FIELD NAMES OF PINES. 



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The following table of common names, which have been found applied to the four species 

 furnishing Southern pine lumber, will most readily exhibit the difficulty arising from misappre- 

 hension of names. These names are used in the various markets and in various localities in the 

 home of the trees. Where possible the locality in which the name is used has been placed in 

 brackets by the side of the name. 



Names of Southern lumber pines in itse. 



Botanical names. 



Pinus palustris Miller. 

 Syn. P. australis Michx. 



Pinus echinata Miller. 

 Syn. Pinus mitis Michx. 



Pinus mrginiana var. echmata Da Boi. 

 P. Tceda var. vanabilis Aiton. 

 P. variabilus Lamb. 

 P. rigida Porcher. 



Best common names. 

 Local, market, and lumbermen's 

 names. 



LONGLEAE PINE : 



Southern yellow pine. 



Southern bard pine. 



Southern heart-pine. 



Southern pitch-pine. 



Hard pine (Miss., La.). 



Heart pine (N. 0. and So. Atlantic). 



Pitch-pine (Atlantic). 



Long leaved yellow pine (Atlantic). 



Long leaved pine (Atlantic). 



Long-leaved pitch-pme (Atlantic). 



Long-straw pine (Atlantic). 



North Carolina pitch-pine. 



Georgia yellow pine. 



Georgia pine. 



Georgia heart-pine. 



Georgia long-leaved pine. 



Georgia pitch-pme. 



Florida yellow pine. 



Florida pine. 



Florida fong-leaved pine. 



Texas yellow pine. 



Texas long-leaved pine. 



Shoetleaf pine : 



Yellow pine (N. C.,Va.). 

 Short-leaved yellow pine. 

 Short-leaved pine. 

 Virginia yellow pme (mpart). 

 North Carolina yellow pine (in part). 

 North Carolina pine (in part). 

 Slash pine (H\ C, Va.) in part. 

 Old-field pine (Ala., Miss.). 

 Bull-pine (?). 

 Spruce-pine. 



Botanical names. 



Pi7ius tceda Linn. 

 Syn. Pinus Tceda var. tenuifolia Alton. 



Pinus cubensis Griesebach. 

 Syn. Ptnub Tceda var. heterophylla Ell. 

 P. elliotii Engelm. 

 P. cubensis var. terthrocarpa Wright. 



Best common names. 

 Local, market, and lumbermen's 

 names. 



Loblolly-pine : 



Slash-pine (Va., 1ST. C), in part. 

 Loblolly-pine (Gulf Region). 

 Old-field pine (Gulf Eegion). 

 Rosemary-pme (N. C, Va,.). 

 Short-leaved pine (Va. N. C , S. C). 

 Bull-pme (Texas and Gulf .Region). 

 Virginia pine. 

 Sap-pine (Va., 1ST. C). 

 Meadow pine (Fla.). 

 Cornstalk pine (Va.). 

 Black pine (Va.). 

 Fox-tail pine (Va., Md.). 

 Indian pine (Va., JS\ C.)« 

 Spruce-pine (Va.), in part. 

 Bastard pme (Va., N. C). 

 Yellow pine (No Ala.,N. C). 

 Swamp pine (Va. N. C). 

 Long-straw pine (Va., 1ST. C), in part. 



Cuban Pine : 



Slash-pine (Ga.. Fla.). 



Swamp pine <Fla. and Ala.), in part. 



Bastard pme (Fla., Ala.). 



Meadow pme (Fla., E.Miss.), in part. t 



She pitch-pine (Ga.). 



The botanical distinctions can be briefly tabulated as follows: 



Botanical diagnosis. 



Species. 



Pinus palustris Miller. 



Pinus cubensis Griseb. 



Leaves 



3 in a bundle, 9 to 12 (exceptionally 14 to 15) inches long. . 

 6 to 9 inches long, 4^ to 5 inches m" diameter. 



2 and 3 in a bundle , 7 to 12 (usually 9 to 10) inches long. 

 4 to 6| (usually 4 to 5) inches long; 3 to 4| inches in 



diameter. 

 {1 to | inch broad ; tips, wrinkled ; deep russet brown ; 



shiny. 

 Very short; straight, declined. 

 About § inch long, £ inch m diameter; brownish. 





Scales 



1 to 1 inch broad; tips much wrinkled light chestnut 



brown, gray with age. 

 Very short, delicate, incurved . . 







| men long, h inch m diameter; silver white 







Species. 



Pinus echinata Miller. 



Pinus tceda Linn. 



Leaves 



2 and 3 in a bundle; If to 4 inches long; commonly 2§ to 



4 inches 

 1^ to 2 inches long; Ik to If inches in diameter 



3 in a bundle, 5 to 8 inches long. 



2| to 4£ inches long ; If to 3 inches in diameter. 

 £ to £ mch broad; tips smooth; dull yellow-brown. 



Short- stout at haws 





Scales 



i% to | (exceptionally about §) mch broad; tips light 



yellow-brown. 

 Exceedingly short (& inch) delicate; straight, declined .. 

 to | inch long; about & inch in diameter; brownish 



Prickles 



Buds. 



£ to I mch long; J inch in diameter; brownish. 





