SPRUCE PINE; CEDAR PINE (Pinus glabra, Walt.). 80 tc 

 120 feet. Tall tree with narrow head of short, irregular 

 branches. Bark thin, reddish, scaly, with broad plates and 

 shallow fissures. Wood pale, soft, weak, close-grained, little 

 used, except for fuel. Leaves 2 in a sheath, 1^ to 3 inches 

 long, dark green, slender, flexible, shed during second and 

 third seasons. Flowers staminate in short, crowded, yellow 

 clusters; pistillate cones, 2 or 3 on recurved stems. Fruits 

 solitary or few in a cluster, reddish brown, shining, \ to 2 

 inches long, stout, with weak prickles, soon shed. Dist.- 

 South Carolina to Louisiana, in lowlands. 



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