A SUMMARY OF THE TIMBER RESOURCE REVIEW 



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FIGURES INDICATE MILLION ACRES 



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In addition to having the largest share of the and hardwoods. This is important from the 



commercial forest land, individual eastern regions standpoint of what may be expected with respect 



also have the largest proportions of total land area to future growth and productivity from the lands, 



that is classed as commercial forest. For example, Furthermore, there is almost an equal area of 



New England has only 5 percent of the Nation's softwood types in the East and in the West, 



forest land, but 76 percent of the total land area of Hardwood types, on the other hand, are concen- 



the region is commercial forest land. In contrast, trated almost exclusively in the East, where they 



only 43 percent of the total land area in the Pacific exceed the area of softwood types by roughly two 



Northwest is commercial forest land, although this to one: 



is the highest percentage in the West. In four softwood Hardwood 



eastern regions, more than half of the land area is (miiiZn (mmfon (^mmon 



commercial forest; 76 percent in New England, 60 ""''^ ""'"'> ""''^ 



percent in the South Atlantic Region, 59 percent ^ot^J |5- J 138.9 m. o 



in the Southeast, and 57 percent in the West Gulf West and Coastal Alaska"."! 11?! 4 3.9 12L 3 



Region. 



All sections 234.1 254.5 488.6 



Softwood and Hardwood Types About 



Eoual in Area Three eastern types — oak-hickory, loblolly- 



shortleaf pine, and oak-gum-cypress — each exceed 



It is significant that the total commercial forest in area the most widespread western type, which 



area is almost equally divided between softwoods is ponderosa pine: 



