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  WORKING 
  PLAN 
  FOR 
  FOREST 
  LANDS 
  NEAR 
  PINE 
  BLUFF, 
  ARK. 
  

  

  The 
  heaviest 
  stand 
  of 
  pine 
  per 
  acre 
  observed 
  upon 
  the 
  tract 
  lies 
  

   near 
  the 
  southern 
  boundary 
  of 
  section 
  27, 
  township 
  5 
  south, 
  range 
  11 
  

   west. 
  The 
  table 
  below 
  shows 
  its 
  composition 
  and 
  amount. 
  

  

  Table 
  No. 
  5. 
  — 
  Number 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  merchantable 
  contents, 
  in 
  board 
  feet, 
  for 
  Shortleaf 
  and 
  

   Loblolly 
  Pine 
  on 
  1 
  acre 
  in 
  section 
  27, 
  Township 
  5 
  south, 
  Range 
  11 
  west, 
  for 
  the 
  diameter 
  

   limits 
  of 
  2, 
  12, 
  14, 
  16, 
  18, 
  and 
  20 
  inches, 
  breasthigh. 
  

  

  Diameter 
  

   limit, 
  

   breasthigh. 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  trees 
  over 
  

   diameter 
  limit. 
  

  

  Merchantable 
  contents. 
  

  

  Total 
  mer- 
  

   chantable 
  

   contents. 
  

  

  Shortleaf. 
  

  

  Loblolly. 
  

  

  Shortleaf. 
  

  

  Loblolly. 
  

  

  Inches. 
  

  

  

  

  Board 
  feet. 
  

  

  Board 
  feet. 
  

  

  Board 
  feet. 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  97 
  

  

  

  

  

  12 
  

  

  . 
  1 
  

  

  56 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  28,810 
  

  

  29,050 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  53 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  28,600 
  

  

  28, 
  840 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  49 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  28, 
  180 
  

  

  28, 
  420 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  240 
  

  

  26,200 
  

  

  26,440 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  

  29 
  

  

  

  22, 
  340 
  

  

  22,340 
  

  

  

  

  In 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tract, 
  townships 
  5 
  south, 
  11 
  west, 
  and 
  5 
  

   .south, 
  12 
  west, 
  are 
  found 
  the 
  heaviest 
  stands, 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  portions 
  being 
  more 
  lightly 
  timbered. 
  The 
  heaviest 
  stand 
  over 
  

   any 
  considerable 
  area 
  is 
  found, 
  however, 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  tract 
  — 
  sections 
  3 
  and 
  1 
  of 
  township 
  3 
  south, 
  11 
  west. 
  In 
  these 
  sec- 
  

   tions 
  the 
  average 
  stand 
  per 
  acre 
  is 
  9,900 
  board 
  feet. 
  

  

  THE 
  FOREST 
  FROM 
  A 
  SILVICULTTJRAL 
  STANDPOINT. 
  

  

  PINE 
  RIDGE. 
  

  

  The 
  pine 
  ridge 
  type 
  occurs 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  gentry 
  rolling 
  or 
  hilly 
  portions 
  

   of 
  the 
  tract. 
  It 
  includes 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  forest 
  on 
  the 
  ridges 
  themselves, 
  

   but 
  also 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  hollows. 
  The 
  so-called 
  "ridges" 
  

   are 
  merely 
  slight 
  elevations 
  with 
  broad 
  and 
  nearly 
  level 
  tops, 
  whose 
  

   sides 
  slope 
  away 
  gently 
  at 
  a 
  gradient 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  degrees. 
  The 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  in 
  level 
  between 
  the 
  hollows 
  and 
  tops 
  seldom 
  exceeds 
  75 
  or 
  100 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  this 
  type 
  the 
  soils 
  are 
  deep, 
  dry, 
  and 
  rather 
  compact 
  

   loamy 
  sands, 
  usually 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  admixture 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  

   occasional 
  bed 
  of 
  gravel 
  or 
  pebble. 
  Owing 
  to 
  frequent 
  tires 
  the 
  humus 
  

   is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  absent, 
  and 
  the 
  ground 
  cover 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  thin 
  and 
  

   scattered 
  layer 
  of 
  needles 
  and 
  leaves, 
  together 
  with 
  grass, 
  weeds, 
  and 
  

   ferns. 
  On 
  the 
  most 
  open 
  places 
  and 
  in 
  irregular 
  patches 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  forest 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  dense 
  growths 
  of 
  Huckleberry, 
  Laurel, 
  

   Swamp 
  Bay, 
  and 
  briers. 
  

  

  