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TIMBER TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The wood is heavy, soft, not stronir, brittle, coarse-grained ; 

 dark orange in color; the thi(;k sapwood pale yellow. 



In some sections of the State the pond pine is manufactured 

 into lumber with the loblolly, from which it is not distinguished 

 commercially. 



Pinus virginiana, Miller.* 

 (jersey pine, cedar pine, spruce pine, scrub pine.) 



A slender tree, with a short stem, very numerous limbs which 

 form an open oval or conical crown, and red-brown frequently 

 scaly bark, reaching a height of 120 and a diameter of 3 feet. 



It occurs from New York, generally near the coast, to Georgia, 

 and westward to Kentucky, and Indiana ; reaching its best devel- 

 opment west of the Appalachian mountains. 



In this State, where it grows to a height of 20 to 40 feet and a 

 diameter of 12 to 15 inches, it occurs sparingly in the Piedmont 

 plateau on gravelly ridges with the short-leaf pine, and along the 

 foot and on the spurs of the Blue Ridge much more abundantly, 

 mixed with the white and pitch pines, or sometimes forming 

 small patches of pure foi est. It is also found west of the Blue 

 Ridge. (Fig. 36.) 



Seed is produced plentifully once in 2 or 3 years, and seedlings 

 are very common, particularly in old lields, together with those 



*Pmus inops, Alton. 



