Ficure 15. — Old-growth yellow poplar growing on a north slope. These 

 trees are 23 to 43 inches in diameter and have a merchantable length of 

 about 70 feet. 



The loblolly pine type is most extensive (fig. 16), occu- 

 pying 26 percent of all the foiest land. Though chiefly 

 confined to the Coastal Plain, it also includes about 640,000 

 acres in the eastern part of the piedmont. Loblolly pine in 

 almost pure stands has restocked abandoned fields and 

 cut-over forest land on three-fifths of the type area, while 

 stands of loblolly pine in mixture usually with sweetgum, 

 black tupelo, yellow poplar, and oaks are common on 

 similar sites as well as along small streams, on poorlv 

 drained flats, and at the outer margins of large river 

 bottoms. Shortleaf pine is most frequently an associate 

 along the eastern margin of the piedmont. 



The upland hardwoods type, the typical forest cover in 

 the mountains (fig. 17), ranks next to loblolly pine in area. 

 Ot the total acreage 55 percent is situated in the mountains, 

 31 percent in the piedmont, and only 14 percent in the 

 Coastal Plain, including practically all sites and an assort- 

 ment of species. Nearly two-thirds ot the type volume is 

 made up ot blight-killed chestnut associated with various 

 oaks. The leading species are chestnut, red oaks, chestnut 

 oak, white oak, hickories, and yellow poplar. In the pied- 

 mont and Coastal Plain the upland hardwoods type com- 

 prises intermingled stands ot pine. The type composition 

 varies widely in both regions with changes in soil, slope, 

 elevation, and moisture conditions. White oaks, red oaks, 

 hickories, yellow poplar, and shortleaf pine make up a 

 large part of the type volume in the piedmont in contrast to 

 white oak, sweetgum, water oaks, loblolly pine, and black 

 tupelo in the Coastal Plain. 



Figure 16. — Area of forest types 

 in North Carolina, 1938. 



FOREST TYPES 



LOBLOLLY PINE 

 UPLAND HARDWOODS 

 SHORTLEAF PINE 

 BOTTOM-LAND HARDWOODS 

 POND PINE 

 LONGLEAF PINE 

 VIRGINIA PINE 

 COVE HARDWOODS 

 WHITE PINE 



I 2 3 



MILLION ACRES 



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