. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . Fig. 1. Long leaf pine forest in East Texas. (Bray Bulletin 4 7 U. S ? Dept. of Agr.; Bureau of Forestry. j 36 Bulletin of the University of Texas Gulf States have been largely depleted of this fine wood andthe supply in Texas will be exhausted in a few more years. 3. Pinus taeda L. Loblolly Pine. Old-field Pine. A , round topped, forest tree with straight, tapering. Fig. 2. Pinus taeda. trunk, reaching a height of 80°-100° and a maximum diam-eter of 5°, with stout branches and reddish brown ridgedba
. Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state . Fig. 1. Long leaf pine forest in East Texas. (Bray Bulletin 4 7 U. S ? Dept. of Agr.; Bureau of Forestry. j 36 Bulletin of the University of Texas Gulf States have been largely depleted of this fine wood andthe supply in Texas will be exhausted in a few more years. 3. Pinus taeda L. Loblolly Pine. Old-field Pine. A , round topped, forest tree with straight, tapering. Fig. 2. Pinus taeda. trunk, reaching a height of 80°-100° and a maximum diam-eter of 5°, with stout branches and reddish brown ridgedbark. Leaves pale green, slender, stiff. 6 to D long,borne in clusters of three Avith a sheath at base. Cones conic The Trees of Texas 37 cylindric, 3 to 5 long. The scales are armed with a straightor somewhat curved stout spine. Southern New Jersey to Florida, Louisiana, and Texas andin the I\lississippi Valley to Arkansas and Oklahoma. InTexas, it extends to the valley of the Colorado. The loblolly pine is perhaps the most aggressive of all thepines of our area. It is known in many localities as old-fieldpine, because of its ability to take possession of, and reforestold fields where corn and tobacco once grew. It will in allprobability be with us long after the longleaf has disap-peared. The Avood is not of as good quality as the longleaf pine,being rather weak, coarse grained and brittle. It is employedin the manufacture of doors and different kin
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