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THE FORESTS OF GARRETT COUNTY 



on other slopes Chestnut predominates, there being but little Hem- 

 lock or White Oak present. 



TABLE NO. 1. 



Average of 33 acres. 



Trees 12 inches and over in diameter breast-high. 



Species. 



Average 



number of 



trees per acre. 



Chestnut 29.45 



Red Oak 12.47 



White Oak 6.68 



Chestnut Oak 4.00 



Red Maple 3.30 



Sweet Birch 2.42 



Hemlock 18 



Basswood 15 



Beech 06 



White Pine 



Spruce 



Sugar Maple 



Yellow Birch 



Other species 3.50 



Average of all species 62.21 



Percentage Average Average 

 of each diameter stand 

 species, breast-high, per acre. 



(Doyle Rule.) 

 Inches. Board Feet. 



47.34 

 20.04 



10.73 



6.43 



5.34 



3.88 



.29 



.24 



.09 



5.62 

 100.00 



18.6 

 17.9 

 18.1 

 16.7 

 16.6 

 15.8 

 24.4 

 15.5 

 15.1 



14.1 

 17.5 



10,034.59 

 2,170.28 

 1,582.23 

 843.19 

 914.40 

 331.31 

 149.25 

 18.09 

 9.57 



354.03 



16,406.94 



NOTE. "Other species" include the occasional and inferior trees occurring with 

 the merchantable species. 



The Slope Timber may be divided into the following sub-types, 

 which are determined by the abundance of the principal species: 



Sub type. Acres. 



Chestnut 2,290 



Hemlock and hardwoods 1,280 



White Oak 480 



Hemlock 143 



Total 



4,193 



CHESTNUT. This sub-type is found in two bodies, one on the 

 Youghiogheny river, near Sang Run, the other on Monroe Run, a 

 tributary of Savage river. These bodies occupy steep slopes above 

 the streams and represent the best hardwood growth of the county. 

 The following table shows the composition of these forests : 



