52 WORKING PLAN, LANDS IN BERKELEY COUNTY, 8. C. 
OBJECTS SOUGHT ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOREST LAND. 
LOBLOLLY PINE LAND. 
There is no doubt but that on land suited to its growth loblolly pine 
is the most profitable species that can be grown in this region. Such 
land is capable of supporting heavy stands, and should be kept as 
nearly pure as possible. Ordinarily this will not be a hard thing to 
manage. In marking trees for removal it will sometimes be neces- 
sary to leave trees above the diameter limit. These should always be 
of loblolly pine on land. well suited to its growth, and since Joblolly is 
a much more prolific seeder than the other pines growing here, few 
of the other species will be established. It must be remembered that 
loblolly should not be forced on land where it does not plainly grow 
to better advantage than longleaf. 
All possible hardwoods should be removed, since they take up room 
that might be devoted to the growth of loblolly pine, besides keeping 
back reproduction to some extent. Yields will be greatly increased 
in this type as soon as fires become less frequent and young growth is 
properly protected. | 
LONGLEAF PINE LAND. 
Fire, lumbering, and boxing for turpentine have left the longleaf 
pine lands in very poor condition. The object in this type of forest 
should be to increase the density of the stand by filling up the large 
blanks with young growth. This can be done by keeping out fire, 
cutting to 14 inches diameter breasthigh, and, when necessary, leay- 
ing trees above the diameter limit for seed. If measures are taken to 
bring in young growth, these lands, after two or three rotations, will 
yield from two to three times as much timber as at present. 
SWAMP LAND. 
Swamp land bears a stand of timber which is very mixed in charac- 
ter. Nearly all of the species found on the tract, except longleaf pine, 
may occur in the swamps. The commercially important species— 
cypress, loblolly pine, and yellow poplar—are intermixed with a growth 
of gums, oaks, ash, and maple, which keep back reproduction of the 
important species to a great extent. Yellow poplar is of rare occur- 
rence, and will never be an important species in this section. Cypress 
grows very slowly and reproduces poorly, so that after the present 
stand is removed there is small hope of another crop. The’ future 
value of the swamp type depends on increasing the proportion of lob- 
lolly. This can be done by removing hardwoods whenever possible 
and leaving loblolly seed trees. 
It is of particular importance in marking trees for removal that 
unless a good stand remains below the diameter limit, one and often 
two trees above the diameter limit be left on each acre for seed. 
