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FORESTS, FOREST LANDS AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 



hill country is neared, the oaks and hickories rapidly increase 

 among the pines, making the transition to the hardwood uplands. 



While this does not exhaust the list, even of the useful trees of 

 this section, it includes those of greatest importance and widest 

 distribution, and those most characteristic of the region. Those, 

 however, which at present are of greatest economic importance are 

 the pines, cypress, white cedar, ash and yellow poplar, and these 

 only will be considered in detail, as the other forest trees of this 

 section are not yet subject to the destructive agencies which pre- 

 vent the extensive propagation and even threaten the future exist- 

 ence of at least one of the most valued of these trees. 



NOMENCLATURE OF THE FOREST TREES. 



The names of many trees occurring in the State are very much 

 confused, some trees having several names applied to them in the 

 same locality, while in other localities the same name is given to 

 several distinct species. This is particularly true of the pines of 

 the eastern section, so much so that they frequently cannot be dis- 

 tinguished at all by their local names. Names w^hich are m very 

 general use, and the use of which will prevent confusion, are those 

 adopted by the United States Forestry Bureau. These names 

 will be used throughout this report and are given in the following 

 table along with the corresponding botanical terms and a list of 

 the other names generally used in this State, with the region to 

 which they are peculiar: 



Long-leaf pine {Pinus palustris Mill., P. australis Michx.) is 

 known everywhere by this name, but long-straw pine is a term 

 frequently substituted for it, the leaves of the pine after they have 

 fallen being always called ''straw." Long-leaf old -field pine is the 

 name giv(n to the 3^oung growth in fields, etc. Pitch pine is used 

 in the north-eastern counties and by turpentine distillers. Heart 

 pine, NortJi Carolina pine, Georgia pine and yelloiv pine are lumber- 

 men's names. 



Loblolly pine (P. Taeda L.) is a name rarely heard in this 

 State in the field, short-leaf or short-straw pine being the usual name. 

 Long-straw pine is heard in the north-east, where this tree grows 



