Slash Pine 35 



for turpentine, but although very resinous its sap does not flow freely, as it thick- 

 ens and becomes hard too rapidly. 



This tree is known under many common names, as Old field pine, Torch pine, 

 Shortleaf pine, Rosemary pine. Slash pine, Black slash pine, Longschat pine, 

 Longshucks pine, Frankincense short leaf pine. Bull pine, Virginia pine. Sap 

 pine. Meadow pine. Cornstalk pine. Black pine. Foxtail pine, Indian pine. Spruce 

 pine. Bastard pine. Yellow pine, Swamp pine, and Long straw pine. 



26. SLASH PINE — Pinus caribsea Morelet 



Pinus keierophylla (Elliott) Sudworth. Pinus Elliottii Engelmann. Pinus bahamensis 



Grisebach 



This tree occtirs in the coastal region from North Carolina to Florida and 

 westward to Louisiana; also in the western and northern Bahamas, and in west- 

 em Cuba, reaching a maximum height of 35 meters, with a trunk diameter of 1.5 m. 



Fig. 27. — Slash Pine, southern Florida. 



The trunk is straight and somewhat tapering, usually free of branches for 

 over half its height. The branches are long, horizontal, forming a round-topped 

 or irregular head. The bark is usually about 3.5 cm. thick, shallowly fissured 



