THE FOKESTS BY EEGIONS. 



area of shortleaf-pine uplands also lies east of the Mississippi Kiver, 

 occupying nearly the whole of East Feliciana Parish and portions of 

 adjoining parishes. The elevations of the upland region are the high- 

 est in the State. The topography is abrupt and hilly, with good 

 drainage. The soil is sandy loam and fertile, but subject to severe 

 erosion when denuded of timber. 



On the dry ridges the forest consists of pure stands of shortleaf 

 pine; on the lower slopes and creek bottoms, of various oaks, red 

 gum.; ash, hickory, beech, maple, yellow poplar, sassafras, holly, 

 magnolia, and other species ; and on intermediate lands of a mixture 



FOREST REGIONS 



1 - SHORTLEAF PINE UPLANDS 



2 - L0N6LEAF PINE REGION 

 ALLUVIAL REGION 



4 - BLUFF REGION 



5 - PRAIRIE REGION 

 8EA MARSH 



NORTH OF THIS LINE. L0N6LEAF RINE HIUS 

 SOUTH OF THIS LINE LONGLEAFPINE FLATS 



Pig. 1. — Forest regions of Louisiana. 



of these species with shortleaf and loblolly pine. The undergrowth 

 is usually dense. Small cypress brakes are common on overflowed 

 lands, but the original cypress has almost entirely disappeared 



The character of the forest in the upland region east of the 

 Mississippi Kiver was originally the same as that in the upland 

 region west of it, but the virgin pine and the best oak and other hard- 

 woods have practically disappeared. Though there are many prom- 

 ising stands of second-growth pine, fully three-fourths of the region 

 has long been settled, and is in cultivation or pasture. The greater 

 part of the forests of the uplands west of the Mississippi has been 

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