THE SOUTHERN CYPRESS. “ae 
clude the Lumber River and the Wilmington swamps (North Caro- 
lina), Peedee, Santee, and Salkehatchie Rivers (South Carolina), 
Okefinokee Swamp and Flint River (Georgia), Suwanee and Apa- 
lachicola Rivers and parts of the Florida peninsula, and the alluvial 
flood plain of the Mississippi, at scattering points below the St. 
Francis Basin in Missouri, but preeminently over the broad, deep 
swamp area south of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. 
The introduction of larger and more efficient logging machinery 
has advanced the logging in any specified region from the water 
LEGEND 
SSNNJ LIMIT OF NATURAL RANGE 
SCATTERING LOCAL PRODUCTION 
[EES] HEAVY PRODUCTION 
Fig 1.—Geographical and commercial distribution of cypress in the United States. 
fronts into the deeper and less accessible swamp areas. Thus, the 
evolution in logging methods chiefly accounts for the continued com- 
mercial importance of cypress in regions where lumbering was ac- 
tively in progress many years ago. 
PRESENT SUPPLY AND ANNUAL CUT. 
STANDING TIMBER. 
The total present stand of cypress, according to the best available 
estimates, is about 40,000,000,000 board feet, of which about 1,000,- 
000,000 feet are being cut annually. 
