MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2o'0 



faster growing tree than the white oak, and is one of the valuable 

 woods, it is a species to encourage in the forest. 



Black Oak is usually found on the upland soils where it makes 

 a slow growth and does not produce as good lumber as the white oak, 

 or red oak (though it is often classed as red oak on the market). Its 

 principal use is local, and most of it goes into framing material and 

 rough lumber. 



Pin oak is a swamp tree, and in such localities it should be encour- 

 aged as it maintains a rapid rate of growth and makes straight, clean 

 poles, and clear logs, when properly managed. Its principal use is 

 for sawed lumber and for piling. On the lumber market it passes 

 for red oak. 



The Chestnut.- — The chestnut is a rapid growing tree that fur- 

 nishes desirable wood, useful for many purposes. Tall straight trees 

 up to 20 inches in diameter are in demand for telephone and telegraph 

 poles. Large trees, as a rule, suffer from "wind shake" and do not 

 produce first class material. When sound, however, such trees are 

 cut into dimension stuff, boards, or sawed railroad ties. The smaller 

 trees are largely used for hewed railroad ties, and for fence posts. 

 In growing timber for quicker returns, the chestnut is the most val- 

 uable species in the county. It is, therefore, a good tree to encourage 

 on the farmer's woodlot. 



The Yelloiv Poplar. — This is one of the most valuable timber trees 

 and is found scattered sparingly through the forest, particularly in 

 the deep, moist, well-drained soils. It is a rapid grower, similar in 

 this respect to the chestnut, and attains a large size. Large trees 

 bring good prices for saw timber, and smaller ones are largely 

 utilized for pulpwood. Yellow poplar will not come in under the 

 shade of other trees, and consequently it is being gradually crowded 

 out of the forest. It is one of the best native species for commercial 

 l^lanting on good soils. 



The Scruh Pine. — Of the four pines that are found in the county, 

 the scrub jDine is the only one of wide distribution. It quickly comes 

 in old fields wherever tliere are seed trees in the vicinity, and for 

 this reason it serves a valuable purpose in producing a crop of wood 



