546 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 20. — Cotntnercial fnresi land nrrn in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by stand-size class, degree of stocking, and 



section and region, January 1, 1953 





All 

 areas 



Sawtimber stands 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands 





Section and region 



Total 



Old 



growth ' 



Young growth 



Total 



Well 

 stocked- 



Medi- 



Total 



WeU 

 stocked^ 



Medi- 

 um 

 stocked' 



Poorly 

 stocked* 



Non- 

 Stocked 

 and 



^ 



Total 



Well 

 stocked^ 



Medi- 

 um 

 stocked^ 



Poorly 

 stocked* 



um 

 stocked^ 



Poorly 

 stocked' 



other 

 areas 



North: 



New Endand 



Middle Atlantic,. 



Lake States 



Central 



Ttiou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 30, 658 

 42. 225 

 53, 272 

 42, 394 

 5,492 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



10, 302 



15, 002 

 6,457 



14. 486 

 1.475 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



25' 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



10, 302 



15, 002 

 6,457 



14, 486 

 1,450 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 8.877 

 9,760 



633 

 10,287 



376 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,042 

 4,188 

 2,534 

 3.040 

 251 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



383 

 1,054 

 3,290 

 1,159 



823 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 14,501 

 16, 991 

 16,010 

 15, 722 

 2,289 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 11.625 

 11.113 

 1,971 

 8,959 

 705 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,845 

 4,325 

 5,913 

 5,109 

 576 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1,031 

 1.553 

 8,126 

 1,654 

 1,008 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 4,969 

 8,842 

 20. 370 

 8,957 

 1,053 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 2,876 

 3,966 

 8.306 

 3,166 

 188 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 1.290 

 2.653 

 7,366 

 3,760 

 141 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 



803 

 2,223 

 4,698 

 2,031 



724 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 886 

 1,390 

 10, 435 

 3,229 

 675 



Plains 







Total 



174, 041 



47, 722 



25 



47. 697 



29, 933 



11, 055 1 6. 709 



65, 513 



34, 373 



17,768 



13, 372 



44,191 



18,502 



15, 210 



10, 479 



16, 615 







South: 

 South Atlantic.. _ 



Southeast 



West Gulf 



46, 152 

 94, 985 

 52, 151 



16. 833 



24. 505 

 19.164 





16, 833 

 24, 505 

 19,164 



12, 406 

 12,873 

 14,584 



3,317 

 9,893 

 4,151 



1,110 



1,739 



429 



18. 212 

 37, 201 

 22,963 



13,235 

 15, 661 

 11,065 



3,027 

 15. 515 

 9,273 



1,950 

 6,025 

 2,625 



9, 631 5, 985 



21, 097 3, 999 



7, 610 1, 728 



2,275 

 7,957 

 2,739 



1,371 

 9,141 

 3,143 



1,476 

 12, 182 

 2,414 



Total 



193, 288 



60, 502 





60,502 j 39,863 



17, 361 



3,278 



78, 376 



39. 961 



27,815 



10, 600 



38,338 11,712 



12. 971 



13, 655 



16,072 







West: 

 Pacific North- 

 west: 

 Douglas-fir 



subregion 



Pine subregion. 



