LOBLOLLY OB NORTH CAROLINA 1M 



tchiii'itii, the common short lea I' pine 

 ion. 

 ny pint-, a very common name for loblolly jiinc growing in 



l>inf iiml hlack-l>ark ]>inf are name- applied by lumbermen to 

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



plied mofe flV<|ll-ntly lo |iocoson JlillC. 



On the eastern >lnn- ot' .Maryland, in southeastern Virginia, and in 

 imont North Carolina, where associated with shortleaf, 'scrub and 

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

 known a- <<.//<;// ]>in<'. 



,nically the tree is known as I'inns taeda, L., an inappropriate 

 term so-fur us the specific designation is concerned, as taeda means torch. 

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

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

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



DISTIMillsHING BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



There are three pines which are intimately associated with the loblolly 

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

 them are apt to he confused with it, the following characteristics will 

 be found of assistance in separating them : 



