In the Albemarle Area the average acre of forest land con- 

 tains 16o2 cords of wood, and in the Northern Coastal Plain the 

 comparable figure is 17.4 cords per acre. 



The following table shows the volume of sawtimber in the 

 Albemarle Area. 



TABLE 4 - NET VOLUME OF SAWTIMBER, BY SPECIES GROUP AND COUNTY, 



ALBEMARLE AREA, 1963 

 (Million Bd, Ft, Int,, ^" Rule) 



OTHER PINE & ALL 

 COUNTY SOFTWOOD HARDWOOD TOTAL 



Camden 347.5 23U5 579.0 



Chowan 284,1 117,8 401.9 



Currituck 244,9 158,6 403,5 



Dare 284,0 64,6 348,6 



Gates 550,2 287,9 838.1 



Hyde 421,4 192.7 614,1 



Pasquotank 411.0 168,7 579.7 



Perquimans 264.2 302.3 566.5 



Tyrrell 361,1 171.0 532,1 



Washington 242,5 185,2 427.7 



ALBEMARLE AREA 3,410.9 1,880,3 5,291.2 



Sawtimber is considered to be standing pine trees nine inches 

 or more in diameter and hardwoods 11 inches or more in diameter. 

 Most of the hardwoods in the area are too small to be classed as 

 sawtimber, yet the total volume of hardwoods exceeds that of 

 softwoods. As can be seen above, there is roughly twice as much 

 softwood sawtimber available as hardwood. 



The Albemarle Area has always had a relatively heavy produc- 

 tion of saw logs and timber. Most of this timber volume has coma 

 from pine trees. There is evidence that the softwood species are 

 favored over the hardwoods. Hardwoods are not replanted and cared 

 for as extensively as softwoods, 



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