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  WORKING 
  PLAN 
  FOR 
  FOREST 
  LANDS 
  NEAR 
  PINE 
  BLUFF, 
  ARK. 
  

  

  Saline 
  River, 
  and 
  occupy 
  the 
  lowest 
  levels 
  on 
  the 
  tract. 
  At 
  any 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  rise 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  they 
  are 
  flooded, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  rainy 
  

   season 
  (in 
  late 
  winter 
  and 
  spring) 
  they 
  often 
  remain 
  under 
  several 
  feet 
  

   of 
  water 
  for 
  weeks 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  Slight 
  differences 
  in 
  level 
  occur 
  

   throughout 
  these 
  bottoms, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  depressions 
  or 
  sloughs 
  standing 
  

   water 
  is 
  always 
  present. 
  (PI. 
  VI, 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

  

  The 
  soil 
  is 
  very 
  deep, 
  rich 
  sandy 
  loam. 
  Its 
  condition 
  varies 
  greatly 
  

   with 
  the 
  seas.on, 
  because 
  during 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  it 
  is 
  subjected 
  to 
  

   constant 
  inundations, 
  and 
  then 
  again 
  is 
  left 
  dry 
  and 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  

   action 
  of 
  sun 
  and 
  wind. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  exceed- 
  

   ingly 
  hard 
  and 
  "caky." 
  Owing 
  to 
  frequent 
  inundation, 
  the 
  leaf 
  mold 
  

   is 
  washed 
  away 
  and 
  the 
  soil 
  left 
  bare. 
  A 
  peculiarity 
  of 
  these 
  bottom 
  

   lands 
  is 
  the 
  dense 
  growth 
  of 
  cane 
  {Arundinaria 
  tecta), 
  which 
  forms 
  

   by 
  far 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  cover. 
  This 
  cane 
  varies 
  in 
  

   height 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  10 
  feet, 
  and 
  often 
  grows 
  so 
  densely 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  hard 
  

   to 
  walk 
  through. 
  Grass 
  and 
  weeds 
  are 
  present 
  to 
  some 
  extent. 
  

  

  The 
  forest 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  character 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  

   ridge 
  and 
  pine 
  flat 
  t} 
  r 
  pes. 
  It 
  is 
  composed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  broadleaf 
  

   species, 
  and 
  the 
  trees 
  show 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  habit 
  of 
  growth 
  from 
  the 
  

   hardwoods 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  lands. 
  The 
  locality 
  is 
  distinctly 
  hardwood 
  

   land, 
  as 
  ridges 
  and 
  flats 
  are 
  pine 
  lands. 
  From 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  the 
  

   composition 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  evident: 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  10. 
  — 
  Average 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  per 
  acre, 
  percentage 
  in 
  mixture, 
  and 
  average 
  

   diameters 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  species, 
  for 
  trees 
  12 
  inches 
  and 
  over 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   breasthigh. 
  

  

  HARDWOOD 
  BOTTOM. 
  

   [Average 
  of 
  155 
  acres.] 
  

  

  

  Average 
  

  

  Percent- 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  

  number 
  

  

  age 
  of 
  

  

  diameter 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  of 
  trees 
  

  

  each 
  

  

  breast- 
  

  

  

  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  species. 
  

  

  high. 
  

  

  

  

  

  Inches. 
  

  

  

  7.59 
  

  

  26.86 
  

  

  20.9 
  

  

  Hickorv 
  

  

  5.81 
  

  

  20.55 
  

  

  18.9 
  

  

  Cow 
  Oak 
  

  

  4. 
  45 
  

  

  15.72 
  

  

  24.6 
  

  

  White 
  Oak 
  

  

  3.47 
  

  

  12. 
  27 
  

  

  20.7 
  

  

  Holly 
  

  

  2.05 
  

  

  7. 
  25 
  

  

  14.6 
  

  

  Ash 
  

  

  1.30 
  

  

  4.60 
  

  

  18.2 
  

  

  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  

  

  .71 
  

  

  2. 
  52 
  

  

  19. 
  5 
  

  

  Bass 
  wood 
  

  

  .62 
  

  

  2. 
  19 
  

  

  17.7 
  

  

  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  

  

  . 
  55 
  

  

  1.95 
  

  

  18.4 
  

  

  Post 
  Oak 
  

  

  . 
  22 
  

  

  .78 
  

  

  16.1 
  

  

  Other 
  species 
  

  

  1.50 
  

  

  5.31 
  

  

  18.4 
  

  

  All 
  species 
  

  

  28. 
  27 
  

  

  100.00 
  

  

  19.9 
  

  

  All 
  species 
  except 
  pine 
  

  

  27.01 
  

  

  95.53 
  

  

  20.0 
  

  

  The 
  gums, 
  including 
  both 
  Sweet 
  Gum 
  and 
  Black 
  Gum, 
  comprise 
  

   about 
  a 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  stand, 
  while 
  the 
  hickories 
  (principally 
  

   Shagbarks, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  Pignuts 
  and 
  Bitternuts) 
  are 
  next 
  in 
  

   number. 
  Cow 
  Oak, 
  White 
  Oak, 
  and 
  Holly 
  are 
  all 
  fairly 
  well 
  repre- 
  

  

  