25, 455 

 19, 910 



14,611 

 14, 065 



7,468 

 9,910 



7,143 



4,155 



4,572 

 1,674 



2,257 

 1,690 



314 



791 



4,542 

 3,968 



2,344 

 1,875 



1,752 

 1,459 



446 

 634 



4,260 

 1,227 



895 

 471 



2,211 

 469 



1,154 

 287 



2,04:^ 

 650 



Total 



California 



Northern Rocky 



Mountain 



Southern Rocky 



Mountain 



45, 365 

 17,317 



33, 840 



20, 489 



28, 676 

 14, 038 



15,039 



12, 639 



17,378 

 11, 240 



9,173 



8,239 



11,298 

 2,798 



5,866 



4,400 



6,246 

 1,028 



1,642 



1,282 



3,947 

 872 



1,918 



1,464 



1,105 

 898 



2,306 



1,654 



8,510 

 1,122 



11, 275 



4,612 



4,219 

 190 



4,612 



1,451 



3,211 

 435 



3,882 



2,003 



1,080 

 497 



2,781 



1,158 



5,487 

 44 



4,710 



1,939 



1,366 



4 



2,382 

 594 



2,680 

 11 



1,250 



763 



1,441 

 29 



1,078 



582 



2,692 

 2,113 



2,816 



1,299 



Total 



117,011 



70, 392 



46, 030 



24,362 



10, 198 



8,201 



5,963 



25, 519 



10, 472 



9,531 



5,516 



12,180 1 4,346 



4,704 3,130 



8,920 



United States 



Coastal Alaska 



484, 340 

 4,269 



488,609 



178, 616 

 4,092 



46,055 1 1 32, 561 

 3.954 138 



79, 994 36, 617 

 130 7 



15,950 

 1 



169, 408 

 75 



84, 806 

 71 



55, 114 

 1 



29,488 

 3 



94, 709 

 75 



34, 560 

 29 



32,885 

 41 



27, 264 

 5 



41,607 

 27 





182,708 50,009 1 132, 699 1 80,124 36,624 



15,951 ,169,483 84,877 



55,115 29,491 94,784 34,589 



32, 926 



27, 269 



41,634 









' There is still some old-growth sawtimber in the East, but it is scattered 

 and its area is relatively small. For this reason, none of the East's sawtimber 

 area has been classified as old growth except a small area of ponderosa pine 

 in eastern South Dakota. Elsewhere in the East, the area is included with 

 young-growth sawtimber. 



- 70-100 percent stocked. 

 5 40-69 percent stocked. 

 * 10-39 percent stocked. 



Table 21. — Commercial forest land area in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by major forest type groups and section 



and region, January 1, 1953 



EASTERN TYPE GROUPS 



Section and region 



Total, 

 all types 



White- 

 red-jack 

 pine 



Long- 

 leaf- 

 slash 

 pine 



Loblolly- 



shortleaf 



pme 



Spruce- 

 fir 



Oak- 

 pme 



Oak- 

 hickory 



Oak- 



gum- 



cypress 



Elm- 



ash- 



cotton- 



wood 



Maple- 

 beech- 

 birch 



Aspen- 

 birch 



North: 



New England 



Thousand 

 acres 

 30,658 

 42, 225 

 53, 272 

 42, 394 

 5,492 



Thousand 

 acres 

 3,418 

 1,649 

 4,445 

 31 

 1442 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 

 acres 

 165 

 2,772 



Thousand 

 acres 

 10, 560 

 868 

 10, 016 



Thousand 

 acres 

 49 

 564 



Thousand 



acres 



3,180 



18, 624 



6,443 



28,994 



1,333 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 

 acres 

 824 

 1,424 

 4,609 

 7,638 

 2,333 



Thousand 

 acres 

 10, 558 

 10, 732 

 9,308 

 2,062 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1.904 



Middle Atlantic 





2,716 



2,876 



Lake States .. 



18, 451 



Central... 





580 

 220 



1,722 

 110 



1,283 

 920 



S4 



Plains 



134 











Total... 



174, 041 



9,985 





3,737 



21, 444 



2,445 



58,574 



4,919 



16,828 



32,660 



23,449 



South: 



46, 152 

 94, 985 

 52, 151 



208 

 106 



1,564 



22, 346 



2,581 



16, 319 

 22, 751 

 15, 698 



16 

 2 



5,479 

 8,704 

 6, 261 



14,919 

 24, 104 

 14, 617 



7,389 

 15, 993 

 11,992 





258 

 531 





Southeast 



448 

 1,002 





West Gulf 













Total 



193,288 



314 



26, 491 



54,768 



18 



20.444 



63,640 



35, 374 



1,450 



789 









Eastern United States ... 



367, 329 



10, 299 



26, 491 



58,505 



21, 462 



22,889 



112, 214 



40,293 



18, 278 



33,449 



23,449 







See footnote at end of table. 



