58 



Remarks on situation and exposxtre.— On broad ridge; from a dense grove of trees of about the same dimensions 

 grown in contact with that of trees of similar heiglit. One bos. 



Station: E. 



Size: a. 



Species: Finns paliislris. 



Thee No. : 59. 



Position of tree (if any special point notable not appearing in general description of site, exceptional exposure to 



light or dense position, etc., protected by buildings, see remarks^. 

 Origin of tree (if ascertainable), natural seeding, sprout from stump, artificial planting. 



Diameter breast high : 12 inches. 

 Height to first limb: 46 feet. 

 Age (annual rings on stump) : 



Height of stump : 3 feet. 

 Length of felled tree : 88 feet. 

 Total height: 91 feet. 



Bemarlcs on situation and exposure. — Both the same as in tree 58. 



Species: Finns palustris {boxed timher from turpentine orchard). 



Station (denoted by capital letter) : A. 



State: Alabama. County: Kscambia. Town: Wilson. 



Longitude: S7° 54'. Latitude: 5i° 5'. Average altitude: ^.?0/i. 



General configuration: Plain, undulating or flat, lotc hills — plateau — mountainous. General trend of valleys or 

 hills; South. 



Climatic features: Subtropical; mean annual temperature, ti-o'-; mean annual rainfall, 60 in. 

 Site (denoted by small letter) : a. Turpentine orchard abandoned 1S90. 



Aspect: Level — ravine — cove — bench — slope (angle approximately). 



Exposure: Elevation (above average station altitude) : 30 feet. 



Soil Conditions: 



(1) Geological formation (if known) : Post-tertiary, Orange, or Lafai/eiie. Sands stratified drift of the South. 



(2) Mineral composition: Clay— limestone — loam — marl — sandy l oam to l oamy sand — sand — gravelly. 



(3) Surface cover: Bare — grassy — mossy. Leaf cover: Abundant — moderate — very scanty — lacking. 



(4) Depth of vegetable mold (humus) Absent — moderate — plenty— or give depth in inches: 3 to S inches 



mixed with soil. 



(5) Grain. mechanical conditions, and admixtures: Very fine — (ine — meiliiim — ('oarse — porous — light — loose 



— moderately loose — c(mipact — binding — stones or rock, size of: From size of a buckshot to a piijemi 

 egg, mixed with furruginous gravel. 

 (G) Moisture conditions: Wet — moist — fresh — dry — arid — well drained — liable to overflow — swampy — near 

 stream or spring or other kind of water supply 



(7) Color : licddish brown. 



(8) Depth to subsoil (if known): Shallow (below 3 inches to 1 foot) — deej) (1 foot to 4 feet) — very deep (over 



4 feet) — shifting. 



(9) Nature of subsoil (if ascertainalile) : Deep jielhiw or reddish brown. 



Forest conditions : Mixed timber— pure— dense growth— moderately den se— open — aa » dy loam or loamy sa'id, 

 retentive of moisture and almost to same degree moist. 



Associated species : 



Proportions of these : 



Average height: 



Undergrowth: Dense — scanty — kind: almost entirely wanting. 

 Conditions in the open : Field— pasture— lawn— clearing (how long cleared) : The same as in site a. 



Nature of soil cover (if any): Weeds — brush — sod. 



Note. — As much as possible make description by underscoring terms used above. Add other descriptive terms 

 if necessary. 



