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Other Significant Aspects Revealed 

 IN Sawtimber Analysis by Regions 



New England. — In contrast to the overall situ- 

 ation in the East, softwoods are being overcut in 

 New England; sawtimber growth is only about 

 two-thirds of sawtimber cut (table 101). The 

 overcut is most pronounced in white pine, less so 

 for spruce and fir. "Other softwoods," chiefly 

 hemlock, show the most favorable growth-cut 

 ratio, 96 percent. 



Hardwood growth is 2.4 times the sawtimber 

 cut, but soft hardwoods other than yellow-poplar 



are an exception. Much of the hardwood growth 

 is in timber of small size and poor quality. 



Middle Atlantic. — In this region also, softwood 

 sawtimber growth falls below the cut (table 101). 

 The overcut, however, is confined to white pine 

 and southern yellow pine. For softwoods other 

 than the pines, growth exceeds cut by a substan- 

 tial margin. The heaviest overcut is in the south- 

 ern pine stands of New Jersey. Hardwood growth, 

 much of it inferior, is 2.1 times the sawtimber cut. 



In both the Middle Atlantic and New England 

 Regions, development of markets for the accum- 



Table 101. — Timber cut and net annual growth of live sawtimber in the North, by species group and reqion, 



'1952 



Species group and item 



Total, 

 North 



New 

 England 



Middle 

 Atlantic 



Lake 

 States 



Central 



Plains 



Softwoods: 



White, red, and jack pine: 



Cut-- --- --- - -- - - 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 929 

 845 



257 

 317 



668 

 741 



516 

 572 



2,370 



2,475 



174 

 323 



876 



2, 678 



1,050 

 3,001 



], 614 

 3,486 



1, 178 



1, 722 



494 

 1,390 



3, 286 

 6, 598 



4, 336 

 9, 599 



6,706 

 12, 074 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 618 

 298 



8 

 2 



560 

 426 



195 



188 



1,381 

 914 



1 

 5 



86 

 70 



87 

 75 



41 



125 



245 

 534 



14 

 209 



300 



868 



387 

 943 



1, 768 

 1,857 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 149 

 124 



178 

 107 



64 



67 



117 

 172 



508 

 470 



76 

 155 



217 

 391 



293 



546 



486 

 983 



409 

 733 



99 

 428 



994 

 2, 144 



1,287 



2, 690 



1,795 



3, 160 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 162 

 417 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



0) 



6 



61 

 184 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



Growth -. . 





Southern yellow pine: ^ 



Cut - - ... 



■ 

 10 

 24 



Growth 



44 

 248 



178 

 137 



384 

 802 



Spruce and fir: 

 Cut 



Growth _.__ _ _-__ 







Other softwoods: 



Cut 



24 

 59 



85 

 249 



97 

 163 



283 

 742 



380 

 905 



899 



1, 872 



191 

 297 



254 

 640 



1,344 

 2,809 



1,724 

 3,714 



1, 809 

 3,963 



2 ' 

 5 16 



12 

 40 



Growth 



Total, softwoods: 



Cut _ .. -. . . 



Growth 



Hardwoods: 



Yellow-poplar: 

 Cut 



Growth ... 







Other soft hardwoods: 



Cut 



260 

 1,239 



260 

 1,239 



157 

 440 



333 



158 



107 

 54 



597 

 652 



857 

 1,891 



1, 241 



2, 693 



30 

 236 



30 



236 



31 

 66 



0) 



Growth 



Total, soft hardwoods: 



Cut - . _ - 



Growth . - . - 



Oaks: 



Cut- - . . 



Growth 



Beech, yellow birch, sugar maple: 



Cut " - . __ 



Growth 



Other hard hardwoods: 



Cut - --.-..---- 



20 

 59 



51 

 125 



81 

 361 



93 



401 



Growth . 



Total, hard hardwoods: 



Cut 



Growth 



Total, hardwoods: 



Cut - 



Growth . 



Total, all species: 



Cut - -- - - 



Growth . - 





' Less than 0.5 million board-feet. 



' The species for which the group is named are generally 

 most abundant, but they may be scarce or absent in some 

 areas. In New England, pitch pine is the chief representa- 

 tive of the southern yellow pine group. 



' Net growth of ponderosa pine. The total net growth 



of ponderosa and Jeffrey pipe in the United States is 



1,857 million board-feet, including 16 million board-feet 

 in the Plains Region. 



