324 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Pinus echinata Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 12. 1768. 



SHORTLEAF PINE, YELLOW PINE. 



Pinus mitis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:204. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2:633. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 491. Chap. Fl. 433. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 554. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Long Island, New York, to Virginia, eastern 

 Kentucky, southeastern Tennessee, and middle Florida, west to Texas, the eastern 

 limit of Indian Territory, and southwestern Missouri. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. On the highest summits. Fre- 

 quent among the hard-wood timber growth of the Warrior table-land, more abun- 

 dant on the lower hills of sandy and gravelly loam from the northeast partof Tusca- 

 loosa, through Lamar and a part of Fayette County to the Mississippi State line in 

 Marion County. In lesser proportion scattered throughout the Upper division of 

 the Coast Pine belt, and rarely in the Lower Pine region, with its southern limit in 

 Baldwin County, near Stockton, and in Mobile County about Mount Vernon. Flow- 

 ers March to April. 



Type locality not ascertained. Michaux's locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Kentucky 

 et Carolina." 



Economic uses: Highly valued for its excellent timber. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Finns glabra Walt. Fl. Car. 237. 1788. 



Rav. Proc. Ell. Soc. Charleston, 11 : 52. Chap. Fl. 433. 



Louisianian area. Coast of South Carolina to western Florida, west to eastern 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region. Upper division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. 

 Low woods skirting sandy swamps of streams. Marengo County, Lu there Stoic 

 (E. A. Smith). Butler County, Georgiana. Autauga County, Prattville. Mobile 

 County, Pierce's Landing. Baldwin County, Stockton. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Economic uses: Of little importance for its timber. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pinus virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 9. 1768. SCRUB PINE. JERSEY PINE. 



Pinus inops Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 367. 1789. 



Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 1 : 580, t. 4. Ell. Sk. 2 : 633. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 491. Chap. 

 F1.433; ed.3,456. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania. Kentucky, southeastern 

 Indiana, and from Virginia south along the mountains to northern Alabama. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Coosa Hills, rocky ridges of Carboniferous sandstone. 

 Winston County, near Sipsey fork, 1,200 feet. Cullman County, 900 feet. Dekalb 

 County, Lookout Mountain, 1,800 feet. St. Clair County, 500 feet. Not abundant, 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Economic uses: Of little importance except for fuel. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Pinus clausa (Engelm.) Sargent in Tenth Census U. S. (Cat. For. Trees N. A.) 

 9:179. 1884. SAND PINE. FLORIDA SPRUCE PINE. 



Pinus inops var. clansa Engelm. Bot. Gaz. 2 : 125. 1877. 



Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 4 : 183. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 456. 



Louisianian area, Eastern and western Florida to Perdido Bay. 



ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Drifting sands. Baldwin County, near Bon Secour. 

 Only locality; rare. 



Type locality: "Apalachicola" (Chapman). 



Economic uses: Of no importance except for fuel. 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TSUGA Carr. Trait. Conif. 185. 1855. 



About 7 species. Eastern Asia (Japan). North America, 4. 

 Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. Trait. Conif. 185. 1855. HEMLOCK. 



Pinus canadensis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1421. 1763. 



Abies canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 206. 1803. Not Miller. 



Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am. 1 : 8, t. 13. Ell. Sk. 2 : 639. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 492. Chap. 

 F1..434. 



Canadian zone, Alleghonian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia. New Brunswick, 

 Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Wisconsin and Michigan, and along the 

 higher Alleghenian ranges to northern Alabama. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Kocky hillsides and ravines. Winston County, east 



