KINDS OF WOOD I'SKl). 



There arc thirty . cies which enter into the commodities 



produced in the State. Three species, mahogany, Spanish 

 and lignum vitae, are foreign; the other twenty-eiiji: 

 South Carolina. Two of these, spruce and white pine, do not 

 occur in merchantable <jiiuntities. Judged ly (|iiantity an.i use. 

 the most important woods of the region are cypress and the three 

 nath longleaf, shortleaf, and loblolly. Among the hard- 



woods, oak, yellow poplar, and the three gums, re and 



tupelo or cotton gum, are of greatest value. 



Very great differences exist in the quantities of woods emp! 

 and the purposes for which they are used. Some of those listed 

 are demanded by a single industry, others appear in a dozen or 

 more, but not one occurs in all the industries. 



Over ninety per cent, of the wood used is grown in the State 

 which produces much more timber than is now needed at home. 

 e amounts are sent to other markets, principally in the 

 North. 



Table 1 presents certain facts, as there indicated. concerning 

 the thirty-one species used. These species are given in the : 

 and are di^msscd in the succeeding pages, in the order of their 

 respective importance. 



THE SOUTHERN YELLOW PINES 



These are by far the most important spc-cies of South Carolina. 

 They include longleaf, shortleaf, loblolly, and some Cuban and 



;d other minor species. It is not difficult to 

 tiniruish the specie while standing in the forest, but in the 

 lumber yard they arc not so readily identified and 5< In 



HM 1 the State ranked eleventh in the production of yellow pine 

 lumber. All was not needed at home and much was sin 

 to northern and foreign markets. Thi< i;ronp <>f pines is 

 important in supplying planing mills and for c. instruction pur- 

 poses. Shortleaf demands drier situations than the other south- 

 ern pines, and on high grounds it is the predominant sj,, 

 In the upper and lower pine regions and near the coast it occu- 

 pies the drier ridges, while loblolly grows more in tin- 

 places. However, much shortleaf u fced by mantifac- 



