EXOGENOUS SERIES NEEDLELEAF WOODS. 147 



Loblolly Pine. Pinus tceda Linn. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) 



Old Field Pine. Sap Pine. 



Torch Pine. Meadow Pine. 



Rosemary Pine. Cornstalk Pine (Va.). 



Slash Pine. Black Pine. 



Longshat Pine. Foxtail Pine. 



Longshucks. Indian Pine. 



Black Slash Pine. Spruce Pine. 



Frankincense Pine. Bastard Pine. 



Shortleaf Pine. Yellow Pine. 



Bull Pine. Swamp Pine. 



Virginia Pine. Longstraw Pine. 



-r j-. North Carolina Pine. 



Delaware to Florida and westward intermittently to Texas. 



Features of Tree. 



Fifty to one hundred feet or more in height, two to sometimes 

 four feet in thickness. Leaves in twos and threes. Scales or 

 cones have short straight spines. A large tree. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Resembles longleaf pine, but is variable. Coarse cross sections. 

 Very wide annual rings (3 to 12 per inch). 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Resembles shortleaf pine. Selected pieces rank with longleaf pine. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Used with other Southern pines, inferior in uniformity, strength 

 and durability. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



33 (U. S. Forestry Div.).* 



33- 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



2,050,000 (average of 660 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).* 



1,600,000. 



Modulus of Rupture. 



11,300 (average of 650 tests by U. S. Forestry Div.).* 

 12,500. 



Remarks. 



Grows naturally on deforested land, whence the name of Olc 

 Field Pine. A source of abundant and cheap material. A 

 vigorous, prolific grower, probably one of the pines of the future. 



* See page 8. 



