Handbook of Tkeks of tiik Nortiieen States and Canada. 17 



Tiie Jersey Pino is usually a tree of medium 

 stature, rarely more than 40 or 50 ft. in 

 lieiglit, or of greater thickness of trunk than 

 IS in. In the western part of its range, how- 

 ever, [lartieularly in southern tndiana, it 

 sometimes attains twiee the above dimensions. 

 It develops a rather irregular wide rounded 

 top of long anil somewhat pendulous branches, 

 though when young the trees are more of a 

 pyramidal habit of giowtli. It is readily dis- 

 tinguished by its short twisted leaves dis- 

 tributed in pairs along its purple branchlets. 

 The bark of trunk is dark reddish brown, rough 

 with scaly irregular plates and ridges. The 

 tree has little to I'ccommcnd it from an orna- 

 mental or economic standpoint, its chief poiiit 

 of merit being the facility with wliich it 

 propagates itself and c(]vers no>glected vorn 

 out agricultural land widi new forest growth. 



The wood is rather light, sof(, not strong, 

 brittle and of a light redilish limwn color with 

 abundant lighter sap-wood. A cubic foot whi'U 

 absolutely dry weighs 3;i.n!) lbs. It is used fur 

 fuel and occasionally for lumber for general 

 construction purposes.'.^ 



Leaves in remote clusters of 2, with small per- 

 sistent sbeatlis, 1% to 2i/j in. long, rlark sreea, 

 stout, spreading;, more or less curved and twisled, 

 wiih man.v rows of stomata, 2 fi!)ro-vascuIar 

 bundles and rcsin-ducIs in parenchyma: branch- 

 lets flexible and distinctl,y purple in coior. 

 Floirrrs: staminate oranK^'-iu-own. in crowdi'd 

 clusters : pistillate pale and rose colni-. siu'.;ic or 

 few toKother, with bmg sialics iairral upnii (lie 

 branchlets. t'ojjr.s few, narrow ovoid. 2-;; in. ioui^ 

 with scales thickened at aprx and provided wilh 

 a prickle ; seeds cnmprrssrd n\nid, neaiMy i/i in. 

 lonj,' and with ampii' 

 center. 



1. 



(ladi'st at about the 



Syn. riinif 

 2. ,\. W., IV, 



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