4 BULLETIN 308, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



For the botanical and commercial range of shortleaf pine, see 

 figure 1. 



Pig. 1. — Botanical and commercial range of shortleaf pine. 



Table 2. — Estimated total stand of shortleaf pine timber in the United States 



for 1913. 



Region. 



Standing short- 

 leaf. 



Region. 



Standing short- 

 leaf. 



Eleven Southern States (6 States 



Boardfeet. 

 73,400,000,000 



1,144,000,000 

 1,608,900,000 

 1,200,000,000 



Kentucky, Tennessee, and West 



Boardfeet. 

 455,000,000 



16, 100, 000 



Virginia, North Carolina, South 

 Carolina, and Georgia (parts) 2 . . . 



New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela- 



National Forests of Arkansas 3 



Growth, 1910 to 1913, inclusive »... . 

 Total 



3,000,000,000 





80, 824, 000, 000 









1 Based on Bureau of Corporations report "The Lumber Industry, Part I, Standing Timber." (Ala- 

 bama, Arkansas, Florida ; Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas; parts of Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, and Virginia) and annual cut at rate of 4.1 per cent. 



2 Reports of North Carolina Geological Survey; other States estimated on basis of comparative area 

 with North Carolina and known character of stand. 



3 Forest Service estimates for Arkansas (1,500,000,000 feet) and Ozark (108,900,000 feet) National Forests. 



4 Rough estimate from general knowledge of area and character of distribution. 



6 State report of Kentucky (195,000,000 feet) and two other States estimated on basis of comparison with 

 Kentucky. 



6 Rough estimates by States, based upon general character of distribution and regional studies by States 

 or Forest Service. 



7 Growth at rate of 1 per cent annually, after allowing for loss by fire, etc. 



