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MISSISSIPPI S FOREST RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES 

 Table 16. — Distribution of total growing stock in Mississippi, by species within each forest type, 7946-48 



Species 



All types 1 



Softwood: 



Loblolly pine_. 

 Shortleaf pine. 

 Longleaf pine_. 



Slash pine 



Other pine 



Cypress 



Cedar 



Total. 



Hardwood: 



Southern red, black, and scarlet oaks 



Cherrybark, Shumard, and northern red oaks. 



Water oaks 



White oak 



Other white oaks 



Sweetgum 



Black and tupelo gums 



Cottonwood 



Willow "_ 



Pecan 



Other hickories 



Elms 



Red maple 



Yellow-poplar 



Sycamore 



Ash 



Beech 



Sweetbay and magnolia. 



Hackberry 



Other 



Total. 



All species_ 



Percent 



18.6 



12.2 



5.0 



4.0 



1.3 



2.1 



.1 



43.3 



5.5 

 1.7 

 5.8 

 3.6 

 5.6 

 1.7 

 4.6 

 1.1 

 1.8 

 1.4 

 4.0 

 2.2 



.5 

 1.5 



.7 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.1 



.6 

 1.3 



Loblolly- 

 shortleaf pine 



56.7 



lOO.O 



Percent 



42.9 



27.7 



1.0 



.6 



1.9 



m 

 .1 



74.2 



4.4 

 .8 

 1.7 

 2.4 

 3.7 

 6.3 

 2.0 



2.4 



.4 

 2.4 



m 



(.-) 



.1 



1.9 

 .3 

 .2 

 .7 



.1 

 .3 



(2) 



(2) 



25.8 



100.0 



8.1 



100. U 



Longleaf- 

 slash pine 



Percent 



3.4 



1.5 



48.1 



38.6 



.1 



.2 



91.9 



Bottom-iand 

 hardwood 



Upland hard- 

 wood 



Upland hard- 

 wood-pine 



Percent 

 1.2 

 .1 

 .1 



1.4 



8.4 



(2) 



11.7 



.5 



1.1 



13.5 



7.8 

 16.7 

 9.6 



4.2 

 7.1 

 5.7 

 2.4 

 5.1 

 1.0 

 1.2 

 1.8 

 2.8 

 1.0 

 2.1 

 2.3 

 2.4 



Percent 



.3 



100.0 



0.3 



13.4 



4.8 



7.6 



9.7 



6.9 



21.3 



3.9 



.3 



.1 



10.8 



4.1 



.9 



3.7 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 3.7 

 1.3 



99.4 



100.0 



Percent 



(>) 



7.3 

 6.9 

 1.4 

 .8 

 1.5 



(2) 



IS.O 



12.4 



3.5 

 6.3 

 9.4 



8.3 

 17.2 

 5.0 



.1 



.1 

 8.7 

 2.2 



.8 

 2.9 



.5 



.7 

 1.7 

 1.2 



82.0 



lOO.U 



^ Cedar type included. 

 ' Negligible. 



