T.\BLE 7.— Net board-foot volume on commercial forest area by ownership and physiographic region, Kentucky, 194' 



Ownership 



State total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Federal: 



National Forest 



Million 

 bd. ft. 

 1,109 

 476 



Percent 



4.5 

 1.9 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



105 

 443 



Million 

 bd.ft. 



38 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



966 



Other . . . ^. . . 



33 









Total 



1,585 



141 



'22,929 



6.4 



.6 



93.0 



548 



34 



9,196 



38 

 1,230 



999 



State 



107 

 12,503 







Total , 



24,655 



100.0 



9,778 



1,268 



13,609 







Percent 



100 





40 1 ^ 



55 











^ Includes less than 0.5 million board feet of county and municipally owned timber. 



[ \Ki I. r^.~\i ! board-foot volume on ( (.nnmcnial ivrest area by species and physiographic region^ Kentucky, 19-f^ 



Species 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 





Million 

 bd. ft. 

 1 1,039 

 523 

 2 392 



2,315 



2,256 

 611 



4,121 



1,526 

 810 



2,631 

 418 

 357 

 124 



1,830 

 509 

 462 

 584 

 526 

 326 

 347 



1,959 

 266 

 723 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



76 

 145 

 117 



1,239 

 175 

 458 



1,467 

 599 

 715 

 964 

 217 

 249 

 124 

 533 

 13 

 407 

 136 

 289 

 188 

 219 



1,020 

 117 

 311 



Percent 

 7.3 

 27.7 

 29.9 

 S3. 5 

 7.8 

 75.0 

 35.6 

 39.2 

 88.3 

 36.7 

 51.9 

 69.7 

 100.0 

 29.1 

 2.6 

 88.1 

 23.3 

 55.0 

 57.7 

 63.1 

 52.1 

 44.0 

 43.0 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



35 

 80 

 15 



162 

 46 

 76 

 75 



102 

 32 

 85 

 70 

 62 



Percent 

 3.4 



15.3 

 3.8 

 7.0 

 2.0 



12.4 

 1.8 

 6.7 

 3.9 

 3.2 



16.8 



17.4 



Million 



bd. ft. 



928 



298 



260 



914 



2,035 



77 



2,579 



825 



63 



1,582 



131 



46 



Percent 

 89.3 



Virginia pine . . . . . . . 



57.0 



Other softwoods 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



Northern red and cherrybark oaks . ... 



66.3 

 39.5 

 90.2 

 12.6 

 62.6 

 54.1 





7.8 



Hickory . 



60.1 



Ash 



31.3 



Elm . . 



12.9 



Cottonwood 





Yellow-poplar. . 



57 



20 



6 



8 



27 



6 



68 



25 



41 



170 



3.1 



3.9 



1.3 



1.4 



5.1 



1.8 



19,6 



1.3 



15.4 



23.5 



1,240 

 476 



49 

 440 

 210 

 132 



60 

 914 

 108 

 242 



67.8 



Basswood . . . . 



93.5 





10.6 



Blackgum and tupelo ... . 



75.3 





39,9 



Soft maple 



40 5 



Sycamore . . . . 



17.3 



Beech 



46,6 



Black walnut ... 



40,6 





33,5 







Total 



24,655 



9,778 





1,268 





13,609 









Percent 



100 



40 





5 





=5 





1 About 6 percent white pine. 



- Approximately 74 percent hemlock, 16 percent redcedar, and 10 percent baldcypress. 



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