T.\BLE 18.— Average volume of growirig stock per acre by stand-size class and region, Kentucky, 194'^ 





BOARD-FOOT VOLUME 



Stand-size class 



CUBIC-FOOT VOLUME 



Stand-size class 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Blucgrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Large sawtimber stands 



Small sawtimber stands . 



5,288 



3,052 



726 



192 



103 



5,540 



2,921 



753 



225 



154 



5,230 



3.601 



607 



86 



78 



5,152 



3,109 



738 



198 



67 



Large sawtimber stands 



Small sawtimber stands 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands 



Nonstocked and other areas .... 



Average. 



1,021.8 



841.1 



431.7 



66.4 



51.6 



1,107.3 



838.6 



467.7 



74.1 



70.0 



1,090.5 



928.3 



414.0 



58.6 



64.6 



971 5 



832 1 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands 



Nonstocked and other areas 



400.6 

 63.4 

 17,1 



Average ... 



2.154 



2.132 



1,038 



2,413 



574 



610.7 



387 1 ' 584.6 



Table ISi.—Axierage 10-year diameter growth by species and 

 tree-size class, Kentucky, 1949 



Speci( 



Shortleaf, pitch, and white pines. 



Virginia pine 



Other softwoods 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



Northern red and cherrybark oak; 



Other red oaks 



Hickory 



Ash 



Elm 



Cottonwood 



Yellow-poplar 



Basswood 



Sweetgum 



Blackgum and tupelo 



Sugar maple 



Soft maple 



Sycamore 



Beech 



Black walnut 



Other hardwoods 



Average, all species 



Saw- 

 timber 



Inches 

 1.66 

 1,56 

 1.84 

 1,94 

 1,68 

 1,70 

 2,12 

 2,92 

 3 12 

 1.44 

 2.30 

 2.24 

 5,06 

 2,32 

 1.78 

 2.56 

 1 52 

 1 92 

 2.72 

 3,20 

 1,58 

 1,78 

 2,24 



2 12 



Pole- 

 timber 



Indus 

 1,78 

 2,00 

 1,46 

 1.44 

 1.60 

 1.20 

 1.70 

 1.78 

 2.24 

 1.22 

 1.82 

 1.96 

 5.06 

 2.40 

 2.36 

 2.16 

 1.46 

 1.48 

 2.14 

 2.72 

 1.50 

 1.82 

 1.72 



1 66 



Seedlings 



and 

 saplings 



Inches 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



T.AULE 2Q.— Average antnial net board-foot groivth by species 

 expressed as a percentage of sawtimber inventory volume, 

 Keuturkx. ;«•/" 



Species 



1 44 



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 



.\\-erage. all species 



Growth on 

 original stand 

 less mortality 



Percent 



3. 



12 



97 



01 



69 



17 



13 



61 



59 



73 



2.05 



3.10 



3.16 



5.98 



3.10 



2.44 



3.19 



1.98 



2.31 



4.07 



3.29 



1.63 



2,20 



3,02 



2 64 



Ingrowth 



Percent 

 2,22 

 8,21 

 2,79 

 2,33 

 2.31 

 2.22 

 1.35 

 1.09 

 3.37 

 2.41 

 1.60 

 4.80 



1.92 

 .91 

 2.85 

 1.77 

 2.86 

 5.23 

 1.36 

 .86 

 3.75 

 3.81 



2.18 



Net 

 growth 



Percent 



5 



34 



11 



18 



4 



80 



5 



02 



4 



48 



4 



35 



3 



96 



4,68 



7 



10 



4,46 



4 



70 



7 



96 



5 



98 



5 



02 



3 



33 



6 



04 



3 



75 



5 



17 



9 



30 



4 



65 



2 



49 



5 



95 



6 



83 



4,82 



Table 2\.— Average grou'th per acre of saiftimher and growiyig stock b\ physiographic region. Kentuckx, 1049 







SAWTIMBER 





Region 



GROWING STOCK 





Region 



Growth on 



present inventory 



volume 



Ingrowth ^ 



Mortality 



Net 

 growth 



Growth on 



present inventory 



volume 



Ingrowth ' 



Mortality 



Net 

 growth 



Western Plateau 



■ 

 Bd. ft. 



65.6 

 34.4 

 68.5 



Bd.ft. 

 .44,9 

 30,9 

 52,2 



Bd. ft. 

 7,5 

 3,6 

 7.9 



Bd. ft. 

 104.0 

 61.7 

 112.8 



Western Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern Highlands 



State 



Cu.ft. 



24 4 

 17.6 

 21.1 



Ci,. ft. 

 3.9 

 3.9 

 3.2 



Cu.ft. 

 2.4 

 15 

 2.3 



Cu. ft. 

 IS 9 



Bluegrass 



Eastern Highlands 



20,0 

 22 



State. . 



64 1 



47,0 



7.3 



103,8 



22.0 



3 6 



2.3 



23 3 









' The growth and the merchantable stem volume of trees that grow into a larger size class during the yuar, 



50 Forest Resource Report No. 7, U. S. Deparlitiott of Agriculture 



