LOBLOLLY PINE. NOKTH CAROLINA PIN2. 



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useful timbers of the United States. Its threatened exhaustion is 

 therefore a serious matter. 



Pinus tseda, Linnteus. 



(loblolly pine, old field pine, short-leaf pine, swamp pine, 

 slash pine. rosemary pine. north carolina pine.) 



A lar^e and valuable tree, with a long clear stem, a large ovoid 

 crown, and reddish-brown bark divided into flat rectangular 

 plates, reaching a height of 150 and a diameter of 5 feet. 

 (Plate XV.) 



It occurs from Delaware to Florida and Texas, generally near 

 the coast, and north to the valley of the Arkansas river; reaching 

 its best development in eastern North Carolina. 



MAP OF 



>ORTH C VKOLINA 



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LEGEND 

 I Areas containinsc merchantable timber of 

 I the LOBLOLLY PINE 



(Pinus taeda, L.) 



I Areas from which the merchantable timber 

 I of LOBLOLLY PINE has been largely 

 removed. 



In this State (fig. 34), where it attains an average height of 

 50 to 70, and an average diameter of 2 to 3 feet, it is found on a 

 great variety of soils and situations from the sea level to an 

 elevation of J, 000 feet. The original growth is on moist deep 

 soil, but the second growth has sprung up largely in old fields, 

 often replacing the long-leaf pine on the moister loamy lands. 



It bears seed generally every year, and abundantly once in 2 or 

 3 years, but much of the seed is imperfect. Seedlings are very 

 common on rather moist soil in abandoned fields. The rate of 

 growth, under sufficient light, is very rapid. 



The slender light green leaves are usually in threes, with 



