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Table 98. — Timber cut in the United States and 

 Coastal Alaska, by species group, 1952 ' 



Species group ^ 



Growing 

 stock 



Live saw- 

 timber 



Eastern species: 

 Softwoods: 



White, red, and jack pine 



Southern yellow pine 



Spruce-fir 



Million 



cu. ft. 



257 



3,029 



243 



217 



Million 

 bd.-fl. 



972 



11,610 



668 



Other softwoods 



841 







Total, softwoods 



3,746 



14, 091 







Hardwoods : 



Yellow-poplar 



Other soft hardwoods 



217 

 1,055 



988 

 3,892 



Total 



1,272 



4, 880 







Oak- -.- - -- - 



1,292 



325 

 358 



4, 894 



Beech- yellow birch-sugar 

 maple 



1,290 



Other hard hardwoods 



1, 150 



Total 



1,975 



7,334 



Total hardwoods 



3,247 



12, 214 







Total, eastern species 



6,993 



26, 305 



Western species: 

 Softwoods : 

 Douglas-fir 



1,966 

 605 

 377 

 97 

 163 

 533 



11, 962 



Ponderosa and Jeffrey pine . _ 

 Western hemlock 



3,603 

 2,225 



White and sugar pine 



Redwood 



Other softwoods 



609 



987 



3,069 



Total, softwoods 



3,741 



22, 455 



Hardwoods 



Total, western species 



23 



3,764 



80 

 22, 535 







All softwoods . 



7,487 

 3,270 



36, 546 



All hardwoods 



12, 294 







All species 



10, 757 



48, 840 



' Timber cut by species groups and regions is shown in 

 tables 101, 102, and 103, of this section, and in the Basic 

 Statistics, tables 47, 48, 51, and 52 of the appendix. 



2 Reference to the more important species in other soft- 

 woods, other soft hardwoods, and other hard hardwoods is 

 found on page 158 of this report. 



In the South, the southern yellow pines ac- 

 counted for practically the entire cut of softwoods 

 (table 102, p. 166). These species have for years 

 been one of the country's mainstays for lumber 

 and now assume this role also for pulp. In addi- 

 tion, they are in considerable demand for poles, 

 piling, and container veneer, and supply the 

 Nation's entire output of naval stores. The oaks 

 contributed 42 percent of the hardwood cut, 

 yellow-poplar 10 percent, other soft hardwoods 

 38 percent, and other hard hardwoods 10 percent. 



The relationship of cut by species is about the 

 same in each of the southern regions as in the 



EASTERN SPECIES 



Southern yellow pines 



White, red, and jack pines 



Spruce-fir 



Other softwoods 



Yellow-poplar 



Other soft hardwoods 



Oaks 



Beech, yellow birch, hard maple 



Other hard hardwoods 



WESTERN SPECIES 



Douglas-fir 



Ponderosa end Jeffrey pines 



Western hemlock 



White and sugar pines 



Redwood 



Other softwoods 



Hardwoods 



r 



5 10 



billion board-feet 



15 



Figure 64 



South as a whole. As would be indicated by its 

 occurrence, the cut of yeUow-poplar is confined 

 chiefly to the South Atlantic and Southeastern 

 Regions. The oaks supply one-half the total 

 hardwood cut in the West Gulf as compared to 

 two-fifths in the other two regions. 



In the West, about 53 percent of the total cut 

 was Douglas-fir (table 103, p. 167). Like the south- 

 ern yellow pines, this species is used principally 

 for lumber, but substantial quantities go into 

 veneer, pulp, poles and piling, and a variety of 

 other items. Because of its great utility and be- 

 cause most of it is old-growth quality timber, 

 Douglas-fir is considered to be the most widely 

 used commercial species in the world. 



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