14 WORKING PLAN, LANDS IN BERKELEY OOUNTY, 8. ©. 
WASTE LAND. 
There are large areas in the Cooper River holdings of the E. P. 
Burton Lumber Company which bear a very open growth of trees of 
small size and poor quality. The largest of these areas is in the eastern 
part of the Hell Hole tract, and contains 2,635 acres. This area, 
termed the Big Savannah, may be taken as a type of all bays and 
savannahs. Water stands on a great part of these savannahs most 
of the year. The Big Savannah bears an open growth of small pond 
pines, 35 to 40 feet tall and 6 to 10 inches in diameter, and from 50 to 
60 years old. Mixed with the pines, along the edge of the savannah, 
are small black gums and cypresses. These come up in dense thickets, 
and form, with the underbrush, which is thickest here, an almost 
impassable hedge or border. The underbrush of the savannahs is 
composed of hurrah brush, titi, smilax, devilwood, loblolly, white and 
red bay, and holly. It grows on tussocks raised above the water, as 
do the trees, and this often leaves passageways through the dense 
growth. Grass covers the ground wherever the area is clear of brush, 
so that the land has some value for grazing. : 
The soil on this area is a white sand. It is covered with a layer of 
partially decayed vegetable matter 12 to 15 inches deep. Why it bears 
no merchantable timber is not accurately known. An analysis of the 
soil made by the Bureau of Soils, United States Department of Agri- 
culture, showed it minerally capadle of tree growth of good character. 
The explanation must therefore be sought in its physical properties, 
which, however, are not very different from those of other samples 
from areas which bear excellent timber. 
VOLUME AND YIELD. 
YOLUME TABLES FOR LOBLOLLY PINE, LONGLEAF PINE, AND CYPRESS. 
Table IV shows the number of board feet obtainable from sound 
loblolly pine, longleaf pine, and cypress trees of different diameters, 
according to the two-thirds log rule. These tables are compiled from 
the scalings of 1,002 felled loblolly pine trees, 278 longleaf pine trees, 
and 265 cypress trees, and are the tables used in determining the 
number of board feet in standing trees over the tract. 
_ The volume of hardwoods was obtained from tables made in other 
localities, which will not, therefore, appear in this report. 
