. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . its it is a low shrub. It occurs from ISTewfoundland to British Columbia, souththrough the northern states to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois,and Iowa, on the eastern slopes of the Pocky mountains in Col-orado, and along the Alleghany mountains of North Carolina andTennessee; and readies its best development on moist, rather richsoil, in the Big Smoky mountains of Tennessee. It often takespossesifion of groiind which has been cleared by fire. In North Carolina it is confined to damp situations on the slopesof high mountains, above an elevation of
. Timber trees and forests of North Carolina . its it is a low shrub. It occurs from ISTewfoundland to British Columbia, souththrough the northern states to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois,and Iowa, on the eastern slopes of the Pocky mountains in Col-orado, and along the Alleghany mountains of North Carolina andTennessee; and readies its best development on moist, rather richsoil, in the Big Smoky mountains of Tennessee. It often takespossesifion of groiind which has been cleared by fire. In North Carolina it is confined to damp situations on the slopesof high mountains, above an elevation of 3,500 feet. (Fig 8, p. 59) It bears seed in great abundance, and usually every year. Afterspruce or Carolina balsam, or sometimes beech and maple forests,have been burned, a growth of fire cherry often springs up, butit is apt to be replaced by the original growth in about fortyyears, which is the average length of life for this tree. The oblong, sharply pointed leaves are finely toothed, shining N. C. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. BULLETIN 6. PLATE A GROUP OF WILD CHERRY TREES WILD BLACK CHERRY. 59 green and smooth on both sides. The white flowers appear latein the spring in numerous clusters, and the fruit is small, roundand bright red. The light, soft, close-grained compact wood is light brown incolor; the sapwood a clear yellow. Prunus serotina, Ehrhardt. (wild black cherry.) A tree of the first commercial importance, with small horizontalbranches and dark red-brown scaly bark, reaching a height of lOOfeet and a diameter of 5 feet. (Plate Y.) It occurs from Nova Scotia to Tampa Bay in Florida, and west-ward to the Missouri river in Dakota, eastern Nebraska and Kan-sas, Indian Territory and Texas, and is found also in southern NewMexico and Arizona, and in parts of Mexico, Central and SouthAmerica. It rtaches its best development on the high slopes ofthe Alleghany mountains. It was once common in all the Appa-lachian region, growing with the white oak, the white ash, thegreen ash,
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