LOBLOLLY OR NORTH CAROLINA PINE. 



DI>IIM,l IsilINi; ( 1I.VRACTERISTIC8 OF LOBLOLLY AND ASSOCIATED PINES OF 

 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 



Very young trees and seedlings of the pocoson pine when growing in 

 dense stands in mixture with loblolly pine are not easily distinguished 

 from the latter, as the crowding tends to cause the branches of both 

 species to ascend and the bark of the young pines is dark and furrowed. 

 The two pines, however, are very distinct ; the pocoson pine is inferior 

 in every respect to the loblolly pine. This is generally recognized by the 

 lumbermen who know that the pocoson or black-bark pine, especially in 

 large stocks, is apt to be defective; either very knotty, rotten or with 

 redheart. The pocoson pine is found associated with the loblolly pine 



