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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 64. — Acreage of commercial forest land in the major forest type groups of the eastern United States, 



by section and region, January 1, 1953 



Forest type group 



Total, 

 eastern 

 United 

 States 



North 



Total 



New 

 Eng- 

 land 



Middle 



At- 

 lantic 



Lake 

 States 



Cen- 

 tral 



Plains 



South 



Total 



South 



At- 

 lantic 



South- 

 east 



West 

 Gulf 



Softwoods: 



White-red-jack pine 



Longleaf-slash pine 



Loblolly-shortleaf pine. 

 Spruce-fir 



Total, softwoods 



Hardwoods: 



Oak-pine 



Oak-hickory 



Oak-gum-cypress 



Elm-ash-cottonwood 



Maple-beech-birch 



Aspen-birch 



Total, hardwoods 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 10, 299 

 26, 491 

 58, 505 

 21, 462 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 9,985 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 3,418 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1, 649 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 4,445 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 31 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1 442 



3,737 

 21, 444 



165 

 10, 560 



2,772 



868 



580 



220 



10, 016 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



314 

 26, 491 

 54, 768 

 1 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



208 



1,564 



16,319 



16 



116, 757 



35, 166 



14, 143 



5.289 



14, 461 



611 



662 



81,591 



18, 107 



22, 889 

 112, 214 



40, 293 

 18, 278 

 33, 449 



23, 449 



2,445 

 58, 574 



4,919 

 16, 828 

 32, 660 

 23, 449 



49 

 3. 180 



824 



10, 558 



1,904 



564 



18, 624 



2,716 



1, 424 



10, 732 



2,876 



6,443 



4, 609 

 9,308 



18, 451 



1,722 



28, 994 



1,283 



7, 638 



2,062 



84 



110 

 1,333 



920 

 2,333 



20, 444 



53, 640 



35, 374 



1,450 



789 



5,479 



14,919 



7,389 



258 



134 



250, 572 



138, 875 



16,515 



36,936138, 811 



41, 783 



4.830 



111, 697 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 106 

 22, 346 

 22, 751 

 2 



Thou- 

 sand 



2,581 

 15, 698 



45, 205 



18, 279 



8,704 



24, 104 



15, 993 



448 



531 



6,261 

 14, 617 

 11,992 



1,002 



28, 045 49, 780 33, 872 



Total, all types 367, 329 174. 041130.658 42, 225|53. 272142. 394 5, 492 193, 288 



46. 152194. 985152, 151 



' Four hundred forty-two thousand acres of ponderosa pine type. 



Table 65. 



-Acreage of commercial forest land in major western forest type groups of the western United 

 States and Coastal Alaska, by section and region, January 1, 1953 



Forest type group 



Softwoods : 



Douglas-fir 



Hemlock-Sitka spruce. 



Redwood 



Ponderosa pine 



White pine 



Lodgepole pine 



Larch 



Fir-spruce 



Pinyon pine-juniper 



Total 



Hardwoods 



Total, all types - 



Coastal 

 Alaska 



Thou- 

 sand 



4,263 



4, 263 

 6 



4, 269 



Total, 

 western 

 United 

 States 



Thou- 

 sand 



acres 



31, 731 

 3, 551 

 1,590 



37, 462 

 5,379 



14, 467 

 4,422 



13, 619 

 855 



113,076 

 3.935 



117,011 



West 



Pacific Northwest 



Total 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 20, 141 

 3, 545 

 2 

 13, 403 

 591 

 2,054 

 1, 149 

 3,442 



44, 327 

 1,038 



45. 365 



Douglas- 

 fir sub- 

 region 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 18, 270 

 3,518 

 2 

 678 

 262 

 207 



1,634 



24, 571 



884 



25, 455 



Pine 

 sub- 

 region 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,871 

 27 



12, 725 



329 



1,847 



1, 149 



1, 808 



19, 756 

 154 



19,910 



Cali- 

 fornia 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 4,378 

 6 

 1, 588 

 6,057 

 2,255 

 300 



2,733 



17,317 



17, 317 



Northern 

 Rocky 

 Moun- 

 tain 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 6,222 



7, 879 

 2,520 

 9,649 

 3, 273 

 2,707 

 855 



33, 105 

 735 



33, 840 



Southern 

 Rocky 

 Moun- 

 tain 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 990 



10, 123 

 13 



2,464 



4,737 



18, 327 

 2, 162 



20, 489 



oak, but scattered stands of alder, tanoak, cotton- 

 wood, and other hardwood trees are also occasion- 

 ally included. An additional 38 million acres of 

 unproductive forest land occurs in the four 

 regions west of the Plains, and supports chaparral, 

 sparse stands of open-grown ponderosa pine, other 

 hardwood types such as blue oak in California, 

 and various conifer types such as Digger pine and 

 knobcone pine. 



Noncommercial Forest Lands Have Many Im- 

 portant Uses 



Although most noncommercial areas have ex- 

 tremely limited value from the standpoint of 

 timber production, they have other forest uses of 

 great importance. The reserved areas include 

 such forest lands as those m State and national 

 parks and wilderness areas. Yellowstone National 



