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few other species found in mixture with the oak except in a few 

 rare cases. These areas of oak are "both of cordwood and sprout 

 size. A great deal of oak has been removed from these areas in 

 the past for use in shipbuilding and many other allied industries. 



Pitch Pine - The pitch pine type covers 3670 of the forest 

 area and being one of the few species found on the Gape because 

 of its fire resistance, there are a few large areas in which 

 pitch pine is of merchantable size, but the greatest proportion 

 of the areas is of cordwood size or smaller. It is a very 

 prolific seeder, growing anywhere, and also quickly recovers 

 from the effects of fire. 



Pitch Pine and Oak - This type consists of Pitch Pine and 

 oak in proportions very nearly equal. Areas in which Pitch Pine 

 or Oak predominate, we were able to place in either one or the 

 other class, but where the two species are very nearly equal it 

 was found necessary to place them in this joint type. This com- 

 prises ISfo of the forest cover of the Cape. 



Scrub Oak - Because we wish to be able to carry on forest 

 management on the Cape, we divided this tjtpe into two parts, one 

 in which the scrub oak is five or six feet in height and so thick 

 that it is impossible to do any planting, and the second scrub oak 

 (plantable) which is composed of areas covered with scrub oak, but 

 with considerable open area suitable for planting. These two 

 types compose 19^ of the forest cover. 



Cedar - There were foiond a number of cedar swamps with growth 

 ranging from four inches up to eighteen inches in diameter. These 

 areas have produced timber large enough for construction purposes 



