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TIMBER TBKES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



Pinus echinata, Miller.* 



^KIIOBT-LEAF PINE. YELLOW PINE. SPRUCE PINE. ROSEMARY PINE. 



HEART PINE.) 



A tree of commercial importance, with a long clear stem, a 

 broad oval ciown, and brownish-red bark broken into rectangular 

 plates, reaching a height of 100 and a diameter of 4£ feet. 



It occurs from New York to Florida and Texas, through Arkan- 

 sas to Indian Territory, Kansas, and Missouri, and in Illinois ; 

 reaching its best development in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. 



In North Carolina, where it grows to a height of 70 to 90 feet 

 and a diameter of 2 to 3£ feet, it is found throughout, and enters 

 into the composition of most upland forests. It appears less com- 

 monly in the coastal plain region, being especially rare south of 

 the Neuse river. (Fig. 37.) 



MAP OF 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SCALE OF MILES 



COASTAL PLAIN _«eaiOI«__ 



LEGEND 



Areas containing merchantable milling tim- 

 ber of the SHORT-LEAF PINE 

 (Pinus echinata, Mill.) 



Areas from which the milling timber of 

 I SHORT-LEAF PINE has been largely 

 removed. 



The short-leaf pine produces some seed annually, and bears abun- 

 dantly about once in three years. Seedlings are common on well- 

 drained soil, occupying abandoned fields and often growing in mix- 

 ture with the loblolly pine. The rate of growth in youth is very 

 rapid. On high exposed situations it is sometimes thrown by the 

 wind. 



The dark green slender leaves are usually in twos, from a lono- 

 eheath, and 3 to 5 inches long. The cone, smaller than that of 

 the other North Carolina pines, and armed with slender short 



*Pinus rnitis, Mlehaux. 



