-drained soil of bottoms and slopes. Notes.—The wood of this species is used for paper pulp, woodenware, furniture, kegs, buckets, barrel heads, boxes, etc. It is one ofour valuable forest trees and should be encouraged to grow whereverit is possible. Linden, Lynn. Beetree, and Lime Tree are others ofits common names. Its smooth leaves furnish the best distinguish-ing* characteristic. I&8 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. WHITE BASSWOOD September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA THEES - « il39 WHITE BASSWOODTilia heterophylla, Vent. Form.—Height 60-90 feet, diameter 2-3 feet; trunk long, straight,and slightly tapering; crown dense and rounded. Leaves.—Alternate, simple, oblong, ovate to orbicular-ovate, 5-8inches long, firm, apex pointed, truncate or heart-shaped and usuallyvery unequal at base, upper surface bright green, under surface sil-very, whitened with a fine down. Flowers.—J une-July ; perfect; regular, fragrant, yellow-white ;5-15 in drooping cymose clusters ; peduncle attached for half its lengthto a thin, oblong, greenish l)ract. Fruit.—A spherical, wood}, nut-like drupe about the size of apea, borne singly or in clusters on a common stalk attached to thebract. Bark.—Deeply furrowed, grayish-brown. Wood.—Similar to and used for the same purposes as that of thepreceding species. Range.—New York to Florida, west to Alabama and Illinois. Distribution in West Virginia.—A
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