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



and region, January 1, 1953 — Continued 



WESTERN TYPE GROUPS 



Section and region 



Total, 

 all types 



Douglas- 

 fir 



Hemlock- 

 Sitka 

 spruce 



Red- 

 wood 



Pon- 



derosa 



pine 



White 

 pine 



Lodge- 

 pole 

 pine 



Larch 



Fir- 

 spruce 



Pinyon- 



pine- 

 juniper 



Hard- 

 wood 



West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion. 



Thousand 

 acres 

 25, 455 

 19. 910 



Thousand 

 acres 

 18, 270 

 1,871 



Thousand 

 acres 

 3,518 

 27 



Thousand 

 acres 

 2 



Thousand 

 acres 



678 

 12, 725 



Thousand 

 acres 

 262 

 329 



Thousand 

 acres 

 207 

 1,847 



Thousand 

 acres 



"'"i,"i49' 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,634 

 1,808 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 

 acres 

 884 



Pine subregion 



154 









Total .. 



45, 365 

 17,317 

 33, 840 

 20, 489 



20, 141 



4,378 



6,222 



990 



3,645 

 6 



2 



1,588 



13, 403 

 6, 057 

 7,879 



10, 123 



591 



2,255 



2,520 



13 



2,054 



300 



9,649 



2,464 



1,149 

 " "3,'273" 



3,442 

 2,733 

 2,707 

 4,737 





1,038 



California ,. 





Northern Rockv Mountain _ 



855 



735 



Southern Rocky Mountain.. .. 







2,162 











Total 



Coastal Alaska . . 



117,011 

 4,269 



31, 731 



3,551 

 4,263 



1,590 



37, 462 



5,379 



14, 467 



4,422 



13, 619 



855 



3,935 

 6 























Western United States and Coastal 

 Alaska 



121, 280 



31, 731 



7,814 



1,590 



37, 462 



5,379 



14, 467 



4,422 



13, 619 



855 



3 941 







' Ponderosa pine. The total area of ponderosa pine type in the United States is 37,904 thousand acres including 442 thousand acres in the Plains Region. 



Table 22. — Commercial forest land area in the United. States and Coastal Alaska, by ownership class, section and region, 



and stand-size class, January 1, 1953 



NORTH 





All owner- 

 ships 



Federal ownership or trusteeship 



State ' 



County 

 and mu- 

 nicipal ' 





Region and stand-size class 



Total 



National 

 forest 



Indian ' 



Bureau of 

 Land Man- 

 agement ' 



Other ' 



Private 



New England: 



Sawtimber stands 



Thousand 



acres 



10, 302 



14, 501 



4,969 



886 



Thousand 



acres 



492 



278 



114 



20 



Thousand 



acres 



466 



253 



87 



16 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 

 acres 



Thousand 

 acres 

 26 

 25 

 27 

 4 



Thousand 



acres 



126 



312 



129 



13 



Thousand 



acres 



50 



120 



79 



8 



Thousand 

 acres 

 9 634 



Poletimber stands _ 







13, 791 



Seedling and sapling stands 







4,647 



Nonstocked and other areas 







845 











Total 



30, 658 



904 



822 







82 



580 



257 



28,917 











Middle Atlantic: 



Sawtimber stands.. 



15, 002 

 16, 991 

 8,842 

 1.390 



532 



582 



376 



51 



473 

 513 

 338 



15 







59 

 69 

 38 

 36 



780 



1,797 



925 



143 



62 

 166 

 89 

 11 



13, 628 



Poletimber stands. . 







14, 446 



Seedling and sapling stands 







7,452 



Nonstocked and other areas 







1, 185 











Total 



42, 225 



1,541 



1,339 







202 



3,645 



328 



36,711 











Lake States: 



Sawtimber stands . 



6,457 

 16,010 

 20, 370 

 10, 435 



904 

 2,727 

 3,022 



887 



648 

 2,204 

 2,505 



538 



205 

 382 

 293 

 239 



4 

 19 

 21 

 23 



47 

 122 

 203 



87 



461 

 2,304 

 3,037 

 1,945 



244 

 1,677 

 2,919 

 1,312 



4,848 



Poletimber stands 



9,302 



Seedling and sapl ing stands 



11,392 



Nonstocked and other areas 



6,291 



Total 



53, 272 



7,540 



5,895 



1,119 



67 



459 



7,747 



6,152 



31, 833 







Central: 



Sawtimber stands .... 



14,486 

 15, 722 

 8,957 

 3,229 



1,067 

 708 

 690 

 167 



905 

 539 

 596 

 141 



1 

 (2) 



1 



161 

 168 

 94 

 26 



204 



207 



87 



11 



23 



18 



7 

 1 



13, 192 



Poletimber stands 



Seedling and sapling stands 



14, 789 

 8, 173 



Nonstocked and other areas 





3,050 









Total 



42, 394 



2,632 



2,181 



1 



1 



449 



509 



49 



39, 204 



Plains: 



Sawtimber stands 



1,475 



2,289 



1.053 



675 



79 

 141 

 145 

 112 



5 

 24 

 14 



2 



60 

 97 

 106 

 105 





14 

 19 

 22 

 5 



17 



30 



12 



6 





1,379 



Poletimber stands .. . .. 



1 

 3 





2, 118 



Seedling and sapling stands 





896 







557 











Total 



5,492 



477 



45 



368 



4 



60 



65 



m 



4,950 







Total, North: 



Saw tim ber stands 



47, 722 

 65, 513 

 44, 191 

 16, 615 



3,074 

 4,436 

 4,347 

 1,237 



2,497 

 3,533 

 3,540 



712 



265 

 480 

 399 

 344 



5 

 20 

 24 

 23 



307 

 403 



384 

 158 



1,588 

 4,650 

 4,190 

 2,118 



379 

 1,981 

 3,094 

 1,332 



42, 681 



Poletimber stands 



54, 446 



Seedling and sapling stands.. 



Nonstocked and other areas ... 



32,560 

 11,928 







Total 



174,041 



13, 094 



10, 282 



1,488 



72 



1,252 



12, 546 



6,786 



141,615 



See footnotes at end of table. 



