Slash Pine 



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for turpentine, but although very resinous its sap does not flow freely, as it thick- 

 ens and becomes hard too rapidly. 



This tree is known under many common names, as Old field pine, Torch pine, 

 Shortleaf pine, Rosemar\^ pine. Slash pine, Black slash pine, Longschat pine, 

 Longshucks pine, Frankincense short leaf pine, Bull pine, \'irginia pine. Sap 

 pine, jSIeadow pine, Cornstalk pine. Black pine. Foxtail pine, Indian pine. Spruce 

 pine. Bastard pine. Yellow pine. Swamp pine, and Long straw pine. 



26. SL/VSH PINE Pinus caribsea ^lorelet 



Piniis hetero pli ylld^ (Elliott) Sudworth. Pinus Elliott ii Engelmann. Pinus bahamensis 



Grisebach 



This tree occurs in the coastal region from North Carolina to Florida and 

 westward to Louisiana; also in the western and northern Bahamas, and in west- 

 ern Cuba, reaching a maximum height of 35 meters, with a trunk diameter of 1.5 m. 



Fig. 27. Slash Pine, southern Florida. 



The trunk is straight and somewhat tapering, usually free of branches for 

 over half its height. The branches are long, horizontal, forming a round-topped 

 or irregular head. The bark is usually about 3.5 cm. thick, shallowly fissured 



