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Table 75. — Net volume oj live sawtimber and grow- 

 ing stock on commercial forest land in the United 

 States and Coastal Alaska, by species group, 

 January 1, 1953 ' 



Table 76. — Net volume of live sawtijnber by species 

 group. West, January 1, 1953 



Species 



Saw- 

 timber 



Gro-wing 

 stock 



Eastern softwoods: 

 Southern yellow pine 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 



174 



19 



17 



13 



12 



2 



5 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 49 



Spruce and balsam fir . 



8 



White and red pine 



5 



Cypress 



4 



Hemlock. 



4 



Jack pine _ _ _ 



1 



Other 



3 







Total. . . . . 



242 



74 







Eastern hardwoods: 

 White oak - 



35 

 31 

 80 



51 

 26 

 25 

 24 

 16 

 9 

 84 



] 



Red oak '. . _ 



53 



Other oaks 



1 



Beech, yellow birch, and sugar 

 maple 



19 



Sweetgum.. ..... 



9 



Tupelo and blackgum 



Hickory . . ... 



9 

 9 



Yellow-poplar 



Cottonwood and aspen 



Other 



5 



8 



39 







Total ... . . 



381 



151 







Total, eastern species 



623 



225 



Western softwoods: 



Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine 



Western hemlock and Sitka 

 spruce 



True firs . 



532 



224 



208 

 184 

 57 

 37 

 36 

 30 

 28 

 70 



98 

 43 



43 

 38 



Sugar and western white pine 



Engelmann and other spruce 



Redwood 



Lodgepole pine 



Western larch . . 



10 



8 



6 



15 



5 



Other 



15 



Total 



1,406 



281 



Western hardwoods: 



Cottonwood and aspen 



Red alder _ . . 



4 



9 



15 



2 

 4 



Other 



5 



Total 



28 



11 



Total, western species 



1,434 



292 



Total, all species. 



2,057 



517 







' Species volumes by States are given in the appendix. 

 ^ Ouercus alba and Q. prinus. 



' Ouercus borealis, Q. falcata var. pagodaefolia, and 

 Q. shumardii. 



Species 



Softwoods : 



Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine 



True firs 



Western hemlock and Sitka 



spruce 



Sugar and western white pine 



Engelmann and other spruces 



Redwood 



Western redcedar 



Lodgepole pine 



Western larch 



Other softwoods 



Total softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Total, all species 



Volume 



Billion 





bd.-ft. 



Percent 



532 



40 



224 



17 



184 



14 



127 



9 



57 



4 



37 



3 



36 



3 



32 



2 



30 



2 



28 



2 



30 



2 



1,317 



98 



28 



2 



1,345 



100 



Table 77. — Net volume of live sawtimber, by species 

 group, Coastal Alaska, January 1, 1953 



Species 



Volume 



Softwood : 



Western hemlock . . . _ 



Billion 



bd.-ft. 



54 



27 



5 



3 



Percent 

 61 



Sitka spruce 



30 



Western redcedar 



5 



Other softwood _ ... 



4 







Total softwood . . 



89 



100 



Hardwood 



(^) 







Total, all species . . 



89 



100 







' Less than 500 million board-feet. 

 2 Less than 0.5 percent. 



For commercial use, all sawtimber species are 

 not equally valuable. Currently more than 80 

 percent of the lumber is sawed from some 10 

 species, yet these species represent only about 65 

 percent of the sawtimber volume. Most softwoods 

 enjoy wide acceptance, but some, such as the true 

 firs and western hemlock, though relatively abun- 

 dant, are in smaller demand than less plentiful 

 species like white pine and redwood. 



Because there are many species, widely scat- 

 tered, the preferences for hardwoods are difficult 

 to generalize. Among the oaks, the better quality 

 white oak and red oak are highly esteemed, but 

 the poorer quality species grouped under "other 



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