State Board of Forestry. 101 



sessile, sharp-pointed; oblique at the base, ()l)lons-conical, 1.5-3 cm. 

 ('3^-13/2 inches) long, erect, incurved or pointing in the direction 

 of the branch. 



Distribution. Nova Scotia to the northwest territory, south to 

 Maine, northern New York, southern shores of the Great Lakes to 

 ce tral Minnesota. In Indiana it is frequent to common on the 

 sand dunes bordering Lake Michigan. 



The published records of the d stribution are as follows: Lake 

 (Hill) and (Blatchley); Porter (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal)*. 



Additional records are: Lake and Porter (Deam). 



Economic uses. In our area it is only a scrubby or medium 

 sized tree and occurs so sparingly as to be of little economic im- 

 portance. 



3. Pinus virginiana Miller. Scrub Pine. SprTjce Pine. Plate 

 9. Bark dark brown, with rather shallow fissures, the ridges 

 broken, somewhat scaly; branches spreading, at first green, Hght 

 brown or purplish with a bloom, becoming a gray brown; leaves in 

 bundles of 2, rarely 3, twisted, deciduous during the third or fourth 

 year, about 5 cm. (2 inches) long; cones sessile or nearly so, narrowly 

 conic when closed, 4-7 cm. (13^-2J^ inches) long, opening in the 

 autumn of the second year, frequently remaining on the branches 

 3 or 4 years; scales armed with a curved spine 2-4 mm. (about 1-8 

 inch) long. 



Distribution. From Long Island, New York, south along the 

 coast to northern Georgia and Alabama, west to eastern Kentucky 

 and southern Indiana. In Indiana it is confined to the ''knob" 

 region of a few counties near the Ohio River. As nearly as could be 

 ascertained the limits of its distribution are as follows: North as 

 far as Scottsburg in Scott County, west in Washington and Floyd 

 counties to Blue River and east to the Pennsylvania railroad 

 which passes through Clark County. In Clark County near Henry- 

 ville it is found a few miles east of the railroad. This location is 

 not contained in the "knobs" and it is beheved that the few trees 

 found obtained a foothold after the original forest had been cut. 

 Investigation showed that it never occurred in any of the south- 

 eastern counties. References to Pinus echinata should be referred 

 to this species. Baird and Taylor reported Pinus rigida for Clark 

 County but did not report virginiana which is common on some of 

 the hills. Doubtless the preceding record of rigida should be re- 

 ferred to virginiana. 



*The specimen on which this record is made is in the Depauw herbarium, and is Tsug a canadensis. 



