Fioure 6. — Typical stand of round, second-growth, under-sawlog-size longleaj pine. 



seedlings is fair (300 or more), but they are poorly 

 distributed — often in dense groups with open spaces 

 between. The remainder has a minimum stocking 

 of 80 seedlings per acre, often poorly distributed. 

 Hog damage to longleaf pine seedlings, which was 

 recorded on approximately 10 percent of the tur- 

 pentine pine area, is widespread but patchy, being 

 significant only where hog grazing is concentrated. 



Approximately 1 8 percent of the area where long- 

 leaf pine seedlings occurred was moderately to 

 heavily infected with brown spot fungus, a disease 

 adversely affecting longleaf seedlings; the remain- 

 ing 82 percent had either light or no infection. 



On land classified as "clear-cut," aggregating al- 

 most three-quarters of a million acres, the occur- 

 rence of seed trees is an important factor in restock- 

 ing. Of the clear-cut area in the pine group (694,- 

 800 acres), 12 percent had no seed trees and will 

 require planting if restocking at an early date is to 

 be accomplished. An additional 26 percent had 

 but 1 or 2 seed trees per acre and will be slow to 

 restock. The remaining 62 percent supports 3 or 



more seed trees per acre, and these, with the aid of 

 fire protection, should restock the area naturally. 

 Loblolly and slash pines are prolific seeders and with 

 protection from fire can be expected rapidly to 

 restock adjacent cut-over areas. 



Stocking of Forest Stands 



The forest stands of south Georgia consist chiefly 

 of small, young second-growth trees, as may be 

 seen by the stand diagrams (figs. 7 and 8), which 

 show for the entire forest area the number of sound 

 trees by diameter classes in the several species 

 groups. More than 48 percent of all trees on the 

 area are in the 2-inch diameter class. Only 20 

 percent are 7.0 inches d. b. h. or larger. About 88 

 percent of the round turpentine pines, which make 

 up a large part of the pine stocking, are in the small- 

 diameter classes, i. e., are less than 7.0 inches d. b. h. 

 Largely owing to the fact that gum naval stores 

 operations have followed the practice of beginning 

 chipping with trees in the 8-inch diameter class, 



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