2 LOBLOLLY OK NORTH CAROLINA PINE. 



to designate large trees of Finus cchinata, the common shortleaf pine 

 of the Piedmont Kegion. 



Swamp pine, a very common name for loblolly pine growing in 

 swamps. 



Sap pine and black-hark pine are names applied by lumbermen to 

 young growth possessing these characteristics. The latter name is ap- 

 plied more frequently to pocoson pine. 



On the eastern shores of Maryland, in southeastern Virginia, and in 

 Piedmont jSTorth Carolina, where associated Avith shortleaf, scrub and 

 other pines having much shorter leaves, loblolly pine in some places is 

 known as longleaf or foxtail pine. 



Botanically the tree is known as Pinus taeda, L., an inapproj^riate 

 term so far as the specific designation is concerned, as taeda means torch. 

 The torch or lightwood pine is the loligleaf pine. The latter furnishes 

 the wood for light, its brands until recently being the chief source of 

 light at night in thousands of homes in the Coastal Plain of the southern 

 states. 



DISTINGUISHING BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



There are three pines which are intimately associated Avith the loblolly 

 pine in different portions of the Coastal Plain region, and as two of 

 them are apt to be confused with it, the following characteristics Avill 

 be found of assistance in separating them : 



