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ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



belt. The same rivers which cross them also cross this, 

 and the Tombigbee, Alabama and Tallapoosa flow length- 

 wise of it for some distance. 



Climate. — Montgomery is pretty centrally located in 

 this region, and some climatic data for that place can be 

 found in Appendix B. 



Forest types. — Th'^ forest types are also so similar to 

 those of the short-leaf pine belt that it is hardly worth 

 while to describe them. The relative abundance of the 

 trees is somewhat different, though, as will appear from 

 the following list : 



LIST OF TREES. 



