CONTENTS 



Page 



Preface ^^ 



The Tree and how to identify it 1 



Common names 1 



Distinguishing botanical characteristics 2 



Economic status of loblolly pine 4 



Physiography of Coastal Plain and Piedmont Plateau regions 8 



Coastal Plain region 8 



Piedmont Plateau region 9 



Commercial distribution 9 



Original forest 10 



Present forest 12 



Associated species 1"^ 



Forest types 14 



Old field growth on dry sites 17 



Loblolly pine in pure stands on porous loams and peaty soils 19 



Loblolly pine on longleaf pine flat lands 21 



Loblolly pine with hardwoods in swamps chiefly in Coastal Plain. . . 22 



Loblolly pine with pocoson pine on savannas 24 



Loblolly pine with cypress in deep swamps 25 



Loblolly pine in hardwood and shortleaf pine forests on the Pied- 

 mont uplands 26 



Forest characteristics 26 



Form 26 



Stem 26 



Crown 28 



Root system 38 



Bark 40 



Longevity and size 41 



Silvical requirements 41 



Climate • 41 



Soil and moisture 41 



Light 42 



Reproduction 44 



Seeding 44 



Germination and plant establishment 45 



Fungus diseases and insects 46 



Sensitiveness to fire 47 



Cattle and hogs 48 



Sleet and snow 49 



Wind-firmness 49 



Wood and its uses 49 



Qualities 49 



Defects 50 



Uses 52 



