Yearbook of Agriculture 1949 



9. Shortleaf pine. 10. Red pine. 



11. Jack pine. 12. Virginia pine. 



6. SLASH PINE, Pinus caribaea Morelet (southern pine [lumber], Cuban pine, yellow 

 slash pine, swamp pine, pitch pine ) . 



Large tree of South Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains; also in West Indies and Central 

 America. Bark purplish brown, with large thin scales. Needles 3 (or 2 and 3) in 

 cluster, stout, 8 to 12 inches long, dark green. Cones 3 to 6 inches long, shiny brown, 

 with minute prickles. 



Principal uses: Same as No. 5. (State tree of Alabama.) 



HH. Needles mostly less than 8 inches long. 



7. LOBLOLLY PINE, Pinus taedo, L. (southern pine [lumber], North Carolina pine [lum- 

 ber], Arkansas pine [lumber], oldfield pine, shortleaf pine). 



Large tree of Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Bark reddish brown, deeply fissured 

 into broad scaly plates. Needles 3 in cluster, slender, 6 to 9 inches long, pale green. 

 Cones 3 to 5 inches long, reddish brown, with stiff, sharp prickles. 



Principal uses: Important timber species. Same as No. 9. 



8. PITCH PINE, Pinus rigida Mill, (southern pine [lumber], southern yellow pine; variety: 

 pond pine, P. rigida var. serotina (Michx.) Loud.). 



Medium-sized tree of Atlantic coast and Appalachian Mountain regions and in adjacent 

 Canada, Needles 3 in cluster, stout, 3 to 6 inches long (6 to 8 inches in a variety, pond 

 pine), dark yellow green. Cones short and broad, 1 1 / 2 to 3 inches long, light brown, shiny, 

 with small prickles, remaining on branches several years after opening. 



Principal uses: Fuel and lumber. 



GG. Needles 2 in cluster (or partly 3 in No. 9). 

 I. Needles more than 3 inches long. 



9. SHORTLEAF PINE, Pinus echinata Mill, (southern pine [lumber], North Carolina pine 

 [lumber], Arkansas pine [lumber], shortleaf yellow pine, yellow pine, southern yellow pine ) . 



Large tree of southeastern quarter of United States north to New York. Bark reddish 

 brown, with large, irregular, flat, scaly plates. Needles 2 or 3 in cluster, slender, 2 J /a 

 to 5 Cinches long, dark blue green. Cones small, 1 ! /2 to 2 Vz inches long, dull brown, with 

 small prickles. 



Principal uses: Important timber species. Lumber chiefly for building material in- 

 cluding millwork, also for boxes and crates, agricultural implements, motor vehicles, 

 low-grade furniture. Veneer for containers. This and other southern pines are the 

 leading native pulpwoods and leading woods in production of slack cooperage. Also 



