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Title: Trees of Texas; an illustrated manual of the native and introduced trees of the state
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Lewis, Isaac McKinney, 1878-1943
Subjects: Trees
Publisher: Austin, University of Texas
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO

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m height of 100°-120°and trunk diameter of 2°-3° with narrow crown and thin,scaly, orange brown bark. Leaves bright green, soft, andflexible, sharp tipped, 8 to 18 long, borne in clusters of threewith a sheath at base. The cones are almost sessile, cylindric,or oblong, 6-10 long, frequently slightly curved. The scalesare thin, flat and armed with a small reflexed spine. Southeastern Virginia to Florida and along the Gulf coastthrough Louisiana to Texas. It grows in sandy soil and isnot common in river valleys. In Texas it extends to theTrinity River. The wood of this pine is stiff and hard, possessing greatstrength. It is much used in the central and eastern partof the United States as bridge wood. It is also well adaptedfor frames, and trusses for large buildings. Large quanti-ties of this w^ood are employed for flooring and car building.In addition to the wood, it yields valuable naval stores, suchas rosin^ )utch, turpentine, and oils. The forests of the older The Trees of Texas
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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 k.rge, round topped, forest tree with straight, tapering

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