Table 22.— Current annual change in sawtimber volume and growing stock volume by species group, Kentucky, 1949'^ 



Item 



SAWTIMBER 



Item 



GROWING STOCK 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Growth on present inventory volume. . 



Million 

 bd. ft. 



734 

 538 



Million 

 bd. ft. 

 63 

 77 



Million 

 bd. ft. 

 671 

 461 



Growth on present inventory volume. . 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 252.2 

 41 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 19 4 

 3,5 



Million 

 cu. ft. 



37.5 





Total growth 







1,272 



83 



140 



7 



1,132 

 76 



293.2 

 25.9 



22,9 

 2 



270.3 



Mortality 



Mortality 



23,9 









1,189 

 734 



133 

 52 



1,056 

 682 



267.3 

 160 7 



20 9 

 10 2 



246.4 



Commodity drain 



Commodity drain 



Current annual change 



150.5 



Current annual change ... 



+455 



+81 



+374 



+ 106.6 



+ 10 7 +95 9 



1 Though commodity drain was determined for the year 1948, the total drain figure can be considered representative of the total drain in 1949. 

 - The growth and merchantable stem volume of trees that grow into a larger size class during the year. 



Table 2^.— Number of sound trees on commercial forest land by species and tree-diameter class. Kentucky, 1949 













D. b. h. class in inches 









Species 



Total 





















2 



4 



6-8 



10 



12-14 



16-18 



20-22 



24+ 





Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 





trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 



trees 





73.1 

 121 1 



39.0 

 66 8 



9 8 

 20 2 



14 4 

 25 7 



4.0 

 4 7 



5.0 

 3 5 



7 

 2 



0.2 



(') 





(') 



Other softwoods ■ 



122 4 



68.3 



30.7 



18.9 



2.2 



1.4 



6 



.2 



0.1 



White oak 



314.0 

 165.9 



143.0 

 83,0 



59.9 

 33.3 



73.5 

 27,0 



17.1 

 8.8 



15 7 

 8 



3 4 

 2 9 



.8 

 15 



6 



Chestnut oak 



1.4 



Other white oaks 



92.7 



30.8 



26.0 



22.2 



6 6 



5 2 



1.4 



5 



(') 



Black and scarlet oaks 



295.3 



141 S 



50.0 



54.0 



16,8 



21.2 



8 6 



2 4 



.8 



Northern red and cherrybark oaks 



60.2 



24 8 



10.9 



10 6 



4,2 



5,1 



2 9 



11 



,6 



Other red oaks 



56,9 



27.8 



11.5 



8.8 



2,9 



3.4 



15 



5 



,5 



Hickory 



570.8 



358 6 



94 9 



81 4 



16.7 



14,5 



3 7 



7 



3 



Ash 



159.9 

 163.8 



107.3 

 106.1 



25.4 

 27.7 



19.9 

 21 6 



3 6 

 4.4 



2 6 



3 



6 

 .6 



4 

 3 



.1 



Elm 



.1 





3,4 

 170,4 



2,1 

 105,1 





5 

 21 3 



,2 

 6 4 



4 

 7,1 



2 

 3 1 



(■) 

 .6 



(') 



Yellow-poplar 



26.6 



.2 



Basswood 



29.0 



14 7 



5 7 



4 9 



1.2 



1,3 



9 



.3 



(■) 



Sweetgum 



54.7 



29.7 



9.4 



9 6 



2 6 



2 3 



.9 



2 



(■) 



Blackgum and tupelo ' 



120.2 



87.8 



15 6 



9 9 



2.2 



3,4 



10 



2 



1 



Sugar maple : ; 



168.6 



117.9 



26.5 



17 6 



3.0 



2,2 



7 



6 



1 



Soft maple ' 



241.2 



186.1 



31.8 



17 4 



2-7 



2 1 



.9 



2 



(') 





20.3 

 72.2 



8.4 

 37.1 



4.6 

 10 1 



3 9 

 11.0 



1.3 



3 4 



1 2 



5 2 



.5 

 2.8 



2 

 15 



.2 



Beech 



11 





38.9 

 1,046.7 



19 9 

 816 2 



5,8 

 157.6 



8.4 

 58.7 



19 



7 5 



2,2 

 4,7 



.6 

 14 



1 

 .5 



(') 



Other hardwoods 



.1 



Total 



4,161.7 



2,622.0 



694.0 



541.2 



124.4 



120.7 



40 1 



13.0 



6.3 





363.6 



229.1 



60.6 



47.3 



10.9 



10 5 



3 5 



1.1 



6 







Figure too small to be represented in this table. 



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