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  WORKING 
  PLAN 
  FOR 
  FOREST 
  LANDS 
  NEAR 
  PINE 
  BLUFF, 
  ARK. 
  

  

  PINE 
  FLAT. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  low, 
  almost 
  perfectly 
  flat 
  lands 
  the 
  forest 
  growth 
  is 
  in 
  many 
  

   respects 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  ridge 
  type. 
  The 
  soils 
  are 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  general 
  character, 
  but 
  contain 
  a 
  larger 
  amount 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  moister. 
  Over 
  considerable 
  areas 
  on 
  these 
  flats, 
  and 
  

   especially 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  spaces, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  dense 
  and 
  often 
  quite 
  high 
  

   growth 
  of 
  grass, 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  ground 
  cover 
  of 
  leaves, 
  weeds, 
  ferns, 
  

   and 
  huckleberries 
  is 
  common 
  throughout. 
  As 
  on 
  the 
  ridges, 
  the 
  

   humus 
  layer 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  thin 
  or 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  The 
  representa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  8. 
  — 
  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. 
  

  

  PINE 
  FLAT. 
  

   [Average 
  of 
  229 
  acres.] 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Average 
  

   number 
  

   of 
  trees 
  

   per 
  acre. 
  

  

  Percent- 
  

   age 
  of 
  

   each 
  

  

  species. 
  

  

  Average 
  

   diameter 
  

   breast- 
  

   high. 
  

  

  

  

  

  Inches. 
  

  

  Loblollv 
  Pine 
  

  

  10. 
  35 
  

  

  33. 
  91 
  

  

  19.9 
  

  

  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  

  

  6. 
  21 
  

  

  20. 
  35 
  

  

  18.7 
  

  

  White 
  Oak 
  

  

  5.68 
  

  

  18.61 
  

  

  18.9 
  

  

  Post 
  Oak 
  

  

  3.04 
  

  

  9.96 
  

  

  16.4 
  

  

  Gum 
  

  

  2.68 
  

  

  8. 
  7s 
  

  

  15.0 
  

  

  Spanish 
  Oak 
  

  

  1.08 
  

  

  3.54 
  

  

  17.8 
  

  

  Black 
  Oak 
  

  

  .65 
  

  

  2.13 
  

  

  16.0 
  

  

  Hickory 
  

  

  .63 
  

  

  2.06 
  

  

  14.7 
  

  

  Other 
  species 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  .66 
  

  

  13.6 
  

  

  All 
  species 
  

  

  All 
  species 
  except 
  pine 
  

  

  Pine 
  

  

  30. 
  52 
  

   13. 
  96 
  

  

  100.00 
  

   45. 
  74 
  

  

  IS. 
  4 
  

   17.1 
  

  

  16. 
  56 
  

  

  .54.26 
  

  

  19.5 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  seen 
  from 
  this 
  table 
  that 
  the 
  Loblolly 
  Pine 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  

   tree 
  on 
  the 
  pine 
  flats. 
  Where 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  well 
  suited 
  to 
  it 
  it 
  is 
  

   decidedly 
  the 
  dominant 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  type. 
  Although 
  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  

   is 
  also 
  well 
  represented, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  at 
  home 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  ridges: 
  

   and 
  the 
  fresher 
  the 
  soil 
  the 
  more 
  Shortleaf 
  Pine 
  gives 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  

   Loblolly. 
  White 
  Oak. 
  Post 
  Oak, 
  and 
  Gum 
  are 
  fairly 
  numerous, 
  

   while 
  Hickory 
  is 
  very 
  scarce. 
  Of 
  special 
  interest 
  is 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   pine 
  to 
  the 
  hardwoods. 
  In 
  constitutes 
  but 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  

   forest. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  pine 
  flat 
  forest 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   ridges, 
  yet 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  several 
  particulars. 
  As 
  on 
  the 
  ridges, 
  the 
  

   pines 
  stand 
  high 
  above 
  the 
  crowns 
  of 
  the 
  hardwoods, 
  the 
  latter 
  form- 
  

   ing, 
  as 
  before, 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  underwood; 
  but 
  instead 
  of 
  occurring 
  by 
  single 
  

   trees 
  or 
  in 
  small 
  groups, 
  the 
  pines 
  of 
  the 
  flats 
  have 
  a 
  decided 
  tendency 
  

   to 
  grow 
  in 
  large 
  groups, 
  occupying 
  at 
  times 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  or 
  

  

  