Table 36.~Net volume of live sawtimber and groiving stock on 

 commercial forest land by species, Kentucky, 1949 



Table S7.— Net volume of all timber on commercial forest 

 land by class of material and species group, Kentucky, 1949 



Species 



Softwoods: 



Shortleaf and loblolly pines. 

 Other southern yellow pines 



White and red pines 



Hemlock 



Cypress 



Other eastern softwoods - . . . 



Total softwoods 



Hardwoods: 



White oaks. 



Red oaks . . 



Other white oaks 



Other red oaks 



Sugar maple 



Soft maples 



Beech 



Sweetgum 



Tupelo and blackgum 



Ash 



Hickory . . 



Cottonwood and aspen 



Basswood 



Yellow-poplar 



Black walnut 



Other eastern hardwoods. . . 



Total hardwoods 



Total, all species 



Sawtimber Growing stock 



24,655 



Million bd. ft. 



Million cu. ft. 



978 



213,0 



523 



174.8 



61 



9.1 



289 



56.1 



38 



8 6 



65 



53.0 



1,954 



514.6 



2,315 



744.8 



1,526 



311.8 



2,867 



725.3 



4,931 



1,179.3 



526 



161.0 



326 



126.9 



1,959 



353.9 



462 



131.9 



584 



146.2 



418 



157.9 



2,631 



809.7 



124 



22.2 



509 



101.6 



1,830 



406.8 



266 



91 



1,427 



584.9 



22,701 



6,055.2 



Class of material 



Total 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Growing stock: 

 Sawtimber trees: 



Sawlog portion 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 3,858.0 

 26.4 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 323.2 

 26.4 



Million 

 cu.ft. 

 3,534 8 



Upper stem portion 



0) 





3,884.4 

 2,685.4 



349.6 

 165 



3,534.8 



Poletimber trees 



2,520 4 







Total growing stock 



/ 



6,569.8 



514.6 



6,055,2 



Other material: 



Sound cull trees 



203.3 

 1,482.7 

 1,880 6 



134 



3.2 

 2.9 



200 1 



Rotten cull trees 



1 479 8 



Hardwood limbs 



1,880.6 







134 









Total other material 



3,700.6 



6.1 



3,694.5 



Total, all timber 



10,270.4 



520.7 



9,749 7 







' The volume of upper stem portion of hardwoods is estimated to be 99.0 

 million cubic feet. The figure is not included with growing stock in this or any 

 of the other tables because the volume cannot be distributed by the classes called 

 for in some of the tables. 



6,569.8 



Table SS.—Net volume of live sawtimber on commercial forest land by diameter class groups and 



species, Kentucky, 1949 



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



Species 







Diameter class groups 



(inches) 









10 



12 



14 



16 



18 



20+ 



Total 



Softwoods : 



Southern yellow pines 



355 



437 



380 



2 



47 



151 



7 

 50 



99 

 10 



54 



79 

 42 

 137 



1 501 



White and red pines 



61 





51 



53 



392 



Total softwoods, . . . . 





406 



490 



429 



208 



163 



258 



1,954 



Hardwoods: 



White oak 







615 

 423 

 181 

 901 



83 

 188 



84 



105 



302 



1,177 



556 

 450 



232 

 994 

 80 

 223 

 102 

 122 

 334 

 1,209 



275 

 345 

 297 

 996 



57 

 246 



97 



109 



336 



1,005 



329 



356 



219 



780 



61 



257 



70 



67 



345 



633 



540 



1.293 

 597 



1,260 

 245 



1,045 

 109 

 181 

 513 



1,677 



2,315 



Other white oaks 





2,867 



Red okas 





1,526 







4,931 



Sugar maple 





526 



Beech . . . 





1 959 



Sweetgum 





462 



Tupelo and blackgum 





584 







1,830 



Other eastern hardwoods 





5,701 











4,059 



4,302 



3,763 



3,117 



7,460 



22,701 



Total, all species 







406 



4,549 



4,731 



3,971 



3,280 



7,718 



24,655 



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