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In its station or habitat the Pond Piue is at present limited to the low, wet, sandy flats; it is 

 not met on dry, sandy, rolling' pine lands, nor does it, like Loblolly, take to the rich river bottoms 

 and hammocks or the fertile red-clay lands. Its name is misleading, in so far as it does not, like 

 the Cuban Pine, go right into the water or ponds. On constantly overflowed tracts, like the 

 Okefluokee, or ttje interior of cypress ponds, the Pond Pine is not found. As to its associations, the 

 Pond Pine is quite independent. Generally it occurs only with other pines, particularly Loblolly 

 in the northern part of its range and Cuban Pine farther south ; but, as stated before, it is found 

 with Longleaf on the vast flats of southern North Carolina and also mixed with hard woods, as in 

 eastern North Carolina. It is rarely alone and no large forests of Pond Pine seem to occur. In 

 Georgia and eastern Florida it is the common associate of Cuban Pine, where this latter forms the 

 narrow fringe of river swamps and hammocks, separating often by only a few rods the Longleaf 

 from the cypress and hard woods of these tracts. 



ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE. 



In former years this tree, like Loblolly and Shortleaf, was not bled for turpentine, but of late 

 the scarcity of Longleaf Pine has induced the people of South Carolina and other States to extend 

 their operations even to these less-remunerative species. The yield from Pond Pine is fair both 

 in quantity and quality, but requires more labor, the " streak " or wound requiring renewal at least 

 twice a week. Operators claim that the tree does not bleed as long during the same season as 

 the Longleaf, nor does it endure the operation for as many seasons. On this latter point, however, 

 observations are as yet not sufficient to warrant generalizations. With its ready reproduction, 

 rapid growth into good lumber-size trees, and its ability to occupy poorly drained, otherwise almost 

 valueless lands, the Pond Pine deserves attention in all future forest operations of its region. 



