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EiG. 9. Finns ccliiiiata (the nearest one 20 inches in 

 diameter ) in dry woods about six miles east of Tuscaloosa. 

 October 13, 1911. 



It is confined to dry soils, but seems to require a moderate 

 amcjunt of iron and alumina, if not potash. Alost pines avoid cal- 

 careous soils, but this one grows on top of some of the high lime- 

 stone cliffs on the Tennessee River in Madison and ]^Iarshall 

 Counties. It seems to resist fire pretty well, but the woods in 

 which it grows are not burned as often as the long-leaf pine forests. 

 It is common throughout the northern half of Alabama, and grad- 

 ually disappears southward. 



lA. Common in Limestone County, in the driest soils. 



IB. Mostly second growth, in the poorest soils; not common. 



IC. Common. 



2A, 2B. Very common on uplands. 



3. Common on drv ridges, in old fields, etc. 



