T.\BLE lO.—Xet board-foot volume on commercial forest area by species and tree-diameter class, Kentucky, 19-19 



(Million board feet, i.e. 000,000 omitted] 



Species 



Shortleaf, pitch, and white pines . . 



Virginia pine 



Other softwoods 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



Northern red and cherrybark oaks 



Other red oaks 



Hickory 



Ash 



Elm 



Cottonwood 



Yellow-poplar 



Basswood 



Sweetgum 



Blackgum and tupelo 



Sugar maple 



Soft maple ; . . 



Sycamore 



Beech : . 



Black walnut 



Other hardwoods 



Total 



Percent 



Total 



= 1,039 



523 



3 392 



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 



24,655 



Tree diameter class (inches) 



10 1 



171 

 184 

 51 



406 



12-14 



527 

 292 

 100 



1,171 

 566 

 307 



1,628 

 413 

 267 



1,219 

 155 

 170 

 28 

 636 

 122 

 186 

 227 

 163 

 145 

 89 

 411 

 144 

 314 



9,28 



100 



38 



16-18 



220 



47 



104 



604 



513 



188 



1,512 



516 



264 



720 



129 



75 



43 



681 



228 



167 



176 



118 



117 



77 



503 



78 



171 



7,251 



29 



20-22 



92 



73 



255 



412 



87 



654 



273 



150 



379 



77 



60 



31 



315 



129 



66 



107 



122 



49 



77 



470 



44 



140 



4,062 



16 



24-26 



49 



148 



336 



22 



286 



181 



85 



197 



27 



25 



19 



174 



30 



30 



61 



59 



5 



54 



342 



38 



2,168 



28+ 



29 



15 



137 



429 



7 



41 

 143 



44 

 116 



30 



27 

 3 



24 



13 

 13 

 64 

 10 

 50 

 233 



60 



1,488 



1 Ten-inch diameter class shown separately because in this diameter class sawtimber volume includes softwood trees, but not hardwoods. 



- About 6 percent white pine. 



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



T.XBLE 11.— Net board-foot volume on commercial forest area by tree-diameter class and pinsiographic region, Kentucky, 1949 



Tree-diameter class 

 (inches) 



State ti 



tal 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



10 1 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



406 

 9,280 

 7,251 

 4,062 

 2,168 

 1,488 



Percent 



1.7 



37.6 



29.4 



16.5 



8.8 



6.0 



Million 

 bd. it. 



83 



4,042 



2,896 



1,469 



829 



459 



Percent 



0.9 



41.3 



29.6 



15.0 



8.5 



4.7 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



46 



610 



336 



179 



79 



18 



Percent 



3.6 



48.1 



26.5 



14 1 



6.3 



14 



Million 



bd. ft. 



277 

 4,628 

 4,019 

 2,414 

 1,260 

 1,011 



Percent 

 2.0 



12-14 



16-18 



20-22 



24-26 



28+ 



34.0 



29.5 



17.8 



9.3 



7.4 







Total 



24,655 



100 



9,778 



100.0 



1,268 



100.0 



13,609 



100 n 







Percent 



100 





40 





5 



' ^^' 



' Ten-inch diameter class shown separately because in this diameter class sawtimber volume Includes softwood trees, but not hardwoods. 



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Forest Resource Report No. 7, U. S. Department of .Igncultiire 



