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5. Slash (or Cuban) pine, from Georgia and the Gulf states 

 east of the Mississippi River. 



6. Scrub pine, also called Jersey pine, from the Middle Atlantic 

 states. 



7. Pitch pine, from the Middle Atlantic and northern states. 



8. Spruce pine, from the Gulf states. 



9. Pond pine, from the South Atlantic states. 



10. Sand pine, from Florida and Alabama. 



11. Table-mountain pine, from the Appalachian Mountains. 



12. Western yellow pine, from every western state between 

 South Dakota and the Pacific Coast. 



13. Bull pine, commonly called California white pine, New 

 Mexico white pine, western soft pine, or white pine, from the same 

 states as western yellow pine. 



451. Cypress. The commercial cypress wood is known as 

 bold cypress. The principal source of cypress is Louisiana, but 

 some is cut in the Atlantic and Central states. 



452. Maple. The lumber trade recognizes two kinds of maple 

 hard and soft. Hard maple lumber comes from the sugar maple 

 tree and soft maple lumber from the silver and red species. These 

 three species grow all over the eastern half of the United States. 

 Sugar maple and silver maple are lumbered principally in the 

 northern states, while red maple is the most important timber tree 

 in the southern states. 



453. Red Gum and Redwood. The red gum tree is cut in 

 the lower Mississippi Valley and also farther east and north. Red 

 (or sweet) gum, commercially known as "sap gum," is the sap-wood 

 of the red gum tree. 



Redwood lumber is found chiefly in California, but is present to 

 a small extent in southern Oregon. 



454. Cedar. A number of species are grouped under the com- 

 mon name "cedar." The several species rank as follows in im- 

 portance as lumber producers: 



