LIFE HISTORY OF SHORTLEAF PINE. 



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fyre /r/ / Zed's fub- 



Sprouf leader 



~Wc-s-^-5ecor?dary sprouts 



Fig. 8.— Sprout shortleaf pine following fire,showing new upright stem, secondary sprouts, or "laterals/- 

 and characteristic crook of the taproot. Three-year-old coppice from 7-year-old seedling parent. (Drawn 

 from actual specimen.) 



