. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 14 which covered the State. The original forest covered almost its en- tire area, which is usually j»iven as 2S,504,5()0 acres. Practically the entire State, with the exception of a few natural meadows and the tops of a few mountains, was covered with trees. The orij^inal forest was composed of many and valuable species often occurring in dense stands. The richness of our forest flora is due to its favorable location with reference to climatic and physio<2:raphic factors. Penn- sylvania is the meeting ground of
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 14 which covered the State. The original forest covered almost its en- tire area, which is usually j»iven as 2S,504,5()0 acres. Practically the entire State, with the exception of a few natural meadows and the tops of a few mountains, was covered with trees. The orij^inal forest was composed of many and valuable species often occurring in dense stands. The richness of our forest flora is due to its favorable location with reference to climatic and physio<2:raphic factors. Penn- sylvania is the meeting ground of many northern and southern spec- ies. In the western jiart of the State one fin<ls out})osts of species common to the Mississippi valley, while in the southeastern part some of the species of the coast region are foun<l. Some of the north- ern species have their southern limits here, or else follow the moun- tains toward the south, while some of the southern species have their northern limits heie, usually migrating northward through the val- leys. The forests in the southeastern and the western parts of the State are composed almost entirely of hardwoods, while the central and the northern or mountainous i)arts are composed of a mixture jj of hardwoods and conifers. One may find the hardwoods by them- selves and the conifers by themselves, or they may occur in mixture. A few of our native species are very valuable, while otliers are less I valuable and some mere forest weeds. The real value of a species f changes with the change of tlie general economic, particularly market, conditions. Within the last decade market prices of wood have risen so much that they have brouglit about a more intensive utilization of our forest products. Many species formerly left standing in the forest are now utilized. A moment's reliection upon the present tendency in the utilization of the products of the various trees causes us to comprehend fully the truth of the statement that the despi
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