Equisetum EQUISETAC— PINACEAE Pinus 



J. Carter, 28 July 1884 (A) ; south bank of Drawyers Creek, above 

 DuPont Highway, 1 mi, n. of Odessa (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 4 July 

 1929 (T); along Iristown road, near North East (Ce), Otis, 8 April 

 1913 (D); streamlet west side of DuPont Highway, 1 mi. n. of 

 Fieldsboro (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 4188, 3 June 1939 (T, A). 

 A northern species, here reaching its southern limit. 



E. praealtum Raf. {E. hyemale Pursh.) Tall Scouring Rush. 



Frequent on stream banks, railroad embankments and moist 

 slopes, in the Piedmont, and central part of our Coastal Plain. 



PINACEAE (Pine Family) 

 Pinus L. Pine. 

 P. Strobus L. White Pine. 



Occasional young trees, probably introduced, have been seen in 

 wooded areas: near Hazlettville (K), small tree in the woods, Otis, 

 15 May 1924 (A) ; small tree (6 feet) on the shore of Great Bohemia 

 Creek, Middle Neck (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 5 May 1929 (T). There 

 is a fine stand of mature White Pine 3 miles southwest of Harrington 

 (K) on a farm along the road to Denton. A resident of the neigh- 

 borhood told the writer that these trees had been planted by his 

 grandfather: (W. S. Taber), R. R. Tatnall, 2849, 27 Oct. 1935 (T). 



P. Taeda L. Loblolly Pine. 



Common in the lower part of the Peninsula, where it forms pure 

 stands of considerable area as far north as Sussex County, and 

 occurring with increasing scarcity northward to Kent and lower 

 New Castle Counties, Del. 



^ >/p. rigida Mill. Pitch Pine. 



Dry woods, swamps and coastal sand dunes; infrequent in New 

 Castle County, more common in Sussex County and southward; 

 usually occurring as scattered individual trees. 



P. serotina Mx. Pond Pine. 



Infrequent; river banks and pond margins, Sussex County and 

 southward. 



P. pungens Lamb. Table Mountain Pine. 



Represented in our area by a single tree in a fencerow at Welsh 

 Tract Church, three miles south of Newark (NC). 



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