The longleaf pine in virgin forest ; a silvical study . d at theu characteristic habitof growing in upright tufts. The needles are soclosely packed about the sides of the bud that thelight must enter well from above to reach the budeffectively. The need for this overhead light iswell illustrated in the sapling shown in Fig. young tree, after having been bent over bythe fall of a larger one near by, was obliged to ad-just itself to the changed conditions of light, andthe result is shown in the very remarkable contor-tion of its branches. In Fig. 5 the same tend-ency to reach the overhead
The longleaf pine in virgin forest ; a silvical study . d at theu characteristic habitof growing in upright tufts. The needles are soclosely packed about the sides of the bud that thelight must enter well from above to reach the budeffectively. The need for this overhead light iswell illustrated in the sapling shown in Fig. young tree, after having been bent over bythe fall of a larger one near by, was obliged to ad-just itself to the changed conditions of light, andthe result is shown in the very remarkable contor-tion of its branches. In Fig. 5 the same tend-ency to reach the overhead light appears in the angu-lar forms and upright position of the twigs. The disadvantage under which the longleaf pinemay appear to lie on account of the length, positionand density of its fohage, is indirectly of great bene-fit to the forester. It produces the straight bolesthat are wanted in the market and, by the earlyshading out of the lower branches in large trees,lifts the crown high, thereby producing long shaftsand cylindrical forms. H b z ^ O. 45
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