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9. PITCH PINE (Pinus rigida) : Along the coast from New York to 

 Georgia and along the mountains to Kentucky. 



10. SCRUB, JACK, or JERSEY PINE (Pinus virginiana) (scrub pine) : As 



before. 



11. JACK PINE (Pinus divaricata) (scrub pine) : Maine, Vermont, and 



Michigan to Minnesota. 



REDWOOD. (See CEDAR.) 



SPRUCE. Resembles soft pine, is light, soft, stiff, moderately strong, less 

 resinous than pine ; has no distinct heartwood, and is of whitish color. 

 Used like soft pine, but also employed as resonance wood and preferred 

 for paper pulp. Spruces, like pines, form extensive forests ; they are 

 more frugal, thrive on thinner soils, and bear more shade, but usually 

 require a more humid and colder climate. 



1. RED or BLACK SPRUCE (Picea mariana) : Medium-sized tree ; forms 



extensive forests in northeastern United States and in British' 

 America; occurs scattered or in groves, especially in low lands 

 throughout the northern pineries. Important lumber tree in 

 eastern United States. Maine to Minnesota, British America, 

 and on the Alleghenies to North Carolina. 



2. WHITE SPRUCE (Picea canadetisis) : Generally associated with the 



preceding ; grows largest in Montana and forms the most impor- 

 tant tree of the subarctic forest of British America. Northern 

 United States, from Maine to Minnesota, also from Montana to 

 Pacific, British America. 



3. A\ T HITE SPRUCE (Picea engelmanni') : Medium- to large-sized tree, 



forming extensive forests at elevations from five thousand to ten 

 thousand feet above sea level ; resembles the preceding, but occu- 

 pies a different station. The common spruce of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and Cascades. 



4. TIDE-LAND SPRUCE (Picea sitchensis) : A large-sized tree, common 



in the coast-belt forest. Along the seacoast from Alaska to 

 central California. 



RED FIR or DOUGLAS SPRUCE. Spruce or fir in name, but resembling 

 hard pine or larch in the appearance, quality, and uses of its wood. 



