. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOBLOLLY PINE. 121 Table IILâItate of ijroieih of LobUitli/ rine. Age. Diameter I'^S^,"/ ffSf .a?n'eterof ». Inches. 10 20 no 40 50 11. B 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Feet. Volume. height of Log up to tree. Tree. 5 inehes diameter. Feet. Cu. /t. Cu. ft. 18 37 50 61 15. 45 70 78 85 00 05 78. 02 98 88. 59 3110 95. 2:1 102 102. 00 101. 23 Periodical accretion or growth
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOBLOLLY PINE. 121 Table IILâItate of ijroieih of LobUitli/ rine. Age. Diameter I'^S^,"/ ffSf .a?n'eterof ». Inches. 10 20 no 40 50 11. B 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Feet. Volume. height of Log up to tree. Tree. 5 inehes diameter. Feet. Cu. /t. Cu. ft. 18 37 50 61 15. 45 70 78 85 00 05 78. 02 98 88. 59 3110 95. 2:1 102 102. 00 101. 23 Periodical accretion or growth per decado. Decade. First Second ... Third Fourth ... Fifth Sixth Seventh .. Eightli ... Niutli Tenth Eleventh , Twelfth .. Inches. .9 Height. Feet. 18 19 13 11 9 8 7 5 5 3 2 2 Area of crosa sec- tion. .08 .14 .17 .19 .19 .21 .21 .19 .10 .13 .10 Volume. Average annniu accretion. 2. 45 13. 37 Cu. ft. .14 .29 .41 .57 .69 .70 .78 .87 .89 .87 .85 Current accretion. Cw. ft. .24 .57 .70 .87 .66 .60 HEIGHT IN FEET. I02r no CU3 f[. â /Z^^-^V. 120 YEARS. 'CUB. FT 34^5 6i-7 *|â*ââ â-* -> â â â â ' â DIAMETERS IN INCHES. Fig. 12.âGrowth of Lohlolly Pine: Height, diameter, and cubic contents of average trees at 10, 20, etc., years of age. CONDITIONS OF DEVELOPMENT. SOIL AN1> CLIMATE. Tlie Ijoblolly Pine prefers a moist, cool, .sandy or light loamy soil, wliicli, if not moist, sboiikl have, a greater retcntiveness for moisture than is re(|uire(l by most of the other npland pines. It reaches its jjreatest perfection in the iierpetually moist or forest lands, with a soil of a sandy loam, rich in vegetable moldâthe accumulation of agesâwhich border the swamps of the coast region. The tree is not found on the porous, highly siliceous so
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