LOBLOU.Y 



MUM II (. \Kol.I.\A PINE. 



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scattered amnir the h;irdwoods. While it constitutes less than five per 

 cent of the nnniU'r of trees in the virgin stand it may form 25 per cent 

 of the mei-cli:int:ible saw timber. The old pine trees grow on low 

 mounds or hummocks, 5 to 10 feet wide and two or three feet high, 

 which are largely formed l>y the trees themselves, by the gradual accu- 

 mulation of bark, cones and leaves, whi<-h are yearly deposited about 

 their bases. (Plate I.) 



Since the pine is very intolerant of shade it conies up only in open- 

 ings. Consequently, young pines as a rule are infrequent except in 

 windfalls or where the oaks were cut for staves. Such cuttings made 

 often as long as 100 years ago, were favorable for the increase of the 

 pine. 



TABLE 5. COMPOSITION or LOBLOLLY PINE WITH HARDWOODS IN SWAMP, BEECHOROVE, BEAUFORT 



CODNTT, NORTH CAROLINA. 



Diameter 



AVERAGE NUMBER or TREES ON ONE ACRE. 



The first general logging of the pine began about 1880; for a period 

 of 15 or 20 years, up to 1900, the pine was cut but the hardwoods were 

 generally left. This has resulted in reducing the proportion of pine 

 in many of the stands. In later cuttings when it has become the prac- 



