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Table 63. — Forest land area oj the United States 

 and Coastal Alaska, by section, region, and State, 

 January 1, 1953 



Table 63. — Forest land area oj the United States 

 and Coastal Alaska, by section, region, and State, 

 January 1, 1953 — Continued 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Commer- 

 cial 



Noncom- 

 mercial 



North: 



New England: 



Connecticut 



Maine _ _ - 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,990 



17,088 



3,288 



4,848 



434 



3,730 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,973 

 16, 601 

 3,259 

 4,682 

 430 

 3, 713 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 17 



487 



Massachusetts 



29 



New Hampshire 



Rhode Island 



166 

 4 



Vermont 



17 







Total 



31,378 



30, 658 



720 



Middle Atlantic: 



Delaware _ - 



454 

 2,920 

 1,958 



14, 450 



15, 205 

 9, 907 



448 



2, 897 



1,910 



12, 002 



15, 108 



9,860 



6 



Maryland 



23 



New Jersey 



48 



New York 



2,448 



Pennsylvania - 



97 



West Virginia 



47 







Total 



44, 894 



42, 225 



2,669 



Lake States: 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



19, 322 

 19, 344 

 16, 535 



18, 849 

 18, 098 

 16, 325 



473 

 1,246 



Wisconsin 



210 







Total 



55, 201 



53, 272 



1,929 



Central: 

 Illinois 



3,993 

 4, 103 

 2,510 

 11,497 

 15, 177 

 5,446 



3,938 



4, 045 

 2,505 



11,446 

 15,064 



5, 396 



55 



Indiana. 



58 



Iowa 



5 



Kentucky - - 



51 



Missouri 



113 



Ohio -- -- 



50 







Total 



42, 726 



42, 394 



332 



Plains : 



Kansas . 



Nebraska 



1,668 

 1,482 



433 

 4,302 



776 

 26, 000 



1, 664 

 1,480 

 414 

 650 

 684 

 600 



4 

 2 



North Dakota- . . 



19 



Oklahoma (west) 



South Dakota (east) 



Texas (west) 



3,652 



92 



25, 400 



Total 



34, 661 



5,492 



29, 169 



Total, North 



208, 860 



174, 041 



34, 819 



South: 



South Atlantic: 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Virginia 



19,513 

 11,943 

 15, 832 



18, 976 

 11,891 

 15, 285 



537 

 52 



547 







Total 



47, 288 



46, 152 



1, 136 



Southeast : 

 Alabama 



20, 771 



23, 047 



24, 057 

 16,473 

 12, 558 



20, 756 

 21,519 

 23, 969 

 16,440 

 12, 301 



15 



Florida 



1,528 



Georgia 



88 



Mississippi 



33 



Tennessee 



257 



Total 



96, 906 



94, 985 



1,921 



West Gulf: 

 Arkansas 



19, 346 



15, 990 



6,027 



11, 708 



19, 292 



15, 899 



5,257 



11,703 



54 



Louisiana. 



91 



Oklahoma (east) 



Texas (east) 



770 

 5 



Total 



53, 071 



52, 151 



920 



Total, South 



197, 265 



193, 288 



3,977 



Section, region, and State 



Total 



Commer- 

 cial 



Noncom- 

 mercial 



West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



Pine subregion 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 29, 047 

 25, 082 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 25, 455 

 19,910 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 3,592 

 5, 172 



Total 



54, 129 



45, 365 



8, 764 







Oregon 



Washington 



30, 261 

 23, 868 



25, 875 

 19, 490 



4,386 

 4,378 



Total 



54, 129 



45, 365 



8, 764 



California 



42, 541 



17,317 



25, 224 



Northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain: 



Idaho 



Montana 



South Dakota (west) 



Wyoming 



21,025 



22, 330 



1,393 



10, 513 



13, 372 



15, 727 

 1,266 

 3,475 



7, 653 



6,603 



127 



7,038 



Total 



55, 261 



33, 840 



21,421 



Southern Rocky Moun- 

 tain: 



Arizona 



Colorado 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



19, 212 



20, 834 

 12, 036 



21, 329 

 16, 219 



3, 180 

 8,451 

 109 

 5,735 

 3,014 



16, 032 

 12, 383 

 11,927 

 15, 594 



Utah 



13, 205 







Total 



89, 630 



20, 489 



69, 141 



Total, West 



241, 561 



117,011 



124, 550 



United States 



647, 686 

 16, 508 



484, 340 

 4,269 



163, 346 



Coastal Alaska 



12, 239 







All regions 



664, 194 



488, 609 



175, 585 



Swamp and bottom-land forests of the oak-gum- 

 cypress and elm-ash-cottonwood type groups 

 cover about one-fourth of the eastern hardwood 

 area. There are large areas of the former in the 

 lower Mississippi Valley and along streams in 

 the southern Coastal Plain. The remainder of 

 the eastern hardwood area supports types belong- 

 ing to the oak-pine and aspen-birch groups. The 

 oak-pine type group occupies areas along the 

 fringes of the oak-hickory belt or scattered through 

 the southern pine region. The aspen-birch types 

 are pioneer types that have invaded large areas 

 of cutover pine land in the North. 



Most Extensive Western Types Are Ponderosa 

 Pine and Douglas- Fir 



In the West, from an area standpoint, the most 

 important type group is ponderosa pine. It 

 covers about one-third of the commercial forest 

 land (table 65). In the more arid sections, open 

 forests of ponderosa are typical; dense stands are 

 characteristic where rainfall is more plentiful. 

 Ponderosa pine not only occupies a large acreage 

 in the pine subregion of the Pacific Northwest, 



