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WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Habitat. 



LoxG-L£.\F PiXE. Georgia Pixe. 

 PiniMS pahistris Miller. 

 Finns, the classical Latin name; pahistris means swampy, inappro- 

 priate here. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in Louisiana and East 

 Texas. 



Characteristics of tlie 

 Tree: Height, 80'-100'; 

 diameter, 2'-3' ; trunk, 

 straight, clean, Ijranches 

 high: bark, light brown, 

 large, tliin. irregnlar pa- 

 pei'Y scales; leaves 8"-13" 

 long, 3 in a sheath ; cones 

 6"-10" long. 



Appearance of Wood: 



Heart-wood, spring wood 

 light yellow, sinnmer 

 wood, red brown : sap 

 wood, lighter; non-por- 

 ons : rings, very plain and 

 strongly marked ; grain, 

 straight ; rays, numerous, 

 cnns]iicuous ; very I'esin- 

 ous, liut resin ducts few 

 and not large. 



Physical Qualities: 



Heavy (ISth in this list), 

 38 lbs. per cu. ft., sp. gr. 



Leaf. 



