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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



OUTER SURFACE OF HEAVY CORK BARK 



would be available for 

 future generations. The 

 combination of longleaf 

 pine and cork oak would 

 bring together two trees 

 which furnish excellent 

 wood and also yield a reve- 

 nue from other sources 

 while they are coming to 

 maturity. Properly han- 

 dled the pine will yield 

 quantities of valuable tur- 

 pentine and rosin in its 

 early life and then make 

 desirable lumber when 

 mature. The cork oak 

 yields a crop of cork every 

 few years and finally pro- 

 duces a crop of excellent 

 wood. 



One of the greatest causes 

 of damage in this region is 

 fire although longleaf pine 

 is particularly resistant. 

 Cork oak should be able to 

 survive as well or better 

 than pine as the thick- 

 corky bark would protect 

 the growing tissue from 

 the heat and is in itself 

 very non-combustible. 

 Should cork oak ever be established in the longleaf 

 pine region it would bring together not only two trees 

 furnishing valuable wood and valuable by-products, but 

 would also bring together the two most singular and 

 striking species appearing anywhere in the forests of 

 the world. 



This remarkable specimen of cork oak at Daphne has 

 been nominated for a place in the Hall of Fame for 

 Trees being compiled by the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation at Washington, D. C. 



INNER SURFACE OF HEAVY CORK BARK 



branches at eight feet from the ground. In general ap- 

 pearance at a distance it might be a symmetrical, spread- 

 ing live oak, but on coming closer its heavy limbed 

 appearance is striking. The thick corky bark extending 

 out to the small branches causes this effect. 



The bark on this specimen, never having been harvested 

 regularly, is very thick and coarse, except in one place 

 on the trunk where a portion had been removed by acci- 

 dent or otherwise. At this point the new bark was 

 smooth and of excellent quality.. The rough bark was 

 from 12 to 15 years old and 

 2 to 2% inches thick on the 

 main trunk. 



The writer has also seen 

 smaller specimens of cork oaks 

 at Byromville, Georgia; Atlan- 

 ta, Georgia, and Columbia, 

 South Carolina, growing so 

 vigorously that there seems to 

 be no doubt that the tree will 

 thrive in the longleaf pine sec- 

 tion of the Atlantic and Gulf 

 States. If cork oak could be 

 substituted for the "scrub" oak 

 that is now coming in on the 

 cut-over longleaf pine lands, 



. , . 'AN INTERESTING PICTURE OF A CROSS SECTION OF THE ROUGH BARK FROM THE DAl'HNE 



a valuable economic resource cork oak. these specimens were collected and photographed by the writer 



