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THE BOOK OF FORESTRY 



LONGLEAF PINE 



Pinus palustris 



SHORTLEAF PINE 



Pinus echinata 



LEAVES 



In bundles of 3; many clusters 

 at end of branch, 8"-18" long, 

 slender, flexible, dark green. 



LEAVES 



In bundles of 2 and 3, slender, 

 flexible, blue green, 3"-5" 

 long. 



CONES 



6 "-10" long borne on short stem, 

 scales thin and flat, armed 

 with short prickle. 



CONES 



\\"-1\" long, borne on short 

 stems with thin scales rounded 

 at apex and tipped with short 

 prickles. 



RANGE 



Virginia to Texas along the 

 coast plain. 



RANGE 



New York to Texas, thence 

 north up Mississippi valley to 

 Missouri, 



