ue . a 
COMBINED SOUTH UNITS 
2000 SLASH AND LONGLEAF PINE 
é 1500 io 
, (p00 sae 
. yor 
ts a 
3,500 
NORTH-CENTRAL UNIT 
LOBLOLLY - SHORTLEAF 
PINE-HARDWOOD 
3000 
2500 
2000 
1500 
1000 
500 LLL LM hhh he 
GROSS VOLUME PER ACRE IN CUBIC FEET (i.b.) OF GROWING-STOCK TREES 5 IN. d.b.h. AND LARGER 
Il-20 YRS. 
BE 
Vee 
o = ; : 
0-10 21-30 YRS. 31-40 YRS. 41-50 YRS. 51-60 YRS. | 6!-70 Me 
YRS. | YR 
AND OVER 
4 2l 23 16 Pees 13 i. 9—+ 44 
PERCENT OF AREA IN VARIOUS AGE CLASSES 
T VOLUMES By AGE GLASSES 
Wt 
toy g Hy) Y Yy 
Lo 
7 
“ 
_ Figure 6.—Prevailing volumes, by age classes, compared with those in well-stocked stands: 4, Combined south units, slash and longleaf pine; B, north-ver 
—- unit, loblolly-shortleaf pine-hardwood. 
are understocked, an analysis was made of the stocking, 
by volume, of the stands of loblolly-shortleaf-hardwood 
type groups in north-central Georgia. Stands at 40 years 
| and older, both uncut and partly cut, were examined. 
On 30 percent of the area stands were very light and 
unsatisfactory—less than a fourth of the average well- 
stocked stand. Fifty percent of the area had one-fourth 
_ to three-fourths of a good stand, and only 20 percent 
could be considered reasonably satisfactory; that 
ing more than 75 percent of desirable stocking 
From this, and because the better stocked st 
in general developed without benefit of adequat 
tection and other good-management practic 
that the growing stock of the prevail ’ 
the pine and pine hardwood type er 
doubled, but this will require several « 
