But with loblolly and still more with shortleaf this seems not to be the case.
Being widely distributed over many localities different in soil and climate, the growth of the shortleaf pine seems materially influenced by location.
The Norway pine, which may be confounded with the shortleaf pine, can be distinguished by being much lighter and softer.
Longleaf and Cuban pines are seldom separated, while shortleaf and loblolly pines are also mixed.
Strength and weight averages of both woods are in excess of those of shortleaf and loblolly pines.
Johnson considers shortleaf pine as good as longleaf pine of equal weight, and suggests environment as a means of identification.
Mitis refers to the soft, delicate foliage of shortleaf pine.
In that case, there was less shortleafpine in the entire South in 1911 than there was west of the Mississippi river thirty years before.
The shortleafpine is peculiar among eastern softwoods in one respect.
To those who are familiar with the tree's appearance, the name shortleaf pine is most accurate in definition.
The commercial range of shortleaf pine has contracted to a considerable extent since the settlement of the country.
In the case of shortleaf pine, an influence is active which will bring good results in the future.
Shortleaf pine varies greatly in the quality and amount of sapwood.
The needles of Cuban pine are from eight to twelve inches; loblolly's are from six to nine; and those of shortleaf from three to five.
There is so great a variation in weight ofshortleaf pine that only general averages have value.
Shortleaf pine is not as strong as longleaf, and is not so extensively employed in heavy structural work, but in certain other lines it has the advantage of longleaf.
The shortleaf pine ranks second to the longleaf in importance to the lumber industries of the East and South.
Much of the deforested territory, let alone, will cover itself with a ripe crop of shortleafpine lumber in a hundred years.
Parcoblatta divisa, Virginia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916): Under signs onshortleaf pine.
All specimens taken from under signs on red oaks and longleaf and shortleafpines in Georgia and Virginia (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).
In decay cavity in sweet gum; under sign on shortleaf pine (Hebard, 1917).
Loblolly and shortleaf pine are preferred hosts, but pond, slash, longleaf, and Sonderegger pine are also attacked.
The disease ranges eastward from the Great Plains and is most severe in the South on Virginia and shortleaf pines.
Abundant foliage sprouting on the hole of infected shortleaf is common.
Illustration: Needle symptoms and damage of littleleaf on shortleaf pine.
Pitch and pond pines are moderately susceptible, longleaf pine is fairly resistant, and shortleaf pine is highly resistant.
In these areas more resistant species such as longleaf orshortleaf pine should be planted.
Loblolly and shortleaf pine seem to be preferred hosts, but all of the southern pines may be attacked wherever they occur in North and Central America.
The insect prefers Virginia and shortleaf pine, but it will also oviposit and feed on pitch and loblolly pine.
Loblolly and shortleafpine cones are seldom over 20 percent infested.
Loblolly is also affected, usually where associated with infected shortleaf pine.
The shortleaf pine will reforest the old areas, and spread over a widening territory, if only it is given a chance.
The lumber mills are busy in the great tracts west of the Mississippi, and below the Arkansas River, in the forests of shortleaf pine, which until recently were untouched, and too far from the markets to be profitably cut.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shortleaf" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
