CONIFERAE 



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Fig. 4. Slash pine in damp sandy flats with evergreen bushy under- 

 growth, about one-half mile south of Orange Beach P. O., Baldwin County, 

 June 13, 1912. 



References : — Mattoon 3, Mohr 18. 



Grows normally in shallow ponds, branch-swamps, etc., but 



occasionally in old fields and cut-over lands with comparatively 



dry soil, a circumstance which led some foresters a generation ago 



to believe that it was gradually replacing the long-leaf pine. 



Throughout its range it is confined to regions with plenty of rain 



in summer, which leaches out the fertility of the soil. Its inland 



limit is pretty sharply defined, all the way from South Carolina to 



Louisiana. (See map.) 



10. Extreme southern part of Butler County, and neighboring parts 

 of Conecuh and Covington. 



12. Common in ponds and branches. 



13. Common along branches, etc., and often in clearings. 

 15. Common or locally abundant in damp sandy flats. 



Some of the slash pines along the coast may represent Piniis Caribaea 

 Morelet, which is abundant in southern Florida — and seems quite distinct 

 there — and apparently follows the coast to Georgia and Mississippi. It 

 prefers drier soils than P. EUiottii does, and is much less valuable for 

 lumber and naval stores. 



