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TABLE 15. Number of trees, volume, and growth, exceptionally well stocked shortleaf 

 and loblolly pine with some hardwood stands in southern Arkansas Continued 



1 Defective trees not included. 



2 Defective trees and hardwoods not included. Hardwood is growing at the rate of about 50 board feet 

 per acre per annum but defects caused chiefly by fire render most of hardwoods unmerchantable. 



(3) Longleaf pine (23).- Average and better stocked stands of 

 longleaf and slash pines are graphically represented in figure 15. 

 Diagram A and table 16 are representative of an average stocked 

 stand in Hamilton County, Fla. Diagram B shows a better stocked 

 stand found in Bradford County, Fla. The average stand has about 



