316 THE FORESTS OF GARRETT COUNTY 



TABLE NO. 10. 

 MERCHANTABLE STAND. 



Species. Total Stand. 



Board Feet. 



Hemlock 23,092,000 



Chestnut 22,475,000 



Sugar Maple 19,469,000 



Spruce 9,745,000 



White Oak 9,154,000 



Bed Oak 6,958,000 



Basswood 3,132,000 



Beech 2,509,000 



Yellow Birch 2,432,000 



Sweet Birch 1,188,000 



Ked Maple 491,000 



Chestnut Oak 246,000 



White Pine 176,000 



Total 101,067,000 



FOREST TREES. 



Composition of Forests. 



The forests of Garrett county, like those of Allegany county adjoin- 

 ing on the east, are rich in species. The following list includes most 

 of the trees found in Allegany county 1 and has, in addition, a few 

 trees not found there: 



Conifers. 



White Pine Pinus strobus. 



Pitch Pine Pinus rigida. 



Tamarack Larix laricina. 



Black Spruce Picea mariana. 



Ked Spruce Picea rumens. 



Hemlock Tsuga canadensis. 



Hardwoods. 



Butternut Juglans cinerea. 



Black Walnut Juglans nigra. 



Bitternut Hickory Hicoria minima. 



Shag-bark Hickory Hicoria ovata. 



Mockernut Hickory Hicoria alba. 



Pignut Hickory Hicoria glabra. 



1 See " The Forests of Allegany County," by Geo. B. Sudworth. Allegany 

 County Report. Maryland Geological Survey, 1900. 



