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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICAS FUTURE 



Table 21. — Timber volume by regions, 1953 



Section and region 



Live sawtimber ' 



Growing stock 





Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



North: 



New England . _ _ _ 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 51 

 74 

 50 

 83 

 8 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 27 

 13 



14 



4 



1 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 24 

 61 

 36 

 79 

 7 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 24 

 34 

 25 

 25 

 3 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 10 

 5 



7 

 1 



{-) 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 



14 



Middle Atlantic . . _ _ . 



29 



Lake States . _ . . 



18 



Central 



24 



Plains - _ _ - 



3 







Total 



266 



59 



207 



111 



23 



88 



South: 



South Atlantic _ ... 



107 

 139 

 111 



51 

 77 

 55 



56 

 62 

 56 



34 

 48 

 32 



15 

 23 



13 



19 



Southeast 



25 



West Gulf 



19 







Total 



357 



183 



174 



114 



51 



63 



West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



595 

 154 



577 

 154 



18 



(?) 



113 

 33 



108 

 33 



5 



Pine subregion ^ _ . 



(-) 







Total 



California 



Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



749 



360 



167 



69 



731 



354 



166 



66 



18 

 6 



1 

 3 



146 

 66 

 43 

 18 



141 

 63 

 42 

 16 



5 



3 



»1 



2 



Total 



1,345 



1,317 



28 



273 



262 



11 



Continental United States . . _ _ 



1,968 

 89 



1,559 

 89 



409 



498 

 19 



336 

 19 



162 



Coastal Alaska 



(=) 



All regions 



2,057 



1, 648 



409 



517 



355 



162 



' In addition to the live sawtimber volume, there are 37 

 billion board-feet of sawtimber in salvable dead trees; of 

 this total 34 billion board-feet are in the West, 2 billion 

 in the North, 1 billion in the South. 



2 Less than 0.5 billion cubic feet. 

 ' Less than 0.5 billion board-feet. 



volume. Douglas-fir is still first, but the oaks 

 rank second, and the volume of southern pines is 

 greater than the volume of ponderosa pine. 

 Following are the five leading species or species 

 groups in terms of percentage of sawtimber and 

 growing stock volumes : 



Sawtimber 

 Species: (percent) 



Douglas-fir 26 



Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine 11 



Western hemlock and Sitka spruce 10 



Western true firs 9 



Southern yellow pines 8 



Total 64 



. Qrowing stock 



Species: (percent) 



Douglas-fir 19 



Oaks 10 



Southern yellow pines 10 



Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine 8 



Western hemlock and Sitka spruce 8 



Total 55 



Table 22. — Distribution oj jorest types and timber 

 volumes, 1958 



Item 



All 

 sec- 

 tions 



North 



South 



AVest and 

 Coastal 

 Alaska 



Commercial forest land: 



Softwood type area 



Hardwood type area 



Per- 

 cent 

 48 

 52 



Per- 

 cent 

 7 

 29 



Per- 

 cent 

 17 

 22 



Per- 

 cent 

 24 



1 



Total 



100 



36 



39 



25 







Growing stock : 



Softwood volume 



Hardwood volume 



69 

 31 



5 



17 



10 

 12 



54 

 2 



Total 



100 



22 



22 



56 



Live sawtimber: 



Softwood volume 



Hardv.-ood volume 



80 

 20 



3 

 10 



9 

 8 



68 

 2 



Total 



100 



13 



17 



70 



