CONIFERAE 51 



2A. Common nearly throughout, except north of the Tennessee River 

 and on the highest elevations south of there. Apparently more abundant 

 eastward than westward. 



2B. The most abundant tree. 



3. Very common. 



4. Ravines and lower slopes of the mountains. Rare or absent above 

 1500 feet above sea-level. 



5. Common throughout, but much of it second growth. 



6A. The most abundant tree, but in the northern portion mostly con- 

 fined to valleys. 



6B. Common in valleys. 

 6C. \'ery common. 



7. On the poorer soils ; much of it second growth. 



8. Generally distributed ; much second growth. 



9. Abundant throughout. 



10-11. Common, especially in valleys. 



12. Mostly near creeks and rivers. 



13. Creek bottoms, etc.; not abundant. 



15. Common along bay shores, etc., in the richer soils. 



Pinus serotina, Mx. Black pixe. (Called pond 



pine in many books, but that name is misleading, and prob- 

 ably not genuine.) 



(Figs, r, 8) 

 Similar in appearance to P. Tacda, except that it has shorter 

 branches, and often many small leafy shoots along the trunk, giv- 

 ing it a shaggy appearance which is very characteristic. The cones 

 are smaller and less prickly, egg-shaped when closed, and they 

 usually hang on for several years, so that there are more of them 

 on the tree at one time than in the case of most of our other pines. 

 Its wood is similar to that of the preceding species, but too rare in 

 Alabama to be of any economic importance. (Dr. Mohr did not 

 know of its occurrence in the state at all.*) 



Grows mostly in sour swamps and bogs in long-leaf pine 

 regions, in the coastal plain. 



6A. Bogs along Yellow Leaf Creek east of Thorsby, Chilton County. 



6B or 6C. Swamps along and near Autauga Creek about a mile above 

 and two miles below Booth. (The accompanying illustrations include two 

 pictures of the same tree taken over 21 years apart, showing that it grew 

 very little in the interval.) 



lOE. Damp sandy flats between Waterford and Daleville, Dale County. 



12. Scattered in Dale, Houston, Geneva and Covington Counties. 



13. Near Andalusia and Lockhart, Covington County. 



*For an account of its discovery in Alabama see Bull. Torrev Bot. 

 Club, 33:524. 1906. 



