Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Silvical Characteristics of Slash Pine (Pinus Elliottii, Engelm. Var. Elliottii)
The soils within the natural range of slash pine are many and varied, but as a whole they are sandy, and often underlain with poorly drained hard pans. Hardpans are usually from 18 to 24inches below the surface. Because of its susceptibility to fire injury in the juvenile stage, slash pine in the flat woods was confined until recently to the ponds or pond margins where ample soil moisture or standing water provided protection. Shallow depressions which store water for part of the year and go dry for the rest are called ponds in the flatwoods area. Outside the flatwoods, slash pine occurred most generally in narrow bands along creeks, bays, and other minor drain ages. With better fire protection, the species has now Spread out between ponds, and many young slash pine stands have become established under sparse longleaf overstories. This expansion has engulfed many more soil types, including some of the sandhills, scrub-oak ridges, and less sandy soils of the Middle Coastal Plain.
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