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Betula nigra ; river birch 114 



Betula lenta ; cherry or sweet birch 115 



Salix nigra ; black willow _ 116 



Populus grandidenta ; aspen 117 



Populus heterophylla*; cotton wood '. 118 



Populus monilifera; Carolina cottonwood 118 



Thuja occidentalis ; arbor vitse 119 



Cupressus thyoides ; white cedar 119 



Juniperus virginiana ; red cedar : 121 



Taxodium distichum ; cypress 122 



Pinus strobus ; white pine 123 



Pinus tseda ; loblolly pine 125 



Pinus rigida; pitch pine 126 



Pinus serotina ; pond pine ' 127 



Pinus virginiana ; scrub pine 128 



Pinus pungens ; Table Mountain pine 129 



Pinus echinata; short-leaf pine 130 



Pinus palustris ; long-leaf pine 131 



Picea nigra ; black spruce 133 



Tsuga canadensis ; hemlock 134 



Tsuga caroliniana; Carolina hemlock 135 



Abies fraseri ; balsam 136 



Sabal palmetto ; palmetto 136 



Forests of North Carolina 141 



Forest divisions 141 



The coastal plain region 141 



The Piedmont plateau region 141 



The mountain region 142 



Forests of the Coastal Plain Region 143 



Maritime Forests _ 144 



Soils of the maritime division 144 



Condition of the forests 145 



Forests op the Pine Belt 147 



Forest trees 147 



Distinctive growth 148 



Physical characteristics of the pine belt 148 



Changes in the kind of forest growth 149 



Forests of the Pine Belt Uplands 149 



Long- leaf Pine Woodland 151 



The pine barrens 152 



Soils of the pine barrens 152 



Conditions of the forests of the pine barrens 153 



Possibilities of the pine barrens 155 



Level pine-woodland 156 



