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Common forest trees of North Carolina

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  • FOREST TRE£S ^.e^-s ^>-^=<k^>-^ ^-m**^-^ ^>-#%>-«^-e -&-m^<^s LONGLEAF PINE (Pinus palustris Mill.) THE young longleaf pine forms one of the most striking features of the southern forest. When 5 to 10 years of age, the single upright stem with its long, dark, shiny leaves, forms a handsome plume of sparkling green, while in later youth the stalwart, sparingly branched sapling, with its heavy twigs and gray bark, attracts immediate attention. The older trees have tall, straight trunks, 1 to 3 feet in diameter and open, irregular crowns, one-third to one-half the length of the tree. Longleaf pine is confined to the Coastal Plain region. It has been extensively logged, bled for turpentine, repeatedly burned and ranged over by native "razor-back" hogs until in many sections it has been almost exterminated or replaced by other pines. The leaves are from 10 to 15 inches long, in clusters of 3, and gathered toward the ends of the thick, scaly twigs. The flowers, appearing in early spring before the new leaves, are a deep rose-purple, the male in prominent, short, dense clusters and the female in inconspicuous groups of 2 to 4. The cones, or burrs, are 6 to 10 inches long, slightly curved, the thick scales armed with small curved prickles. The cones usually fall soon after the seeds ripen, leaving their bases attached to the twigs. The wood is heavy, hard, strong, tough and durable. As Georgia pine, pitch pine and southern pine, it has been, and still is, used for all kinds of building and other construction. Naval stores, consisting of tar, pitch, rosin and turpentine, are obtained almost exclusively from this tree and its close relative, the slash pine, by bleeding the trees for their raw gum. 8
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