﻿THE 
  FOREST 
  FROM 
  A 
  SILVICL'LTURAL 
  STANDPOINT, 
  23 
  

  

  more. 
  Scattered 
  through 
  these 
  groups 
  by 
  single 
  trees, 
  or 
  forming 
  

   open 
  groups 
  and 
  clumps 
  by 
  themselves, 
  are 
  oaks. 
  gums, 
  and 
  other 
  

   hardwoods, 
  while 
  both 
  pine 
  and 
  hardwood 
  reproduction 
  is 
  fairly 
  

   abundant 
  throughout. 
  This 
  reproduction 
  is 
  generally 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  

   thickets 
  from 
  five 
  to 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  age. 
  which 
  prefer 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  the 
  more 
  

   open 
  spaces. 
  While 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  ridges 
  is 
  usually 
  a 
  

   mixture 
  of 
  pine 
  and 
  hardwoods, 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  the 
  young 
  growth 
  occurs 
  

   to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  in 
  pure 
  groups: 
  that 
  is. 
  the 
  thickets 
  are 
  either 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  entirely 
  of 
  young 
  pine 
  or 
  entirely 
  of 
  hardwoods. 
  

  

  The 
  future 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  forest, 
  after 
  lumbering 
  and 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  

   all 
  merchantable 
  pine 
  above 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  similar 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  ridge 
  type, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  that 
  the 
  pine 
  repro- 
  

   duction 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  hindered 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  hardwoods. 
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   the 
  latter 
  are 
  less 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  flats. 
  If 
  a 
  few 
  

   Loblollies 
  over 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  are 
  left 
  standing 
  on 
  each 
  acre 
  as 
  

   seed 
  trees, 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  will 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  cared 
  for, 
  

   and 
  after 
  cutting 
  has 
  admitted 
  the 
  light, 
  seedlings 
  of 
  pine 
  and 
  hard- 
  

   woods 
  will 
  rapidly 
  develop. 
  This 
  reproduction, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  slight 
  

   variations 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  the 
  characteristic 
  grouping 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  trees, 
  will 
  tend 
  to 
  form 
  itself 
  into 
  groups 
  of 
  pine 
  and 
  groups 
  

   of 
  hardwood, 
  the 
  latter 
  composed 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  oak. 
  

  

  Here 
  again 
  the 
  all-important 
  question 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  tire. 
  What 
  the 
  

   future 
  forest 
  will 
  be 
  depends 
  to_a 
  great 
  extent 
  upon 
  the 
  protection 
  

   afforded. 
  In 
  this 
  case, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  ridge 
  land, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  lumbering, 
  

   fire, 
  and 
  the 
  struggle 
  with 
  hardwoods, 
  pine 
  is 
  bound 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  ruling 
  

   species 
  in 
  the 
  end. 
  for 
  the 
  locality 
  is 
  natural 
  pine 
  land. 
  It 
  is 
  simply 
  

   a 
  choice 
  between 
  tire 
  protection, 
  with 
  a 
  valuable 
  future 
  stand 
  of 
  pine, 
  

   and 
  no 
  protection, 
  with 
  an 
  inferior 
  stand. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  229 
  valuation 
  surveys 
  taken 
  on 
  pine 
  flats 
  the 
  average 
  

   stand 
  of 
  merchantable 
  pine 
  per 
  acre 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  9. 
  — 
  Average 
  stand 
  of 
  merchantable 
  pine 
  per 
  acre 
  on 
  the 
  pine 
  flat 
  type, 
  for 
  Short- 
  

   leaf 
  and 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  combined, 
  for 
  trees 
  over 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   breasthigh. 
  

  

  Merchant- 
  

   Species, 
  able 
  con- 
  

   tents. 
  

  

  Board 
  feet. 
  

   4.174 
  

   2,1"2 
  

  

  S, 
  me 
  

  

  Loblolly 
  Pine. 
  

   Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  

  

  Total 
  ... 
  

  

  HARDWOOD 
  BOTTOM. 
  

  

  Lying 
  in 
  narrow 
  belts 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creeks 
  and 
  larger 
  

   streams 
  are 
  the 
  hardwood 
  bottoms. 
  They 
  vary 
  in 
  width 
  from 
  a 
  quar- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  along 
  the 
  smaller 
  water 
  courses 
  to 
  over 
  2 
  miles 
  along 
  

  

  