Figure 5. — Proportion of type-group area in each forest condition, 1934. (Bars for each type group total TOO percent.) 



Stands having the characteristics of the original 

 mature forest are called old growth. Figure 4 

 shows a typical old-growth longleaf stand. Young 

 stands which have come in as a result of cutting or 

 for any other reason are called second growth; they 

 are classified as reproduction, under-sawlog size, or 

 sawlog size, depending upon their stage of develop- 

 ment. If 10 percent or more of the board-foot 

 volume in sawlog-size stands, or of the stems in 

 under-sawlog-size stands, has been removed, such 

 stands are known as partly cut. The lower limits 

 of old-growth or sawlog-size second-growth condi- 



tions represent the lightest stands of each class that 

 in general are included in commercial operations. 

 When cutting reduces a stand below this minimum 

 and fails to leave a minimum stocking of young 

 growth or reproduction, it is considered clear-cut. 

 The area characterized by the several forest cor- 

 ditions in each of the major forest type groups is 

 shown in table 4 and diagrammatically in figure 5. 

 Of more than 1 }' 3 million acres of old-growth 

 timber, one-third is in uncut stands averaging 

 about 7,000 board feet per acre, or 24 cords (tables 

 5 and 6). Of the area in uncut old-growth stands, 



Table 4. — Forest area of south Georgia, c 



ossified according to forest 



•ondition and 



type group, 1934 





Forest condition 



Turpentine 

 pine 



Nonturpen- 

 ture pine 



Hardwood 



Cypress 



tupelo 



All type % 



roups 



Old growth: 



Uncut .. - 



Partly cut. _ 



Acres 

 125, 900 

 665, 600 



Acres 

 112,000 

 149, 900 



Acres 

 243, 900 

 191, 300 



Acres 

 33, 600 



94, 100 



Acres 



515, 400 

 1,100.900 



Percent 

 5. 1 

 10.9 







Total 



791.500 



261, 900 



435, 200 



127, 700 



1. 616, 300 



10.0 







Second growth: 

 Sawlog size: 



Uncut ... 



2, 041, 500 

 280, 100 



2, 830, 800 

 549, 900 



542, 900 



144, 100 



371, 200 



79, 000 



263, 000 

 49, 300 



417, 300 

 54, 200 



33, 600 



4.000 



72, 100 



7,800 



2,881,000 

 477, 500 



3,691,400 

 690. 900 



28.6 



Partly cut.. _ . _ _ 



4.7 





36.7 



Reproduction. .. . 



6.9 



Total . 



5, 702, 300 



1, 137, 200 



783, 800 



117,500 



7. 740, 800 



76.9 







Clear-cut __ 



682, 200 



12, 600 



8,000 



10, 300 



713. 100 



7.1 









7, 176, 000 



Percent 

 71.3 



1,411,700 



Percent 

 14.0 



1,227,000 



Percent 

 12. 2 



255, 500 

 Percent 



10, 070, 200 





All conditions.. . . .. 







100.0 



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