REPORT ON FORESTS. 



123 



The three sample acres in the next table show the condition 

 of a younger forest, but one which has been more severely 

 burned arid is in a lower stage of decline than the preceding 

 acres. The soil is dry and the humus has been almost entirely 

 destroyed. The trees are all crooked and scrubby sprouts of 

 Pitch Pine. There are large numbers of Scrub Oaks on the 

 ground. 



Table J5. 



Three Sample Acres Showing a Very Advanced Stage in the 

 Deterioration of the Forest Through Fire. 



Average Maximum Average 



Pine diameter diameter Oak diameter 



over 2" breast breast over 2" breast 



Plot in di- high. high. in di- high. 



No. ameter. Inches. Inches. ameter. Inches. 



Pine 

 under 

 2" in 

 diame- 

 ter. 



Oak 

 under 

 2" in 

 diame- 

 ter. 



Density. Locality. 



38 



41 

 46 



221 



177 

 135 



466 312 0.4 



Near East 

 Plains. 



3-4 

 3-2 



2.1 



386 



62 



250 



147 



o. 



0.3 Spring Hill 



By such steps as these the forest has been reduced from a fine 

 old growth of merchantable timber to a straggling, scrubby 

 growth of sprouts. The stage in deterioration next to the last 

 is shown by four surveys taken on land near Tuckerton, which 

 was burned in 1894, and the trees of which had apparently been 

 killed, but had begun to sprout again from the crown and the 

 base. The dead trees, those sprouting at the base and those 

 sprouting in the crown, were all counted separately. It is worth 

 while to note that the larger trees ate those which sprout in 

 the crown and that the small trees sprout at the base. 



Table 16. 



Four Acres Measured Near Tuckerton, N. J., Burned Over 



in 1894. 



