CONTENTS 



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Summary 5 



General conditions 6 



Timber industries 8 



Stumpage values 8 



Saw timber 9 



Railroad ties 13 



Mine timbers 14 



Other products 14 



Forest regions 17 



Unaka Range 19 



Coves 20 



Slopes 21 



Valley of East Tennessee 22 



Cumberland Plateau 24 



Coves 25 



Slopes 26 



Plateau swales 26 



Plateau ridges 26 



Highland Rim 26 



Slopes : 27 



Ridges 28 



Central Basin ' 28 



West Tennessee Plateau and Bottom Lands 29 



Uplands 30 



Bottom lands 30 



Forest problems 31 



Unaka Range and Cumberland Plateau 31 



Valley of East Tennessee and Highland Rim 34 



Centra] Basin 35 



West Tennessee Plateau and Bottom Lands 36 



Forest policy for the State 37 



Necessity for action 37 



Proposed legislation 39 



APPENDIX I. 

 List of tree species native to Tennessee 44 



AFPEXDIX II. 



G A owth of white and chestnut oaks 50 



White oak 50 



Chestnut oak . 54 



