THE PRODUCTION OF LUMBER IN 1913. 

 LODGEPOLE PINE. 



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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is a slow-growing tree dispersed 

 over much of the regions between the Rocky Mountains and the 

 Pacific coast. It is inclined to take possession of tracts laid bare by 

 fire, where it grows in heavy stands. 



Table 33. — Lodgepole pine lumber sawed. 



State. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity 

 (M feet 

 b. m.). 



Per cent 



of 

 distribu- 

 tion. 



United States 



Colorado 



Wyoming 



Montana 



Idaho 



Utah 



20, 106 



100.0 



10,410 



6,998 



1,199 



1,009 



490 



51.8 



34.8 



6.0 



5.0 



2.4 



MINOR SPECIES. 



Some of the species fisted in Table 34 are native, others foreign. 

 Logs of the latter are brought to this country and are converted 

 into lumber at sawmills located in the States designated in the table. 



Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) comes from tropical America. 

 Other woods passing for mahogany come from Africa, South America, 

 India, and the Philippines. 



Cherry (Prunus serotina) grows in western New York, Pennsylvania, 

 and southward among the mountains, and westward to the States 

 beyond the Mississippi. 



Buckeye (JEsculus octandra) is the common tree cut for lumber 

 of this name. It is often known as yellow buckeye. Ohio buckeye 

 (JEsculus glabra) is occasionally cut for lumber; but the buckeye 

 lumber frequently goes to market as "poplar saps," or as the sap- 

 wood of yellow poplar. 



Locust (Robinia pseudacacia) has been widely planted, but its 

 natural range lies in the region from Pennsylvania to Georgia. 

 Honey locust (Gleditsia tricanthos) and water locust (Gleditsia aqua- 

 tica) are sometimes listed as locust lumber in mill yards. Both are 

 most plentiful south of the Ohio River and west of the mountains. 



Black willow (Salix nigra) is the principal one of several willows 

 occasionally sawed into lumber. It is best developed in the lower 

 Mississippi Valley. 



Cucumber ( Magnolia acuminata) occurs from New York to Illinois 

 and south to Alabama and Arkansas. 



Magnolia (Magnolia Jmtida) is the tree known in the South as 

 evergreen or laurel-leafed magnolia. The magnolia lumber of com- 

 merce is usually cut from this species, though there are three or four 

 kindred species in the South which are sawed in small amounts. 



