68 RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN ALABAMA. 



Campulosus aromaticus..(A grass) _ Low pine land. 



Trilisa odoratissima Deer-tongue Pine woods. 



Dichromena latifolia ..(A sedge) _ Low pine land. 



Lophiola aurea Low pine land. 



Helianthus Radula _ Pine woods. 



Vernonia angustifolia _ High pine land. 



(Helenium tenuifolium).. Bitter-weed Roadsides, etc. 



Tofieldia racemosa _ Low pine land. 



Aletris aurea Low pine land. 



Chondrophora nudata _ Low pine land. 



Polygala ramosa Low pine land. 



Helianthus angustifo- 



lius _ (A sunflower) Low pine land. 



Osmunda cinnamomea (A fern) Edges of swamps, etc. 



Aristida stricta Wire-grass High pine land.' 



Chrysopsis graminifolia High pine land. 



Oxypolis filiformis '. Low pine land. 



Sarracenia flava _ Pitcher-plant Low pine land. 



Sabbatia macrophylla Low pine land. 



Sarracenia Sledgei Pitcher-plant Low pine land. 



Orontium aquaticum _ Small creeks mostly. 



Polygala cymosa _ Ponds and swamps. 



Habenaria ciliaris (An orchid) Edges of swamps. 



Ludwigia yirgata _ _ Low pine land. 



Pteris aquilina (A fern) High pine land. 



Kuhnistera pinnata Summer farewell High pine land. 



Rhynchospora axillaris....(A sedge) Low pine land. 



Zygadenus glaberrimus _ _ Low pine land. 



Sorghastrum se.cundum ..Wild oats Low pine land. 



Cracca Virginiana Devil's shoe-string High pine land. 



About 75 per cent of the trees and still more of the 

 shrubs are evergreen, presumably indicating soils low in 

 available potassium. Woody vines are even scarcer than in 

 the lime-sink region, for the same reason given under that 

 head. Many of the herbs, especially in the low pine lands 

 or savannas, have conspicuous white, yellow, or pink-purple 

 flowers, and the leaves of the pitcher-plants (white with red 

 veins in the commonest species, bright yellow in the next) 

 add a dash of brilliant color to the summer landscape. 



Lumbering was for a long time, and may be yet, the lead- 

 ing industry of this region, with naval stores second. Both 

 reached their maximum probably about 25 years ago. In 

 1912 thero were about 60 sawmills in operation, with an 

 average capacity of 37,000 feet of lumber a day. Pine wood 

 is the universal domestic fuel, and it was used for motive 

 power on some of the railroads until quite recently. It is 

 still used at ice-factories, power-houses, etc., in the smaller 

 cities. Near Mobile charcoal for domestic use in the city is 

 still made from the smaller or defective pines, as it has been 

 for generations. Several of the shrubs, particularly the 



