46 WORKING PLAN, FOREST LANDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Tupelo also requires a great amount of moisture in the soil. It is 
tolerant tree, but not so tolerant as the other gums. The lumber i 
sound. 
The oaks reach their best development in localities where the watell 
is sufficient to keep the soil moist during the entire year, but which 
are not subject to constant overflow. They really form a distinct for= 
est type, but are of too limited occurrence to be important. Water 
Oak is the largest and most abundant of the oaks on these lands. 
Willow Oak, Cow Oak, and Live Oak are also found. All except the’ 
Live Oak occur only on swampy flats. They endure considerable 
shade. 
There is considerable merchantable Ash in certain parts of the Savan- 
nah River swamp, and Ash often comes up in windfalls and other open- 
ings in the swamp forest. Its distribution is comparatively limited, : 
however. The ashes are intolerant of shade. 
Hickory occurs in the swamps scattered by single trees. It is gen- 
erally small and overtopped by the other trees, and is commercially 
unimportant. It bears considerable shade. 
Cottonwood is occasionally found in the swamps. It is very intol- 
erant of shade, and no young growth occurs except in openings. 
LIST OF IMPORTANT TIMBER TREES FOUND ON THE TRACT. — 
izongleat Pine 22 ees 3 ee ae eee Pinus palustris Mill. : 
Loblolly ‘Pine (222.23. <5 el ae ee Pinus teda Linn. ; 
Culpa Pime se 5's $27. er eer eae Pinus heterophylla (Ell. ) Sudw. 
Pod abime (sae 2 seen 2 ee Se ee ee Pinus serotina Michx. ) 
Cypress; (= ae Se OP Neorg he) ees ths Taxodium distichum (Linn.) Rich. 
Sweet eGimas 2 sees ae es re ee Liquidambar styraciflua Linn. 
BlacksGum:&;22 2 eee s 1 ee ee ee ae Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. , 
Me LO Se ae ee te ete eee gu ae Nyssa aquatica Linn. 
Weater Oak 25.5 2) yee oa eee ee ee Quercus nigra Linn. 
Willow Oak [2.222202 222 5 are een Quercus phellos Linn. 
Water dashis ic oes Sar eae ee Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. 
THE WORKING PLAN. 
OBJECT OF THE CLUB. 
The lands of the Okeetee Gun Club are held primarily as a game 
preserve. There is, however, an admirable sentiment against allowing 
land not required as open cover for quail to le idle, it being fully 
understood that the application of practical forestry to the tract will 
in no way interfere with its utilization as a game preserve. In fact, 
by the adequate protection of the lands from fire—the salient feature 
of the management advised—the conditions for the propagation of 
quail and other game would be notably bettered. The raising of field” 
crops, except on a small scale, is out of the question on account of the- 
poverty of the soil. Recognizing that these lands are natural pine 
lands, better fitted for the growing of pine than for any other purpose, 
