'Piiuis rigida. Mill. Pitch Pine. Long-leaved Pine. 



''Common throughout the State. In sandy or rocky soil. 

 Very abundant in the southeastern counties, forming the 

 forests of the Pine Barrens." (Eritton.) 



"The timber of the uplands consists chiefly of the Short- 

 leaved Pitch Pine, &c. The pine occupies the poorest tracts 

 to the exclusion of other trees, but is by no means confined to 

 such tracts." (Geol. Rpt, '91, Coman, 113.) 



"The Rough-bark or Pitch Pine not long ago was the domi- 

 nating forest tree. The adaptability of the species is re- 

 markable. It is common on the driest uplands, where other 

 trees perish, but grows much longer in a shorter time in the 



Pin us rigida, Mill. 



Fig. 2. 



Pitch Pine. Long-leaved Pine. From Sargent' 



Trees of North America." 



deepest swamps. The growth of this pine illustrates a point 

 which explains the distribution of trees in many places. A 

 species grows where it meets with the least opposition. It is 

 not preference, but endurance. Upland Pitch Pine is full of 

 resin and is fit only for rough work and cord-wood. Swamp 

 Pitch Pine is lighter, more durable and is in demand for 

 planks and logs." (Geol. Rpt., '94, Gifford, 251.) 



"Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) and Short-leaved Pine (P. 

 echinatcu) are commonly found mixed together, but the latter 

 predominates, as a rule, on the better soils, giving way on 

 poorer soil to Pitch Pino. This is nor because the Pitch Pine 

 prefers poor soil, but because it is less fastidious. It flour- 



