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Estimated Timberland Area for Selected Species |
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Estimated Timberland Area for Selected Species |
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Estimated Timberland Area for Selected Species Groups in the Eastern United States, 1953 and 1997
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Region |
Stand Type |
1953 |
1997 |
Loss or |
Percent |
South |
Longleaf and slash pine |
26.9 |
13.1 |
-13.8 |
-51 |
South |
Loblolly and other pines1 |
51.8 |
49.7 |
-2.1 |
-4 |
North |
Loblolly, pitch, shortleaf, Virginia pine |
3.6 |
2.3 |
-1.3 |
-36 |
South |
Longleaf pine |
12.2 |
2.8 |
-9.4 |
-77 |
South |
Loblolly pine |
35.6 |
39.1 |
+3.5 |
+10 |
South |
Shortleaf pine |
7.8 |
4.7 |
-3.1 |
-40 |
South |
Slash pine |
14.7 |
10.3 |
-4.4 |
-30 |
South |
Virginia, pond, pitch, sand pine |
8.4 |
5.9 |
-2.5 |
-30 |
South |
Southern yellow pine timberland |
78.7 |
62.8 |
-15.9 |
-20 |
South |
Oak-pine |
24.0 |
29.8 |
+5.8 |
+24 |
South |
Oak-hickory |
54.9 |
74.3 |
+19.4 |
+35 |
South |
Oak-gum-cypress |
34.5 |
28.5 |
-6.0 |
-17 |
South |
Oak types of timberland |
113.4 |
132.6 |
+19.2 |
+10 |
South |
All timberland |
204.5 |
201.0 |
-3.5 |
-2 |
South |
Other forestland |
21.5 |
13.1 |
-8.4 |
-39 |
South |
All forestland |
226.0 |
214.1 |
-11.9 |
-5 |
1 Includes pitch pine, pond pine, sand pine, shortleaf pine, and Virginia pine. Source: South and Buckner 2003.
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