Handbook of Trees of the Northekn States and Canada. 



The Loblolly Pine sometimes attains the 

 height of 125 ft. with straight trunk 2 ft. in 

 diameter and, when growing in the open, with 

 spreading branches which form a rounded 

 pyramidal head. Like several others of the 

 southern trees it extends up into the territory 

 covered by this handbook only in the coast 

 region, whero its somber tops of dark j;rccH 

 are familiar objects along the borders of 

 swamps and lowlands, in company with the 

 Short-leaf Pine, Sweet and Sour Gums, 

 Spanish, Pin, Laui-el and other Oaks, Moker 

 nut Ilickorj', etc. 



The wood is rather brittle, weak, coarse- 

 grained and not durable, of a yellowish brown 

 color and abundant lighter sap-wood. It is 

 largely manufactured into lumber for interior 

 finishing, general construction purposes and 

 for the spars of vessels. The weight of a cubic 

 foot when dry is 33.90 Ibs.i 



Leaves in clusters of 3, with close persistent 

 siieaths, rather slender and stiff, dark green. 6-!t 

 in. long, witti large stomata on each face and two 

 fibro-vasciilar bundles. Flowers: staminate yel- 

 low, crowded ; pistillate solitary or few together, 

 lateral (below the apex of growing shoot) yellow, 

 short-stalked. Cones 3-5 in. long, lateral spread- 

 ing, subsessile, reddish brown ; scales thickened 

 at apex with prominent transverse ridges and 

 spreading prickle. The cones often remain on the 

 branches for a year after liberating the seeds. 

 These are mottled, about V4 In. long and provided 

 with a large wing broadest above the middle. 



1. A. W., Xr, 274. 



