Figure 29. — Percent distribution of saw-timber volume by 

 species groups. International 34-'"^^ rule. 



Loblolly pine. — Loblolly pine, totaling over 11 

 billion board feet, is by far the leading species in the 

 State both in volume and lumber production. Lob- 

 lolly comprises 61 percent of the pine and 37 percent 

 of all species in volume. It leads on the Coastal 

 Plain, and is second to shortleaf pine on the pied- 

 mont. 



On favorable soils and in well stocked areas, lob- 

 lolly, as we have seen, grows rapidly, develops a clear 

 bole, and produces lumber of good quality. In thin 

 stands on impoverished soils the trees are limby and 

 short-boled, yielding lumber of only common grades. 

 Much of the lumber sold in Eastern markets as 

 North Carolina pine is loblolly. 



Shortleaf pine. — Shortleaf pine accounts for over 3 

 billion board feet, or 10 percent of the total saw-tim- 

 ber stand of South Carolina, and 17 percent of the 

 pine volume (62 percent on the piedmont). Most 

 shortleaf pine lumber is sawn by small mills and 

 marketed through concentration yards for general 

 construction purposes. Shortleaf, like loblolly, seeds 

 well on abandoned fields and will grow on worn-out 

 cropland and dry ridges, though its growth here is 

 slow and the lumber poor. 



Longleaf and slash pines. — The volume of longleaf 

 and slash pines — the turpentine pines — amounted to 

 2.8 billion board feet in 1936. Eighty-eight percent 

 of their combined volume is longleaf. These species 

 are worked for naval stores and are prized for the 

 dense yellow pine structural timbers which the old- 

 growth produces. They are almost entirely re- 

 stricted to the Coastal Plain, slash pine to the south- 

 ern Coastal Plain. Longleaf and slash pines com- 

 prise 15 percent of the board-foot pine volume and 9 

 percent of the volume of all species in the State. 



Other pines. — This group consists chiefly of pond 

 and Virginia pines and includes the small quantities 



-Net board-foot volume. International }/^-inch rule, by 

 species and Survey units, 1936 



Pines: 



Loblolly 



Shortleaf 



Longleaf 



Slash 



irgii 



All. 



TotaL 



Hardwoods: 

 Sweetgum,.. 

 Blackgum... 



Tupelo 



Yellow-popla 

 Red oaks. __ 

 White oaks_ 



Ash 



Allother____ 



Tota 



Cypres 

 All spe 



Southe 

 Coasts 

 Plain 



Million 

 board feet 

 3.703.3 



150.0 

 1,024.5 



321.1 



564. 4 



931.1 

 723.9 

 269.8 

 161.3 

 4S8.5 

 170.2 



490.8 

 9.409.5 



Million 

 board feet 

 6,322.4 



1.714.0 

 1,074.4 

 429.3 

 218.2 

 620.0 

 397.9 

 282.5 

 665.2 



5.401.5 



896.8 



14,822.4 



Million 

 board jeet 

 1,253.3 

 2,644.5 

 11. 1 



168.8 

 96.5 



309.6 

 28.1 



448.4 

 301.5 

 289.0 



350.9 



1,727.5 



Million 

 board jeet 

 11,279.0 

 3,109.5 

 2,439.2 

 321.1 



2,954.7 



1,826.4 

 699.1 

 828.1 



1.380.0 

 857.1 

 379.7 



1,359.3 



1 Included with "All other" in this unit. 



of white pine and hemlock found in the mountains. 

 Pond pine, which is common in the shallow swamps 

 (bays or pocosins) of the lower Coastal Plain, is 

 short-boled and limby, with a high proportion of red 

 heart rot. On better sites it produces timber of saw- 

 log quality and the lumber is marketed with other 

 southern pines. 



Virginia pine, which is scattered in many places 

 throughout the State, is most abundant in Pickens, 

 Greenville, and Spartanburg Counties. Here some 

 of it is used for rough construction lumber, although 

 the trees are usually very limby. 



White pine and hemlock are found only on the 

 slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, along the west- 

 ern border of the State. Except for old-growth 

 stands on a i^^ private tracts, hemlock and white 

 pine are not commercially important in South Caro- 

 lina. 



In addition to sawlogs, the common pines also sup- 

 ply the greater part of the pulpwood used in the 

 State. 



Sweetgiim. — Sweetgum, with a volume of almost 3 

 billion board feet, comprises, nearly 10 percent of the 

 saw-timber stand of South Carolina. Its use was 

 long avoided because of the tendency to twist and 



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