Table 9.— Net board-joot volume on commercial forest area by species and stand-size class, Kentucky, 1949 



Species 



Total 



Sawtimb 



er stands 



Pole- 

 timber 

 stands 



Seedling and 

 sapling and non- 

 stocked stands 



Large 



Small 





Million 

 bd. ft. 

 1 1,039 

 523 

 = 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 



Percent 

 4.2 

 2.1 

 1.6 

 9.4 

 9.2 

 2.5 



16.7 

 6.2 

 3.3 



10.7 

 1.7 

 1.4 

 .5 

 7.4 

 2.1 

 1.9 

 2.4 

 2.1 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 7 9 

 11 

 2.9 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



198 



13 



276 



1,129 



1,632 

 312 



2,319 

 969 

 512 



1,562 

 246 

 187 

 105 



1,164 

 434 

 271 

 391 

 388 

 187 

 202 



1,545 

 127 

 390 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



697 

 380 



51 

 817 

 400 

 151 

 1,221 

 386 

 209 

 713 

 125 



97 



4 



413 



53 

 122 

 125 



91 



75 



84 

 286 



71 

 178 



Million 

 hd.ft. 



124 



114 



64 



326 



193 



129 



514 



167 



89 



308 



46 



63 



13 



213 



22 



65 



59 



26 



62 



58 



96 



51 



130 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



20 



Virginia pine 



16 





1 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



43 

 31 

 19 

 67 

 4 



Other red oaks . , 







48 



Ash 



1 



Elm 



10 





2 



Yellow-poplar . . . ....... 



40 







Sweetgum . . ... 



4 





9 



Sugar maple . . . . ... 



21 





9 



Sycamore * 



3 



Beech 



32 



Black walnut 



17 





25 







Total . . . 



24,655 



100 



14,559 



6,749 



2,932 



415 







Percent . . . . 



100 





59 



27 



12 



2 









^ About 6 percent white pine. 



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



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