. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Loblolly Pine. Old-field Pine. Fig. 139. Pinus Taeda L. Sp. PI. 1000. 1753. A large forest tree, reaching, under favorable con- ditions, a height of 1500 and a trunk diameter of 5°, the branches spreading, the bark thick and. rugged, flaky in age. Leaves in 3's (rarely some of them in 2's), slender, not stiff, light green, ascending or at length spreading, 6'-i
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Loblolly Pine. Old-field Pine. Fig. 139. Pinus Taeda L. Sp. PI. 1000. 1753. A large forest tree, reaching, under favorable con- ditions, a height of 1500 and a trunk diameter of 5°, the branches spreading, the bark thick and. rugged, flaky in age. Leaves in 3's (rarely some of them in 2's), slender, not stiff, light green, ascending or at length spreading, 6'-io' long; fibro-vascular bundles 2; sheaths 8"-i2" long when young; cones lateral, spreading, oblong-conic, 3-5' long, i'-ii' thick before the scales open; scales thickened at the apex, the transverse ridge prominent, acute, tipped with a central short triangular reflexed-spreading spine. Southern New Jersey to Florida and Texas, mostly near the coast, north through the Mississippi Valley to Ar- kansas. Wood not strong, brittle, coarse-grained, light brown; weight per cubic foot 34 lbs. Springs up in old fields or in clearings. Also called Frankincense, Sap, Torch, Slash, Swamp, Bastard, Long-straw or Indian-pine; Long- shucks ; Foxtail, Shortleaf, and Rosemary pine. April- May. 10. Pinus rigida Mill. Pitch Pine. Pinus rigida Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed. 8, No. 10. 1768. A forest tree reaching a maximum height of about 8o° and a trunk diameter of 30, the branches spreading, the old bark rough, furrowed, flaky in strips. Leaves in 3's (very rarely some in 4's), stout and stiff, rather dark green, 3'-s' long, spreading when mature; fibro- vascular bundles 2; sheaths 4,"-6" long when young; cones lateral, ovoid, 1Y-3' long, becoming nearly glob- ular when the scales open, commonly numerous and clustered; scales thickened at the apex, the transverse ridge acute, provided with a stout central triangular recurved-spreading prickle. In dry, sandy or rocky soil, New Bruns
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