THE PINES OF THE SOUTH 



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HOW TO TELL THE PINES OF THE SOUTH 



NAME LEAVES CONES 



Longleaf Pine Occur in 3's, 9-lS inches long. Occur near end of season's 



growth, 6-9 inches long. 



Shortleaf Pine Usually occur in 2's, sometimes 3's Oval, about 2 inches long, open 



and occasionally 4's, 2-4 inches at maturity, 

 long. 



Loblolly Pine Occur in 3's, 3-7 inches long. Oblong, 3-6 inches long, open soon 



after maturity. 



Cuban Pine Occur in 3's, 8-12 inches long. Oval to conical, 3-6 inches long. 



Pond Pine Occur in 3's, 6-8 inches long. Oval, pointed, 2-4 inches long, 



rarely open, persist long. 



Spruce Pine Occur in 2's, less than 2 inches About 2 inches long; cone-scale, 



long. prickles short or wanting. 



Sand Pine Occur in 2's, 3 inches or less in About 3 inches long, armed with 



length. persistent spines. 



BARK 



Thin, bright, reddish-brown, rare- 

 ly scaly. 



Broken in oblong plates, light red- 

 dish -brown, somewhat scaly. 



Bright reddish-brown, broken in- 

 to oblong plates. 



Dark reddish-brown, scaly and 

 shallowly furrowed. 



Dark brown, broken into square 

 or roundish plates. 



Light, reddish-brown, scaly and 

 shallowly fissured. 



Bright, reddish-brown, scaly, deep- 

 ly furrowed. 



The Longleaf Pine is one of the most valuable ever- 

 green trees of the United States. What the White Pine 

 was to the forests of the Northeast and the Lake States, 

 the Longleaf Pine was, and in restricted areas still is, to 

 the forests of 

 the Coastal 

 Plains region 

 of the South. 

 It occurs from 

 Norfolk, Vir- 

 ginia, to the 

 n e i ghborhood 

 of Tampa, 

 Florida, and 

 west along the 

 coast to the 

 Trinity River 

 in eastern 

 Texas. S e 1 - 

 dom does it ex- 

 t e n d inland 

 more than 150 

 miles, and in 

 some regions 

 its range is less 

 than 50 miles 

 in width. 

 Few trees have 

 a longer list 

 of common 

 names than the 

 Longleaf Pine 

 has. It has no 

 less than 28 

 and some claim 

 that it has 33 common names. Of all the common names, 

 Longleaf Pine is the most appropriate, for its leaves, which 

 range in length from 9 to 15 inches and occasionally reach 

 18 inches, are truly distinctive. Other common names 

 are Pitch Pine, Turpentine Pine and Fat Pine. These 



A GOOD EXAMPLE OF REPRODUCTION 



This is a typical reproduction area in Louisiana about fifteen years old and under con- 

 servative logging for about that length of time. The species are mixed, being longleaf, 

 shortleaf and loblolly. 



three names refer to its resinous wood. It is also called 

 Heart Pine because of the large proportion of heartwood 

 produced, and the hardness of its wood gave it the 

 name of Hard Pine. Many of its common names are 



long, and often 

 have the names 

 of states as a 

 prefix. Among 

 these combina- 

 tion names are 

 Long - leaved 

 Yellow Pine, 

 North Caro- 

 lina Pitch 

 Pine, Florida 

 'Yellow Pine, 

 and Georgia 

 Pitch Pine. 

 Small plume- 

 like branchlets 

 covered dense- 

 ly with leaver 

 and from 2 to 

 3 feet long, 

 are sold for 

 decorative pur- 

 poses in north- 

 ern markets at 

 Christinas time 

 under the name 

 o f "Florida 

 Palm" and 

 'l,o u i s i a n a 

 Palm." The 

 s t r a i ghtness 

 and stateliness of the stems of Longleaf Pine are among 

 its distinctive features. Pure stands often cover exten- 

 sive areas and are made up of as fine tree specimens 

 as one can find anywhere in the country. The attractive 

 appearance of many trees is, however, marred by the 



