FOREST MANAGEMENT OF LOBLOLLY PINE. 
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section loblolly is comparatively scarce, growing in mixture with 
hardwoods and some scrub and pitch pine, and is not important com- 
mercially. In the southern half of this region, however, where the 
general elevation is less than 50 feet above sea, loblolly is the most 
important timber tree. 
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Regions of commercial importance. Isnnn^I Limits of botanical distribution. 
Fig. 1. — Distribution of loblolly pine in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. 
Piedmoxt Types. 
In middle or Piedmont Virginia, in the portion contiguous to the 
western edge of the Coastal Plain region, from Predericksburg south, 
loblolly pine occurs in the following types : 
(1) In pure pine stands (chiefly on old fields) in mixture with 
short-leaf and scrub pines. Short-leaf usually predominates, though 
