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loblolly, and hardwoods mix with the longleaf and sometimes replace 
it entirely. On the northern and western exposures there is often 
considerable hardwood undergrowth. 
The principal silvical difference in the longleaf pine lands of the two 
tracts seems to be in the longleaf pine itself. On the thin, dry soil of 
the steep slopes and tops of the high ridges the tree is just as slow- 
growing and stunted as on similar situations in Coosa County; but on 
the deep soil of the more moderate lower slopes, and in the rolling 
country, it reaches larger dimensions, both in height and in diameter, 
than on any part of the other tract. (See Pl. IV.) 
Table XIX gives the height of these trees on a basis of diameter 
breasthigh, and was computed from the hypsometer measurements of 
462 of the best trees found in township 23 north, range 6 east. 
TaBLeE XIX.—Height of longleaf pine, Bibb County tract. 
Diameter 
Diameter 
Diameter Total Diameter Total 
breast: | eight. | Breast’ eight. | breast” | neignt. | BFeast: | netehe. 
Inches. Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. Feet. 
1 4 u 90) 21 118 31 128 
2 23 12 95 22 120 32 130 
3 32 13 99 23 121 33 131 
4 40 14 103 24 | 122 34 133 
5 49 15 107 25 123 35 134 
6 57 16 109 26 123 36 136 
7 64 17 112 27 124 37 137 
s 71 18 114 28 125 38 139 
9 78 19 115 29 126 39 140 
10 84 20 117 30 127 40 142 
The stand of trees and the estimated yield in board feet are also 
somewhat better here than on the Coosa County tract, in spite of the 
fact that redheart, which is so rare in Coosa County, is here so com- 
mon that the timber cruisers made a reduction of 500 feet to the acre 
in their estimates on account of it. It seems to be commonest in the 
best timber. The stand and yield will be considered in detail in the 
block description. 
CREEK LAND. 
The creek land occupies 7,630 acres, 12.2 per cent of the forested 
area, or 10.8 per cent of the whole tract. White and cow oak, and 
tulip tree of merchantable quality, are wanting entirely, and in point 
of actual numbers are far less common than in Coosa County. On the 
other hand, the proportion in the mixture of loblolly pine and the 
magnolias, particularly the sweet and the large-leaved magnolia, is 
larger. 
The most noticeable difference in the creek land of the two tracts is 
in the undergrowth. The stink-bay (//leium floridanum), which in 
Coosa County is found only in a few small isolated clumps, on the 
