Table 28. — Distribution of forest area in each subregion, by forest type and condition class 



Coal Fiei i>s 



Forest typr 



Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch. 

 Aspen-gray birch-pin cherry. . . . 



White pine-hemlock 



White pine-white oak-red oak. . 

 Red oak-black oak-white oak . . . 



Chestnut oak 



Scrub oak 



Other 



Merchantable stands 



Saw timber 



Acres 



200 



200 

 1,000 

 3, 300 



200 



Pole timber 



Acres 

 3,000 



SiH) 



4,300 



16,700 



2.900 



I nmerchant- 

 able stands 



Acres 



17,800 



6,800 



2. 200 



44. 600 



161, 300 



38, 400 



99, 000 



All stands 



Acres 



21 



2. 900 



49. 

 181. 300 

 41. 500 

 99. 000 



Total 



1, 'Hill 



27, 400 



370, 100 





Farming Areas 



Sugar maple-beech-yellow birch. 

 Aspen-gray birch-pin cherry. . . . 



White pine-hemlock 



White pine-white oak-red oak. . 

 Red oak-black oak-white oak. . . 



Chestnut oak 



Scrub oak 



Other 



Total . 



53, 400 



26, 100 



16,400 



13,900 



400 



inn 



110,600 



175,700 



100 



33, 500 



72, 200 



56, 900 



3.200 



700 



342, 300 



$09, 800 



3,500 

 66. 500 



$64, 1 1 'i i 

 277, 700 



6, i 



5, 700 



l.n-0,900 



538, 900 



3,600 



126. 100 



- 



- 

 4i '. 600 



6,800 



1.52 



Extensive Forests 



Sugar maplc-beech-ycllow birch . 

 Aspen-gray birch-pin cherry. . . . 



White pine-hemlock 



White pine-white oak-red oak. . 

 Red oak-black oak-white oak. . . 



( Ihestnut oak 



Scrub oak 



Other 



Tola 



29,100 



17, 500 

 600 



s. sun 



•Mill 



1 36, 600 



6,500 



23. 900 



l'i. $00 



e< >oo 



s. 900 



HID 



I" - . 100 

 81, 200 

 76, 100 



( , 100 



61, '"in 



2 1 1. sun 





87, "on 

 117, 5oo 

 152, 700 



125, 900 





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