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TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The wood is heavy, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained ; 

 dark orange in color ; the thick sapwood pale yellow. 



In some sections of the State the pond pine is manufactured 

 into lumber w r ith the loblolly, from which it is not distinguished 

 commercially. 



Firms virginiana, Miller.* 

 (JERSEY PINE. CEDAR PINE. SPRUCE PINE. SCRUB PINE.) 



A slender tree, with a short stem, very numerous limbs which 

 form an open oval or conical crown, and red-brown frequently 

 scaly bark, reaching a height of 120 and a diameter of 3 feet. 



It occurs from New York, generally near the coast, to Georgia,, 

 and westward to Kentucky, and Indiana ; reaching its best devel- 

 opment west of the Appalachian mountains. 



In this State, where it grows to a height of 20 to 40 feet and a 

 diameter of 12 to 15 inches, it occurs sparingly in the Piedmont, 

 plateau on gravelly ridges with the short-leaf pine, and along the 

 foot and on the spurs of the Blue Ridge much more abundantly, 

 mixed with the white and pitch pines, or sometimes forming 

 small patches of pure forest. It is also found west of the Blue 

 Ridge. (Fig. 36.) 



MAP OF 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SCALE OF MILES 



LEGEND 



Distribution of the JERSEY or SCRUB PINE 

 (Pinus virginiana, Mill.) 



Distribution of the TABLE MOUNTAIN 

 PINE 



(Pinus pungenSj JAkfcn/.j 



Seed is produced plentifully once in 2 or 3 years, and seedlings 

 are very common, particularly in old fields, together with those 



*Pinus inops, Alton. 



