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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 99. — Timber cut in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by softwoods and hardwoods, and by section 



and region, 1952 



Section and region 



G 



crowing stock 



Live sawtimber 



- 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



North: 



New England . ., 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 '500 

 470 

 537 

 405 

 28 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 361 

 130 

 188 



'I 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 139 

 340 

 349 

 388 

 24 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 1,768 

 1, 795 

 1, 240 

 1, 809 

 94 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



1,381 



508 



384 



85 



12 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



387 



Middle Atlantic 



1, 287 



Lake States 



856 



Central . . . _ . . 



1, 724 



Plains- - . _ 



82 







Total - 



1, 940 



700 



1, 240 



6,706 



2,370 



4 336 







South: 



South Atlantic - 



1,455 

 2, 405 

 1, 193 



916 



1, 479 



651 



539 

 926 

 542 



5,352 

 9, 411 

 4,836 



3, 360 

 5,724 

 2, 637 



1, 992 



Southeast 



3, 687 



West Gulf _ . 



2, 199 







Total ._ 



5,053 



3,046 



2,007 



19, 599 



11, 721 



7, 878 







West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



2, 031 

 359 



2, 022 

 359 



9 



12, 221 

 2, 050 



12, 169 

 2,050 



52 



Pine subregion. 



(■) 







Total ._ - 



2,390 

 932 

 329 

 100 



2, 381 



921 



328 



98 



9 

 11 



1 

 2 



14, 271 



5, 724 



1,899 



555 



14, 219 



5, 704 



1, 897 



549 



52 



California . . 



20 



Northern Rockv Mountain ... 



2 



Southern Rockv Mountain - _ 



6 







Total _. 



3,751 



3,728 



23 



22, 449 



22, 369 



80 







Total, United States. 



10, 744 

 13 



7, 474 

 13 



3,270 



48, 754 

 86 



36, 460 

 86 



12, 294 



Coastal Alaska 











United States and Coastal Alaska . . . . 



10, 757 



7, 487 



3, 270 



48, 840 



36, 546 



12, 294 







' Less than 0.5 million. 



Ponderosa and JefFre}' pine accounted for 16 

 percent of timber cut in the West. Containers, 

 plywood, and millwork are important uses. Next 

 in order were western hemlock, primarily for pulp 

 (10 percent), redwood for lumber specialties (4 

 percent), and white and sugar pine (3 percent) 

 also for specialty use such as mouldings and pat- 

 terns, matches, and sash and door stock. "Other 

 softwoods," including such species as the true firs 

 for lumber, Sitka spruce for lumber and cooperage, 

 western redcedar for shingles and poles, and lodge- 

 pole pine for mine timbers and poles, made up 

 14 percent of the cut. 



The cut by species in various western regions 

 occupies about the same order of dominance as 

 does sawtimber volume. Thus Douglas-fir com- 

 prises 72 percent of the total cut in the Douglas- 

 fir subregion — western hemlock 18 percent; pon- 

 derosa pine 66 percent in the pine subregion — 

 Douglas-fir 18 percent. A similar relationship 



holds in the Northern and Southern Rockj^ 

 Mountain Regions. 



In Coastal Alaska, however, the cut has been 

 heaviest in spruce, even though there is a greater 

 volume in western hemlock. This is because 

 lumber, the principal product so far, is cut mainly 

 from spruce. Western hemlock is just now com- 

 ing into prominence for pulp. 



An Increasing Proportion of the Na- 

 tion's Sawtimber Cut Has Come 

 From the West 



Various national studies dating from 1920 

 signify that the West has steadily assumed an 

 increasing share of the sawtimber cut. In 1952, 

 the West supplied about 20 percent more saw- 

 timber than it did in 1944. A similar trend is 

 apparent in growing stock cut, although the 

 West's contribution averages about 1 1 percent 



