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Tape 16. —Net cordwood volume in various classes of sound material) In this report, cull trees and the upper stems and 
limbs of sawlog-size hardwoods and cypress (48 million 
Hardwoods . P 
psig ees. SF ads cords) are not considered as part of the growing stock 
Quality class Pine | goft. | Firm- All species or basic asset on which growth and drain are computed. 
tex- tex- | Total Cc : “We c : 
ad |-tuvear eo Of approximately 202 million cords of growing-stock 
S35) a el eee eg oa en material, 106 million is in saw timber, 15 milion in 
Sound trees sawlog | yginion| Million| Million| Million| Million | percent upper stems of sawlog-size pine, and 81 million in trees 
size: cords | cords | cords | cords | cords | : i Sate ai Gablete EP h orl om 
Sawlog portion.....| 72.1 | 21.7] 125] 342] 1063} 42.5 under sawlog size (table 10). Or the entire 1Ofest the 
Upper'stems...--..-| 14.7 | 711.1) 27.2] 2183) 33.0) 13.2 volume of growing-stock trees averages almost 10 cords 
Sound trees under saw- See. U ld th ie all binéd 
fog size... | 36.2 28.0 17.0 45.0 81.2 39.5 per acre. ncut old-growth stands, all types combined, 
Sound and rotten cull have much the heaviest volume per acre (table 17). 
ist) - eae 2.5| 184] 136] 27.0] 29.5 11.8 ae : 
eines, | Fuel and pulp are the principal uses for cordwood 
125.5 | 74.2] 50.3 | 124.5 | 250.0 |... material that is unsuited for saw timber. Most species are 
All classes ------\ py sont] Percent| Percent| Percent useful for fuel, but pines and soft-textured hardwoods 
60.2.) 20.7} 20.1} 49.8 |--__.. [= tyke such as the gums are preferred for pulpwood under 
present practices. Firm-textured hardwoods, such as 
1 Bark ineluded; as of date of survey 1934-36. For detailed record see 
the oaks, are not commonly pulped at present but may 
~ table 43 in the appendix. * Upper stems and limbs. au y) BSE P 7 
be in the future. Not included is a volume of chestnut, 
d. b. h.; here the entire stem of all species is included to roughly estimated to be about 2 million cords, mostly 
a variable top diameter (but not less than 4 inches). in blight-killed trees in north Georgia. Some of this 
4. The estimated sound material in rotten and sound dead material is cut into lumber, and small quantities 
cull trees, including scrub oaks, all of which are classed are used for tannic-acid extraction and for fuel and 
as culls. fence posts. 
Most of the pine cordwood volume in live, sound trees The competitive demand for saw timber and its present 
(cull trees omitted) and about one-half of the hardwood and prospective stumpage value for lumber, cross ties, 
volume is in trees less than 13 inches d. b. h. (fig. 10). veneer, poles, and piles should encourage the holding of 
SPECIES GROUP AND 
TREE-DIAMETER CLASS 
(inches ) 
PINES: 
Glondio se a AS 
KX 252 S505 6% KAN AC KOO, OOM 5. Koo SOOO, 
XXX? SOS reas eeeaaranetenenceseaenn 282 SKK KKK SKS KC SXXD et 
OOO 625252 sagtets XS 5052 eteteteteteteeen 
lOlendi2e=2 = isessesatacesenecesentatstateescesonsconnsesesecestetatetetenessconeneseeeetatotateratecesmanstotetetotetetetenetenatetet SERS S33 SEK ‘ 
50505050. 0.0 esta tatatatanarerecesectchgtatatatetetens 00.0.0 KK ACCC COS Senate 
KS OS KKK NO SISO Xs ogee 62525052 S235 asestetateleteten SKK KKK KC RY 
0, 0,00, 0.04% oseges SSRN SSSI SHIN 
14 and larger — ~ KXXoOOS SSO RRRIK se SRS EC 
SOFT-TEXTURED 
HARDWOODS : 
q 
6,8,10 and12__ 
ROS 
esoseatetateteteteeoneneeetetetts eseetee een SoS OR a 
7 
Lauawae i 
ROSIN wasatonaceceneneces 
etetececececeee, OOD xX KOR ee 
Metetetetetetete’: eetetetets OOK SSO SEN 
MILLION gene 
14 and larger 
FIRM -TEXTURED 
HARDWOODS : 
6,8,10, and Hd SRR AAWWWW Main stem 
Sawlog portion of trees 
14 and larger__ Upper stems and limbs 
| 
30 35 40 
Frours 10.—Cordwood volumes by species groups and size classes, sound trees only 1998-3 
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