Plate 16. A (Upper left). Some of the broad-leaved evergreens, as mountain 

 laurel, may substitute for the conifers in furnishing winter shelter close to the 

 ground. B (Upper right). The hard pines (pitch and Virginia pines shown) are 

 the predominant conifers in much of the Appalachian range from central Pennsyl- 

 vania south. C (Lower) . Spruces furnish most of the winter shelter in the northern- 

 most range, from the Adirondacks and northern New England into Canada. 

 B and C photos by U. S. Forest Service. 



