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TIMBER TREEB OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



Pinus echinata, Millei-.* 

 (short-leaf pine, yellow pine, spruce pine, rosemary pine. 



HEART pine.) 



A tree of coniHiercial importance, with a loiiii; clear stem, a 

 broad oval ciown, and hrownisli-red hark l)roken into rectangular 

 plates, reaching- a height of 1(M> and a diameter of -ii feet. 



It occurs from New York to Florida and Texas, through Arkan- 

 sas to Indian Territory, Kansas, and Missouri, and in Illinois; 

 reaching its best development in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. 



In North Carolina, where it grows to a height of 70 to 90 feet 

 and a diameter of 2 to Sk feet, it is found throughout, and enters 

 into the composition of most upland forests. It appears less com- 

 monly in the coastal j^lain region, being especially rare south of 

 the Neiise river. (Fig. 37.) 



Areas containing merchantable milling tim- 

 ber of the SHORT-LEAF PINE 

 (Pinus echinata, Mi'U.) 



Areas from which the milling timber of 

 SHORT-LEAP PINE has been largely 

 removed. 



The short-leaf pine produces some seed annually, and bears abun- 

 dantly about once in three years. Seedlings are common on well- 

 drained soil, occupying abandoned fields and often growing in mix- 

 ture with the loblolly pine. The rate of growth in youth is very 

 ra]>id. On high exposed situations it is sometimes thrown by the 

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The dark green slender leaves are usually in twos, from a long 

 sheatli, and 3 to 5 inches long. The cone, smaller than that of 

 the other North Carolina pines, and armed with slender short 



*Pinus mitis, Micliaux. 



