. West Virginia trees. ls in 4-5-flo^\ered umbels. Fruit.—Ripens in July and persists until autumn; a globulardrupe, about ^ inch in diameter, bright red, thick-skinned, sour. Bark.—Smooth, or somewhat roughened by loose, papery plates,reddish brown. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, light brown with thin yellow-ish sapwood. Range.—Labrador to British Ccdumbia and southward to NorthCarolina and Colorado. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in West Virginia alongthe mountains, especially in areas from which other timber has beendestroyed by fire. Habitat.—Sandy soils of burned-over mountain-s
. West Virginia trees. ls in 4-5-flo^\ered umbels. Fruit.—Ripens in July and persists until autumn; a globulardrupe, about ^ inch in diameter, bright red, thick-skinned, sour. Bark.—Smooth, or somewhat roughened by loose, papery plates,reddish brown. Wood.—Light, soft, close-grained, light brown with thin yellow-ish sapwood. Range.—Labrador to British Ccdumbia and southward to NorthCarolina and Colorado. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in West Virginia alongthe mountains, especially in areas from which other timber has beendestroyed by fire. Habitat.—Sandy soils of burned-over mountain-sides and flats,and along streams at lower elevations. Notes.—Fire Cherry and Bird Cherry are two common names ofthis tree, the first denoting its habitat and the second the attractive-ness of its fruit to birds. This species performs its principal servicein covering otherwise bare, fire-burned areas to which the seedshave been carried and dropped 1)y birds. 158 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. WILD PLUM li^ Lit, ;,: September, lf>20] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 15» WILD PLUMPrunus americana, Marsh. Form.—Height 10-23 feet, diameter 6-12 inches ; trtmk short sup-porting a wide-spreading crown of horizontal and (hooping branches. Leaves.—Alternate, simple 2-4 inches h)ng. narrowly obovate,long taper-pointed at apex, sharply and doubly serrate, firm, darkgreen and rotigh above, paler and hairy l^elow. Flowers.—Alay, with the leaves; perfect; 1 inch wide, white,arranged in 2-5-flowered uml^els. Fruit.—Ripens in early autumn ; a globose, red drupe about 1inch in diameter, the flesh sweet and edible; stone flattened. Bark.—Grayish-1)rown and rough on old trunks with thin, flatplates. Wood.—Hard, heavy, strong, close-grained,red-brown, with thinHght sap wood. Range.—New York to Florida, west to Texas and Montana. Distribution in West Virginia.—Scattered throughout the Statebut nowhere common except in small areas. Habitat.—Grows principally on
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