given to facilitate an naderstiodae of the 
ade discussed: -~ 
A -Use Classes 
oductive forest land.—Forest land that has the qualities essential for 
owth of commercial timber. 
_ Nonproductive forest land.—Forest land that does not have the qualities 
ssential for the growth of commercial timber. 
“Cultivated crop land.—Land being used for the production of farm or 
orchard-crops or that shows evidence of having been so used during the 
p receding 2 years. 
j _ Tale crop !and.—Cultivated land that has been idle for 2 years or more 
ob ut that has not reached the abandoned stage. 
Abandoned crop land—Formerly cultivated land that shows distinct 
‘signs of having been abandoned for agricultural crop production; no 
oe has been made to maintain it as improved pasture. 
_ Improzed pasture —F¥enced cleared or open land, used primarily for 
3 ‘azing and upon which an attempt has been made to maintain a sod. 
Other areas.—Areas included within the corporate limits or suburban 
" and industrial sections of cities and communities; power, rail, and high- 
way rights-of-way; marsh; nonmeandered waterways; and prairie. 
Species Groups 
:. Pines.—Yurpentine: Slash and longleaf pines. Nonturpentine: Lob- 
lolly, shortleaf, pitch, pond, Virginia, eastern white, and spruce pines; 
hemlock and red cedar. 
 Hardwoods.—Soft-textured: Sweetgum (“red gum”), black tupelo 
 (“blackgum”), water tupelo (“tupelo gum”), yellowpoplar, southern 
: sweetbay (“‘bay’’), red and silver maples (“‘soft maple’), southern mag- 
_nolia, and associated minor species. 
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Firm textured: Red oaks, white 
oaks, ash, elm, hickory, holly," persimmon," and associated minor species. 
_ Cypress.—Baldcypress (“southern cypress”) and pondcypress. 
 Fores!-Type Groups 
Slash-longleaf pines.—Includes the following forest types: Longleaf 
_ pine, slash-longleaf pines, slash pine, slash pine-cypress, and slash-long- 
: leaf pine-hardwoods. 
is in longleaf and slash pines. 
____ Loblolly-shortleaf pines.—Includes the following forest types: Lablolly 
pine, shortleaf pine, loblolly-other pines, and shortleaf-other pines. 
ie bout three-fourths of the net cubic-foot volume is in shortleaf and 
loblolly pines. 
_ Loblolly-shortleaf- pine-hardwoods."-—Includes the following forest 
types: Loblolly pine-mixed hardwoods, and shortleaf pine-mixed hard- 
‘* woods. 
“remainder is in mixed hardwoods. 
Over three-fourths of the net cubic-foot volume 
About one-half of the net cubic-foot volume is in pines; the 
Upland hardwoods.—Includes the following forest types: Upland hard- 
woods, oak-chestnut, mixed oak, scrub oak, and scrub hardwoods. Over 
_ 90 percent of the net cubic-foot volume is in mixed hardwoods; scattered 
"pines account for the remainder. 
* _ Bottom-land hardwoods.—Includes the following forest types: Cypress- 
 tupelo gum, bottom-land hardwoods, cove-hardwoods, and yellowpoplar. 
: Over two-thirds of the net cubic-foot volume is in red, black, and tupelo 
ee 
"Since holly and persimmon are used primarily for special purposes, 
such as bobbins, shuttles, and handles of sporting goods, they were not 
cluded in the saw-timber estimate. : 
¥ Small amounts of Virginia pine and white pine types, pure or mixed, 
included in north and north-central Georgia. 
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‘gums, bay, 
“Se, et : 
cypress, red maple, and other soft-textured hardwoods: 
the remainder is in species such as oaks, hickories, ash, beech, elm, and 
hackberry, with a small amount of loblolly and spruce pine. 
Cypress.—In south Georgia, the cypress types are important. In the 4 
cypress-type group, cypress makes up 46 percent of the volume; black 
and water tupelos (“black and tupelo gums”) 40 percent; and other — 
hardwoods include most of the remaining 14 percent. - 
Forest Conditions ee, 
Old-growth uncut.—Old-growth stands from which less than 10 percent 
of the volume has been cut. 
Old-growth partly cut.—Ol\d-growth stands from which 10 percent or. 
more of the volume has been cut, but in which the remaining old- rower x 
saw timber contains at least 1,000 board feet per acre of hardwood, ae, 
600 board feet of pine or pine and hardwood mixed. 
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Second-growth sawlog-size uncut.—Second-growth stands from which 
less than 10 percent of the sawlog-size trees have been cut and in which - 7 
the remaining saw timber contains at least 600 board feet per acre. + 
Second-growth sawlog-size partly cut.—Second-growth stands from r “7s 
which 10 percent or more of the sawlog-size trees have been cut, but ine : > : 
which the remaining saw timber contains at least 400 board feet per acre. “a 
Second-growth under sawlog size-—Second-growth stands composed 
largely of under-sawlog-size trees, and containing less than 600 board % qj 
feet per acre. tig 
Reproduction—Areas not qualifying for any of the conditions pre- 
viously described, but bearing more than 80 seedlings or sprouts of com- 
mercial species less than | inch d. b. h. per acre. 
Clear-cut-— Cut-over areas on which the young growth present a 
insufficient for classification as either second growth or reproduction. 
Tree Classification 
Sawlog-size tree—A pine or cypress tree at least 9.0 inches d. b. h. 
or a hardwood tree at least 13.0 inches d. b. h., that will produce One : 
sound butt log at least 12 feet long, or that contains at least 50 percent & 
of its gross saw-timber volume in sound material in case the butt log 3 
is a cull. 
Under-sawlog-size tree—Any tree between 1.0 inch d. b. h. and the 
minimum sawlog-size tree diameter at breast height, at least 75 percent . 
sound and with a reasonably straight stem. Ay 
Sound cull tree—A sound tree that, because of form, crook, extreme 
limbiness, or other sound defect, is not, and never will become, suitable 
for saw timber. 
Rotten cull tree.—A sawlog-size tree that is more than 50 percent defec- 
tive, or an under-sawlog-size tree that is more than 25 percent defective. 
Turpentine-Tree Conditions and Naval Stores Terms . 
Round.—Longleaf and slash pine trees that have never been worked 
for naval stores. 
Working.—Longleaf and slash pine trees that are being worked for 
naval stores. 
Front-faced (or front-cupped).—Longleaf and slash pine trees on which 
a first face is being worked. 
Back-faced (or back-cupped).—Longleaf and slash pine trees on 
at least one turpentine face has already been worked and 
back (second, third, etc.) face is being worked. 
Resting.— Previously-worked longleaf and slash pine 
resting prior to the working of back faces. 
Worked out.—Longleaf and slash pine trees on w : 
These trees hay 
have been worked as the trees will stand. 
