Table 14.— Cubic volume of sound wood on commercial forest area by species and class of material, Kentucky, 1949 



Species 



All 

 material 



Growing stock 



Total 1 



Sawtimber 

 trees ' 



Poletimber 

 trees 



Hardwood 



upper stems 



and limbs 



Cull 

 trees - 



Skortleaf, pitch, and white pines. . . 



Virginia pine 



Other softwoods 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



Northern red and cherry bark oaks 



Other re'd oaks 



Hickory 



Ash 



Elm 



Cottonwood 



Yellow-poplar 



Basswood 



Sweetgum 



Blackgum and tupelo. . . 



Sugar maple 



Soft maple 



Sycamore 



Beech 



Black walnut 



Other hardwoods 



Noncommercial species. 



Total 3. 



Million 

 cti.ft. 



222.8 

 177.0 

 120 9 



1,018.2 

 881.0 

 311.8 



1.513.6 

 479.4 

 275.2 



1,133.9 

 228.3 

 241.5 

 34.9 

 606.1 

 172.3 

 184.8 

 263.3 

 274.1 

 248.2 

 117,6 



1.008.5 



128.3 



531.1 



62.6 



10,235.4 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 222.1 

 174.8 

 117.7 

 744.8 

 Sill 

 214.2 

 993.4 

 311.8 

 185.9 

 809 7 

 157.9 

 160.8 



22.2 

 406.8 

 101.6 

 131.9 

 146.2 

 161.0 

 126.9 



79.1 

 353.9 



91.0 

 345.0 



Million 



cu. ft. 



175.2 



96.6 



77.8 



360.5 



344.1 



98.3 



652.1 



237.0 



127.5 



411.4 



67.4 



56.7 



19.5 



283.2 



77.5 



73.1 



94.4 



80.0 



51.5 



53.2 



290.0 



43.0 



114.4 



Million 

 cu.fi. 



46.9 



78.2 



39.9 



384.3 



167.0 



115.9 



341.3 



74.8 



58.4 



398.3 



90.5 



104.1 



2.7 



123.6 



24.1 



58.8 



51.8 



81.0 



75.4 



25.9 



63.9 



48.0 



230.6 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



6,569 8 



2.685.4 



202.0 



192.8 

 55.1 



365.3 



132.6 

 71.5 



230.4 

 37.7 

 31.7 

 10.9 



158.7 

 43.4 

 40.8 

 52.8 

 44.9 

 28 8 

 29.8 



162.4 

 23.9 

 64.1 



1,979.6 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



0.7 



2.2 



3.2 



71.4 



177 1 



42.5 



154.9 



33.0 



17 8 



9.V- 



49 . i 

 IS 



4ll n 



i: : 



64 



6-. ; 



492 ; 



13.4 

 122.0 



62.6 



1,686.0 



Percent. 



64 



38 



26 



' Includes upper stems of softwood sawtimber. 



- Includes upper stems and limbs of cull trees and trees of noncommercial species. 



3 Does not include volume of standing dead chestnut estimated to be 134.0 million cubic feet. 



I ABi F 15.— Net volume of growing stock on commercial forest area by stand-size class and physiographic region, Kentucky. 1949 



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BOARD-FOOT VOLUME 



Stand-size class 



CUBIC-FOOT VOLUME 



Stand-size class 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Large sawtimber stands 



Small sawtimber stands 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands. . . 

 Nonstocked and other areas. . . 



Million 

 hd. ft. 

 14,559 

 6,749 

 2,932 

 352 

 63 



Pir- 

 cent 

 59.0 

 27.4 

 11.9 

 1.4 

 .3 



Million 



hd.ft. 



5,285 



2,994 



1,324 



140 



35 



Million 



bd. it. 



387 



497 



348 



21 



15 



Million 



bd. ft. 



8,887 



3,258 



1,260 



191 



13 



Large sawtimber stands 



Small sawtimber stands 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands. . . 

 Nonstocked and other areas. . . 



Total 



Percent 



Million 



cu. ft. 



2,812.9 



1,859.7 



1,744,1 



121.5 



31.6 



Per- 

 cent 

 42.8 

 28.3 

 26.5 

 1.9 

 .5 



Million 



cu. ft. 



1,056.4 



859.6 



822.7 



46.0 



15.9 



Million 



cu. ft. 



80.7 



128.1 



237.2 



14.3 



12.4 



Million 



cu. ft. 



1,675.8 



872.0 



684.2 



61.2 



3.3 



Total 



24,655 



100.0 



9,778 



1,268 



13,609 



6,569.8 



100.0 



2,800.6 



472.7 



3,296.5 







Percent 



100 





40 



5 



55 



100 





4.' 



7 



50 



48 



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



