Figure 22. — Bottom-land saw timber, principally tupelo gum. 



occupy occasional stands in the flatwoods of the 

 Coastal Plain and narrow belts along the rivers and 

 streams of the piedmont. 



Upland Hardwood Type 



The upland hardwood type covers 723,800 acres, 

 or 7 percent of the South Carolina forest. This type 

 includes the small area of mountain hardwoods along 

 the northwestern border of South Carolina and 

 scattered stands on the higher lands of the Coastal 

 Plain and the rolling hills of the piedmont. The 

 species most generally prevalent throughout the 

 type are various oaks — notably white, scarlet, black, 

 and southern red — hickories, yellow-poplar, red 

 maple, blackgum, and numerous others, intermixed 

 with pines and other softwoods characteristic of 

 different parts of the State. In the mountains, ad- 

 ditional species are chestnut oak, northern red oak, 

 basswood, shortleaf pine, Virginia pine, white pine, 

 and hemlock; on the piedmont and Coastal Plain, 

 sweetgum, willow oak, and sycamore mixed with the 

 other species in the moister situations. Winged elm, 

 shortleaf pine, and loblolly are common associates on 

 dry, as well as moist soils. In the sand hills, turkey 

 oak and other scrub oaks predominate on 152,600 

 acres formerly occupied by longleaf pine (fig. 23). 



Figure 23. — Upland hardwood type — mixed oak. 

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