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Cuban Pine. Fmus helerophylla Sudw. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth. ) 



Cuban Pine, Slash Pine (local Swamp Pine (Fla., Miss.). 



and common names). Bastard Pine, Meadow Pine, 



Pitch Pine, She Pine, She Spruce Pine. 



Pitch Pine (Ga., Fla.). 

 Locality. 



Coast region. South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



Features of Tree. 



Fifty to eighty feet in height, one to two feet in diameter. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 

 Resembles longleaf pine. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Similar to those of longleaf pine, from which it is seldom 

 separated. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



39 (U. S. Forestry Div.).* 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



2,370,000 (average of 410 tests by U. S. Div. of Forestry).* 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



13,600 (average of 410 tests by U. S. Div. of Forestry).* 



Remarks. 



Resembles and is marked longleaf pine (Pinus paluslris). 



* See page 6. 



<'Si)uthern Pine." U. S. Forestry Circular No. 12. (Dr. B. E. Femow, Chief.) 

 "Timber Pines of Southern States." U. S. Forestry Bui. No. 13. (Dr. B. E. 

 Femow, Chief.) 



