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HardMood types of trees make up lialf of the State's commercial forest land. 



Of all Forest Type Groups, the Hardwood Group occupies the most 

 area, namely, 50 percent of the commercial forest land. Next in area is the 

 White Pine Group with 29 percent, the Spruce-Fir Group with 13 percent, 

 and the remaining 8 percent is occupied by the Aspen-Paper Birch Group, 



The Hardwood Group (shown in Figure 10 as Maple-Beech-Birch) is 

 distributed over the State mostly on well-drained loams and sandy loams 

 of moderate to high productivity. (Soil Management Groups 1-5, 10, 29, 

 and 30.) 



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Soil Conservation Service 



The pine types occur mostly in glacial outwash in southern New Hampshire. 



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