Habitat, 



70 WOOD AND FOREST. 



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Short-Leaf Pine. Yellow Pixi:. 

 Finns ecMnata Miller. 



I'iniis, the classical Latin name; echinata refers to spiny cones. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 best in lower Mississippi 

 basin. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree : Straight, tall trunk, 

 sometimes 100' high; 

 branches high; diameter 

 2'-4'; bark, pale graj'ish 

 reel-brown, fissures, run- 

 ning lielter-skclter, mak- 

 ing large irregular plates, 

 covered with small scales ; 

 leaves in twos, 3" long; 

 cones small. 



Appearance of Wood : 



Color: heartwood, sum- 

 mer wood, red, spring- 

 wood, 3-cllow : snp-wood, 

 lighter; non-porous; an- 

 nual rings very plain, 

 sliarp contrast between 

 spring and summer wood; 

 grain, straight, coarse ; 

 rays, numerous, conspicu- 

 ous ; very resinous, ducts 

 large and many. 



Leaf. 



