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A NATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN FORESTRY 



TABLE 6. Total stand (cubic feet} of softwoods and hardwoods in the United 

 States, including saw-timber, cordwood, and restocking areas, by type of material 

 and region 



1 Only the portion of tree suitable for saw logs, saw-timber area. 



2 Less than saw-timber size but large enough for cordwood, saw-timber area. 



3 Of saw-timber trees; only the tops in the case of softwoods. 



4 Stumps, long butts, and breakage, saw-timber area. 



The preponderant position of the Pacific Coast region stands out 

 with respect to total volume in much the same manner, although 

 not so strikingly as in connection with saw-log volume. A main 

 reason, of course, is the great amount of virgin saw timber in the 

 Pacific Coast, but another reason is the extremely depleted growing 

 stock or forest capital in the East, generally speaking. The Pacific 

 Coast region with 13 percent of the total forest area contains 40 

 percent of the total timber volume and nearly 60 percent of the 

 saw timber. At the other extreme, the Lake region with nearly 

 as much land contains less than 5 percent of the total timber volume 

 and only about 2 percent of the saw timber. The South, in an inter- 

 mediate position, with 40 percent of the forest area contains only 

 25 percent of the total volume and 14 percent of the saw timber. 



OWNERSHIP OF TIMBER SUPPLIES 



Forest-land ownership has been discussed and the importance 

 of its character has been emphasized in the section, "Forest Land 

 the Basic Resource." Of corresponding importance is the nature 

 of the ownership of the standing timber. It bears upon the time 



