. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. # LOBLOLLY PINB Oue-lialf natural size. water is close to the surface. It is also frequent in elumps along the borders of swamps and as scat- tered specimens in the swamp hardwood forests. In Georgia, it is found in largest amounts over the lower Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain. The bark is dark in color and deeply furrowed, and often attains a thickness of as much as 2 inches on large-sized trees. The leaves, or needles, 6 to 9 inches long, are borne three in a cluster, and, in the spring, bright green clu
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. # LOBLOLLY PINB Oue-lialf natural size. water is close to the surface. It is also frequent in elumps along the borders of swamps and as scat- tered specimens in the swamp hardwood forests. In Georgia, it is found in largest amounts over the lower Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain. The bark is dark in color and deeply furrowed, and often attains a thickness of as much as 2 inches on large-sized trees. The leaves, or needles, 6 to 9 inches long, are borne three in a cluster, and, in the spring, bright green clumps of them at the ends of branches give a luxuriant appearance to the tree. The fruit is a cone, or burr, about 3 to 5 inches long, which ripens in the autumn of the second year, and, during fall and early winter, sheds many seeds which, by their inch-long wings, are widely dis- tributed by the Avind. The resinous wood is coarse-grained, with marked contrast, as in the other yellow pines, between the bands of early and late wood. The wood of second- growth trees has a wide range of uses where dura- bility is not a requisite, such as for building ma- terial, box shooks, barrel staves, basket veneers, pulpwood, lath, mine props, piling and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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