Table 17. 



-Area of commercial foresl land by major foresl types. New 

 Hampshire, 1948 



Forest type 



Area 



White-red-jack pine_ 



Spruce-fir 



Oak-hickory 



Elm-ash-cottonwood 

 Maple-beech-birch- ^ 

 Aspen-birch 



Total 



Thousand 



acres 



1,339 



607 



^S 



90 



2, 170 



381 



+, 6S2 



Table 18. — Net volume of live sawtimber and growing stock on 

 commercial forest land by stand-size class, New Hampshire, 1948 



Stand-size class 



Sawtimber 



Growing 

 stock 





Million 



board-feet 



S, 12S 



1,126 



396 



66 



Million 

 cubic feet 

 2,512 



Poletimber stands 



1, 104 



172 



Nonstccked and other areas not classified elsewhere. 



34 



Total_._ 



9,713 



3, 822 



Table 19. — Net volume of live sawtimber and growing stock on 

 commercial jorest land by ownership class, New Hampshire, 7948 



Ownership class 



Sawtimber 



Growin 

 stock 



g 



Federal: 



Million 

 board-feet 

 1.607 



7 



Millio 

 cubic fe 



n 

 et 



645 



Other - -. - 



1 







Total _ -,. -...- 



1,614 





647 









57 

 57 





38 



County and municipal - -- 



^8 







Private: 



2,212 

 5,773 



2, 



84? 



Industrial and other 



766 







Total -- -- -- 



7,985 



3, 



KlQ 







All ownerships 



9,713 



3, 



R-?? 







Table 20. — Net volume of live sawtimber and growing stock on 

 commercial Jorest land by species. New Hampshire, 1948 



Species ' 



Sawtimber 



Growing 

 stock 



Softwoods: 



Million 



board-feel 



1,343 



3,241 



1, 186 



141 



Million 

 cubic feet 



645 



White and red pines 



Hemlock 



870 

 325 





51 









5,911 



1,891 







Hardwoods: 



Whiteoak^ 



38 



311 



1,239 



783 



373 



526 



92 



15 



31 



394 



27 



Red oak 3 



157 



Yellow birch _ _ . 



413 





299 



Red maple ^_ 



Beech - - 



331 

 213 



Ash _ 



54 



Aspen 



38 





5 



Other eastern hardwoods ^ 



394 







Total hardwoods 



3,802 



1,931 







All species - __. 



9,713 



3,822 







^ Species from the national standard list that do not appear here are either not 

 present in New Hampshire or were found so infrequently that no reliable estimate 

 of volume could be made. 



2 Includes only Ouercus alba. 



2 Includes only Ouercus rubra. 



1 Includes 343,000.000 board-feet or 300,000.000 cubic feet of paper birch. 



Table 21 — Net volume oj all timber on commercial Jorest land by 

 class oJ material and species group. New Hampshire, 1948 



Class of material 



Growing stock: 



Sawtimber trees: 



Sawlog portion 



Upper stem portion. 



Total 



Poletimber trees. 



Total growing stock. 



Other material: 



Sound cull trees 



Rotten cull trees 



Hardwood limbs'.. 

 Salvable dead trees. 



Total other material- 

 Total, all timber 



Softwoods 



Million 



cubic feet 



1,089 



95 



1, 184 



707 



1,891 



148 

 26 



(2) 



174 



2,065 



Hard- 

 woods 



Million 



cubic feet 



580 



235 



815 

 1, 116 



1,931 



118 

 299 

 141 



(2) 



558 



2,489 



Total 



Million 

 cubic feet 

 1,669 

 330 



1,999 

 1,823 



3,822 



266 

 325 

 141 



(») 



732 



4,554 



' Limbs of live hardwood sawtimber trees. 

 2 Negligible. 



Forest Resources of New Hampshire 



37 



