146 TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 6. — Area of commercial forest land east of Rocky Mountains, by forest type, section, region, and State, January l , 1 963 



(TJiousand acres) 





Total, all 

 types 



Softwood types 



Hardwood types 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



White- 

 red-jack 

 piae 



Longleaf- 

 slash 

 pine 



LobloDy- 



shortleaf 



ptae 



Spruce- 

 fir 



Total 



Oak- 

 pine 



Oak- 

 hickory 



Oak- 



gum- 



cypress 



Elm-ash- 

 cotton- 

 wood 



Maple- 

 beech- 

 birch 



Aspen- 

 birch 



New England: 



1,973 

 17,169 

 3,259 

 4,907 

 430 

 3,713 



96 



10,023 



755 



2,441 



8 



1,045 



96 



1,625 

 562 



1,386 



8 



417 









1,877 

 7,146 

 2,504 

 2,466 

 422 

 2,668 



n 



46 



1,375 



275 



1,325 



603 



314 



71 





298 

 303 



285 

 119 

 78 

 73 



110 

 5,112 



563 

 1,301 



"2,"237' 



94 







15 

 165 



8,383 



28 



1,055 



1,444 







285 







443 



Tfhnrip Tsland 







27 



Vermont 







628 



287 











Total 



31,451 



14,368 



4,094 





180 



10,094 



17,083 



61 



3,963 





1,156 



9,323 



2 580 









Middle Atlantic: 



391 



2,897 



2,120 



12,002 



15, 089 



11,389 



198 

 772 

 692 

 1,941 

 892 

 700 







198 

 762 

 666 

 161 

 363 

 584 



-- 



9 

 735 



4 

 27 



193 



2,125 

 1,428 

 10, 061 

 14,197 

 10,689 



21 

 206 

 129 



52 

 178 

 115 



76 

 1,353 

 838 

 1,890 

 8,611 

 7,477 



96 



461 



165 



6 



55 

 148 











7 



17 



1,045 



525 



89 





24 

 128 

 869 

 252 

 611 



81 



38 



5,520 



3,896 



2,338 









130 



New York 





1,724 







1,205 



West Virginia 











Total 



43,888 



5,195 



1,683 





2,734 



778 



38, 693 



701 



20,245 



931 



1,884 



11.873 



3,059 









Lake States: 

 Michigan 



19,121 



17, 056 



424 



395 



15, 396 



4,501 



5,910 



4 



70 



2,775 



1,942 



1,355 



14 



170 



1.138 







2,559 

 4,555 



14, 620 



11,146 



420 



325 



12,621 





2,142 



1,080 



81 





1,166 



2,045 



217 



325 



1,494 



5,568 

 1,049 



5,744 









6,972 









122 



South Dakota (east) 











Wisconsin 







1,637 





2,948 





3,013 



5,166 











Total- 



52, 392 



13,260 



4,509 







8,751 



39. 132 





6,251 





5.247 



9.630 



18,004 











Central: 

 Illinois. - - ... 



3,761 

 3,960 

 2,595 

 1,664 

 10, 840 

 14,977 

 1,140 

 5,121 



35 

 145 







35 

 69 





3.726 



3.815 



2,595 



1,664 



10,544 



14,647 



854 



4,915 



12 

 69 



""'685' 

 640 



98" 



2, 232 



2,240 



1,278 



891 



7,402 



11,333 



146 



2.915 



17 

 129 



""137' 

 410 



54' 



1.442 

 942 



1,219 

 773 



1,508 



2,179 

 708 



1,243 



14 

 397 



78 



9 



Indiana, 



76 





38 



Iowa 





20 

















Kentucky 



296 

 330 

 286 

 206 



18 





278 

 330 





812 

 85 





Missouri 









1286 

 14 







Ohio 





192 





600 



5 









Total 



44,058 



1,298 



394 





904 





42, 760 



1,504 



28.437 



747 



10, 014 



1.986 



72 





171, 789 



34, 121 



10.680 





3,818 



19,623 



137, 668 



2,266 



58,896 



1,678 



18, 301 



32,812 



23,715 









South Atlantic: 

 North Carolina,.. -. . 



20, 216 

 11, 559 

 15, 829 



8,846 

 5,412 

 4,614 



215 



2,224 

 1,373 



6,392 

 4,039 

 4,493 



15 



11,370 

 6,147 

 11,215 



2,119 

 1,061 

 1,440 



5,657 

 1,989 

 8,763 



3,343 



3,097 

 959 





251 



• 









Virginia .., 



121 





53 













Total 



47,604 



18, 872 



336 



3,597 



14, 924 



15 



28,732 



4,620 



16,409 



7,399 





304 











East Gulf: 

 Florida 



18. 474 

 26. 298 



10,062 

 13,411 





9,677 

 6,137 



385 

 7,256 





8.412 

 12,887 



860 

 3,714 



2,503 

 4.028 



5.049 

 5.145 









Georgia 



18 

















Total 



44.772 



23, 473 



18 



15,814 



7,641 





21,299 



4,574 



6.531 



10.194 

















Central Gulf: 

 A lahflma. 



21,742 

 17.976 

 13.643 



9,436 

 6,947 

 1.863 





1,999 

 2,163 



7,437 

 4,784 

 1,777 





12,306 

 11,029 

 11,780 



4.835 



2,850 



936 



5.106 

 4,237 

 9,743 



2.271 



3.431 



675 



94 



511 

 224 







Mississippi 







Tennessee 



86 



202 











Total 



53, 361 



18.246 



86 



4,162 



13,998 





35,115 



8.621 



19,086 



6,377 



829 



202 









West Gulf: 

 Arkansas 



21.530 



16,512 



5,299 



11,991 



6.951 

 6,153 

 1,062 

 5,852 







6,951 

 4.234 

 1.062 

 5,367 





14, 579 

 10.359 

 4,237 

 6,139 



2,148 



1,978 



517 



2.217 



7.878 

 1.767 

 3,380 

 2.016 



4,077 



5.967 



270 



1.826 



476 

 647 

 70 

 80 











1.919 







Oklahoma 









Texas 





485 















Total 



55, 332 



20,018 





2.404 



17.614 





35.314 



6.860 



15,041 



12.140 



1,273 













Total, South _ 



201,069 



80.609 



440 



25. 977 



54.177 



15 



120. 460 



24. 675 



57, 067 



36.110 



2.102 



506 









Total, East 



372, 858 



114,730 



11.120 



25. 977 



57, 995 



19.638 



258,128 



26. 941 



115,963 



37.788 



20. 403 



33,318 



23,715 







1 Ponderosa pine type. 



