TYPE 
AND YEAR 
PINE 
1934-36 
& AREA 
1949 
HARDWOOD 
1934-36 
1949 
CYPRESS 
1934-36 
1949 
10 
MILLION ACRES 
Ficure 29.—Area of major forest types, Florida, 1934-36 
and 1949, 
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coupled with a dense understory of scrub oak and 
other poor-quality hardwoods has prevented the re- 
generation of longleaf pine over a large area. Nearly 
half of the trees in the 2- and 4-inch diameter classes 
in the longleaf pine type are scrub oak and other cull 
hardwoods. Thus, cutting the merchantable pine 
leaves a residual stand of undesirable hardwoods and 
rather unfavorable conditions for the establishment 
of more pine (fig. 30). The scrub oak type has in- 
creased by 600,000 acres since the first survey, and 
the upland hardwood type by 400,000 acres. There 
appears to be little chance of many of these areas 
coming back to pine unless some of the hardwood 
cover at least is eliminated. Where a seed source is 
absent, which is true in many instances, planting wil] 
also be necessary. 
The million-acre increase in the area of lowland 
hardwood types since the first survey is mainly the 
result of cutting the cypress and pine out of the 
mixed softwood-hardwood stands. The cypress type 
decreased by 200,000 acres and loblolly pine by 200,- 
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hardwood types. 
The Timber Supply Situation in Florida 
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