size, it is highly desirable that cutting be limited 

 to that part of the stand not needed to build up 

 and maintain an ample growing stock for a future 

 supply of saw timber. The 24 million cords in 

 tops and in sound and rotten culls, if used at all, 

 may find its chief use as fuel wood. Increased 

 utilization of this class of material would improve 



the quality of the stands and satisfy some of the 

 requirements of the cordwood industries, and at 

 the same time would conserve the growing stock 

 for the production of saw timber. Utilization 

 possibilities of the total timber stand from the 

 pulpwood standpoint is discussed in the section on 

 special-use resources. 



Table 9. — Net volume of sound material not suitable for sawlogs, expressed in cords 



Species group 



Pines 



Hardwoods: 



Pulping 



Nonpulping 



Total 



All species 



Sound trees 

 under saw- 

 log size 



Cords 

 12, 221, 100 



6, 574, 200 

 10, 552, 000 



17, 126, 200 



29, 347, 300 



Percent 

 54.6 



Tops of saw- 

 log-size trees 



Cords 

 4, 828, 600 



3, 599, 700 

 5, 886, 800 



9, 486, 500 



14, 315, 100 



Percent 

 26.6 



Sound and 

 rotten culls 



Cords 

 186, 300 



3,019,800 

 6,871,000 



9, 890, son 



Percent 

 18.8 



All classes of material 



Cords 

 17,236,000 



13, 193, 700 

 23, 309, 800 



36, 503, 500 



53, 739, 500 



Percent 



32.) 



24.6 

 43.3 



67.9 



Cubic-Foot Volume 



The total forest resources, including both saw 

 timber and cordwood, expressed in cubic feet 

 inside bark are given in table 10. The total sound 

 volume, excluding bark, of all trees above 5 

 inches d. b. h. is 6,886 million cubic feet, about 



evenly divided between pine and hardwood. The 

 6,231 million cubic feet in sound trees alone is 90 

 percent of this total resource. The remaining 10 

 percent in sound volume of sound and rotten cull 

 trees amounts to 655 million cubic feet, of which 

 only 14 million is in pine. 



Table 10. — Summary of forest resources in cubic feet (inside bark) 



Species 



Pines: 



Longleaf. 

 Shortleaf. 

 Loblolly.. 



Total. 



Hardwoods: 



Red gum. 



Black gum 



Other pulping hardwoods 



Red oak._ 



White oak 



Scrub oak 



Ash 



Special-use species 



Other nonpulping hardwoods. 



Total 



All species. 



Sound sawlog-size trees 



Sawlogrna- Upper stems 



terial 



M cubic feet 



194, 210 



628, 850 



1, 336, 800 



2, 159, t 



220, 360 

 139, 380 

 97,490 

 310, 460 

 231, 450 



28,540 



137, 860 



1, 165, 540 



3, 325, 400 



Percent 

 48.3 



M cubic feet 

 32, 240 

 119, 150 

 220, 870 



372, 260 



111,280 

 64, 030 

 49, 870 

 162, 310 

 121, 820 



14, 300 

 70, 140 



593, 750 



966, 010 



Percent 

 14.0 



Sound trees 

 under saw- 

 log size 



M cubic feet 



43,790 



360, 170 



467, 430 



871, 390 



208, 150 

 96, 260 

 104, 390 

 247, 840 

 143, 960 



40, 090 

 2 28, 270 



1,067,920 



1, 939, 310 



Percent 

 28.2 



Total sound- 

 tree volume 



M cubic feet 



270, 240 



1, 108, 170 



2, 025, 100 



M cubic feel 

 310 

 3,480 

 7,040 



3,403,510 



539, 790 

 299, 670 

 251, 750 

 720, 610 

 497, 230 



82, 930 



28, 270 



406, 960 



2,827,210 



6, 230, 720 



Percent 

 90.5 



Sound 

 culls 



10,830 



22, 610 

 17, 680 

 24,260 

 39, 700 

 21, 050 

 144, 220 

 9,110 

 6,470 

 32, 340 



317, 440 



328, 270 



Percent 

 4.8 



Rotten 

 culls 



M cubic feet 



410 



750 



2,150 



3,310 



57, 280 

 40, 340 



33, 970 

 90, 990 

 42, 430 

 11, 130 



8,020 

 5,130 



34, 250 



323, 540 



326, 850 



Percent 



4.7 



Total sound volume 



M cubic feet 



270, 960 



1, 112, 400 



2, 034, 290 



3, 417, 650 



619, 680 

 357, 690 

 309, 980 

 851, 300 

 560, 710 

 155, 350 

 100, 060 

 39, 870 

 473, 550 



3, 468, 190 



6, 885, 840 



Percent 

 3.9 

 16.2 

 29.5 



4!) 6 



9.0 

 5.2 

 4.5 

 12.3 

 8, 1 

 2.3 

 1.5 

 .6 

 6 9 



50. 4 



100.0 



' In hardwoods this volume includes limbs 4 inches in diameter and larger. 

 1 Includes 1,094,000 cubic feet of upper stems. 



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