FIELD NAMES OF PINES. 



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The following table of common names, which have been found applied to the four species 

 furnishing Southern pine lumber, will most readily exhibit the difficulty arising from misappre- 

 hension of names. These names are used in the various markets and in various localities in the 

 home of the trees. Where possible the locality in which the name is used has been placed in 

 brackets by the side of the name. 



\nnn'H of Southern lumber jrine* in *. 



Botanical names. 



Ke-;t common lunih'S. 

 Local, market, ami lumbermen's 

 names. 



I'inus ji 

 Syn. 



g Miller. 

 alis Michx. 



Botanical names. 



LONOLKAF 1MNK: 



Snul In in yellow pine. 



Southern nan] pine. 



Snul hern lit-art -pint-. 



Southern pilch-pine. 



Hani pine (Miss., LJI.), 



Heartpnie (N. C. ami So. Atlantic). 



l'itel]-]iii,e ( Atlantic). 



Long leaved yellow pine ( A t Ian tie). 



Long-leaved pine (Atlantic). 



Long-leaved pitch-pine (Atlantic). 



LoDff-Straw pine (Atlantic). 



North Carolina pitch-pine. 



Georgia yellow pine. 



Georgia pine. 



Georgia heart-pine. 



Georgia long-leaved piue. 



< ieor<ria pitch pine. 



Florida yellow pine. 



Florida pine. 



Florida long leaved pine. 



Texas yellow (line. 



Texas long-leaved pine. 



inuK tffda Linn. 



Syn. I'inus Tceda var. tenuifolia Aiton. 



'I'JM*,* echinnta Miller. 

 Syn. rimm miti* Michx. 



Pinu* virffiniana var. echinata Du Roi. 



P. Tceda var. variabilis Aiton. 



1'. variability Lamb. 



/*. riffida Porcher. 



SiloKTI.KAK PINE: 



Vt-llow pine(N.C., Va.). 

 Short-leaved yellow pine. 



Short-leaved pine. 



Virginia yellow pine (in part). 



North Carolina yellow pine (in part). 



North Carolina pine (in part). 



Slash pine (N. C., V'a.). in part. 



Old-Hold pine (Ala., Miss.). 



Hull pine (0. 



Spruce-pine. 



Pinus cub en sin ( rHrsebach. 

 Syn. Pinnx Tceda var. keterophylla Ell. 

 P. elliotii Kiigclm. 

 P. cubensis var. terthrocarpa Wright. 



I'.rSl CliItlllKill liainrrt. 



Local, market, and liniilieniH-n's 

 names. 



LOBLGLLY-PIHB : 



Slash pine (Va., N. C.), in part. 



Lobloltv pino (GftlfBegloB). 



Old-field pine ((Jnlf Region). 



Rusernarv-pine (N. C.. VA.). 



Short-leaved pine (Va. N. C-, S. C.). 



Bull-pipe (Texas and ( 1 nit Jlejjion). 



Virginia pine. 



Sap pine (Va., N. C.). 



Meadow pine (Fla.). 



Cornstalk pine (Va.). 



Black pine (Va.). 



Fox-tail pine (Va., Md.). 



Indian pine (Va., N. C.). .* 



Spruce-pine <Va.), in part. 



Bastard pine (Va., N. C.). 



Yellow pine (No Ala., N. C.). 



Swamp pine (Va. N. C.). 



Long-straw pine (Va., N. C.), in part. 



CUBAN PINE : 



Slash-pine (Ga.. Fla.). 



Swamp pine (Fla. and Ala.), in part. 



Bastard pine (Fla., Ala.). 



Meadow pine (Fla., E. Miss.), in part. 



She pitch-pine (Ga.). 



The botanical distinctious can be briefly tabulated as follows: 



Botanical diagnosis. 



Species. 



Leaves 



Cones (open). 



Scales 



Prickles 



Uuds 



Pinits palusti-is Miller. 



3 in a bundle, 9 to 12 (exceptionally 14 to 15) inches long. . 

 6 lo 9 inches long, 4 to 5 inches in diameter 



inny cvbengis Grisob 



2 and 3 in a bundle; 7 to 12 (usually 9 to 10) inches long. 



4 to 6ft (usually 4 to 5) inches long; 3 to 4$ inches in 



diameter. 



to 1 inch broad: tips much wrinkled, light chestnut $ to inch broad; tips, wrinkled; deep russet brown; 

 brown, gray with age. shiny. 



Very abort, delicate, incurved ! Very short : straight; declined. 



2 inch long, inch in diameter, silver white About, ft inch long; { inch in diameter; brownish. 



Species- 



Pinvft echinata Miller. 



Pinitft t 



Linn. 



Leaves . 



Cones (open) - 

 Scales 



Prickles , 

 Buds 



2 and 3 in a bundle; Ig to 4 inches long, commonly 

 4 inches. 



to | 3 in a bundle. 5 to 8 inches long. 



to 4 A inches long; 1J to 3 inches in diameter. 



1| to 2 inches long; 1 to 1$ inches in diameter ............ . 



A to g (exceptionally about J) inch broad; tips light g to 2 inch broad; tips smooth; dull yellow-brown. 



yellow-brown. 



Exceedingly short (,'p inch) delicate; straight, declined .. Short, stout at base. 

 g to 4 inch long; about ft inch .in diameter; brownish ..... to 2 inch long; i inch in diameter; brownish. 



