556 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR .AMERICA'S FUTURE 



T.\BLE 26. — N'et rolumc of lire sauiimber on commercial forest land in Eastern United States, by species group and section 



and region, January 1. 1953 ' 





Total, 

 Eastern 

 United 



States 



North 



South 



Species group 



Total 



New 

 England 



Middle 

 Atlantic 



Lake 

 States 



Central 



Plains 



Total 



South 

 Atlantic 



South- 

 east 



West 

 Gulf 



Softwoods: 



White and red pine 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



17. 330 



2.104 



36, 638 



124. 744 



12, 251 



19. 084 



12. 333 



12,682 



4,709 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 16, 262 

 2,104 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 7,602 



1 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 3,577 

 20 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 5,015 

 2.083 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 68 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 1,068 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 737 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 331 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



.Tack pine 







Lonsleaf and sla,sh pine 







36, 638 



120. 752 



10, 075 



10 



1,405 



12, 402 



583 



3,184 



36, 968 



6,148 



10 



1,113 



2,761 



223 



31, 083 



35, 078 



3,625 



2,371 



Shortleaf and loblolly pine.. . . . 



3,992 

 2,176 

 19, 074 

 10, 928 

 280 

 4,126 





1,725 

 1,555 

 1,937 

 4,012 





1,897 

 580 



370 



48, 706 



Other pines 



41 

 14,440 

 3,749 





302 



Spruce and balsam fir 



2,697 

 2,735 





Hemlock.. ... 



432 

 280 

 163 



......... 



3 300 



292 



6,097 



327 





Cypress _. 



3,544 



Other 



1,336 



502 



1,825 



33 



Total 



241, 875 



58, 942 



27, 169 



13, 328 



14, 355 



3,420 



3 670 



182, 933 



51, 144 



76, 833 



54, 956 



Hardwoods: 

 White oak ' 



35, 432 

 27, 342 

 31, 023 

 52, 592 

 11,701 



22, 929 

 13,913 

 15,888 

 25, 750 

 24,563 

 11,027 



23, 896 

 9,376 

 6,763 



16, 370 

 2,109 

 50, 533 



20, 552 



10. 844 



23. 554 



19. 872 



11.647 



22. 517 



10, 195 



13,147 



1,953 



1,756 



6,297 



9,032 



7,914 



6,298 



6.791 



1,687 



33, 016 



423 



39 



1.709 



347 

 5.824 

 6.315 

 1.098 

 2,055 



6,683 



2,126 



10, 178 



3,166 



3.924 



7,289 



4,304 



6,174 



883 



654 



1,6.55 



2.046 



309 



2.026 



3,035 



83 



6,308 



1,965 



784 

 5,600 

 1,145 

 1,890 

 6,080 

 2,047 

 1.068 



11,294 

 7,423 

 5,894 



14, 565 

 9 

 2,833 

 2,704 

 3,850 

 910 

 1,017 

 2,477 

 6,688 

 1,617 

 1,271 

 3.649 

 1.408 



11.642 



■ 



7 

 472 

 173 

 649 



14, 880 



16,498 



7,469 



32, 720 



54 



412 



3,718 



2,741 



23, 797 



22, 807 



4,730 



14, 864 



1,462 



465 



9,579 



422 



17, 517 



5,664 

 5,325 

 2,576 

 8,630 

 25 



141 

 2,183 



772 

 6,927 

 8,874 

 1,334 

 3,535 

 88 



192 

 5,675 



162 

 3,611 



5,125 

 4,731 

 2,553 

 12, 536 

 11 



217 

 1,088 

 1,211 

 8,299 

 8,373 

 1,307 

 6,111 



558 



235 

 3,845 



206 

 6,063 



4,091 



Other white oak 



6,442 



Red oak » 



2,340 



Other red oak.. 



U, 554 



Yellow birch 



18 



Susar maple .. 





64 



Soft maple .. . _ 



42 



447 



Beech 



758 



Sweetgum. ... . 



160 

 82 



385 



55 



1,682 



130 



8,571 



Tupelo and blackgum 



3 



355 

 93 

 348 

 112 

 107 





5,560 



Ash 



1.425 



150 



3.958 



2.759 



2,089 



Hickory 



Cottonwood and aspen . 



5,218 

 816 



Basswood . ...... 



38 



Yellow-poplar 



59 



Black walnut 



27 

 6,537 



169 

 3,001 



54 



Other 



5,528 



7,843 







Total 



381, 207 



207, 072 



24. 356 



61, 023 



35, 435 



79, 251 



7,007 



174, 135 



55, 714 



62, 469 



55, 952 







All species .. 



623, 082 



266, 014 



51, 525 



74, 351 



49, 790 



82, 671 



7,677 



357, 068 



106, 858 



139, 302 



110,908 







1 Net volume in board-feet log scale. International }4-inch rule. This 

 table is similar in format to table 10 of Basic Forest Statistics for the United 

 States, January 1945 (revised 1950 issue) but the data are not directly com- 

 parable because of changes in standards between 1945 and 1952. 



2 Less than 0.5 million board-feet. 



3 Includes 294 million board-feet of ponderosa pine. The total volume of 

 ponderosa and Jeffrey pine in the United States is 224,503 million board-feet 

 including 294 million board-feet in the Plains Region. 



* Quercus alba and Q. prinus. 



5 Quercus borealis, Q.falcata var. pagodaefolia. and Q. shumardii. 



Table 27. — A''e^ volume of lire sauiimber on commercial forest land in Western United States and Coastal Alaska, by species 



group and section and region, January 1, 1953 ' 





Total, 

 Western 

 United 

 States and 

 Coastal 

 Alaska 









West 











Species group 



Total 



Pacific Northwest 



California 



Northern 



Rocky 

 Mountain 



Southern 



Rocky 

 Mountain 



Coastal 

 Alaska 





Total 



Douglas-fir 

 subregion 



Pine 

 subregion 





Softwoods: 



Douglas-fir.. ,. . 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



531,868 



2 224. 209 



183, 705 



171,895 



35, 121 



21,383 



36, 214 



35. 888 



37. 135 



28,019 



36,2a5 



13, 296 



30, 126 



20, 525 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



531,868 



2 224, 209 



183, 705 



117,497 



35, 121 



21,383 



36, 214 



9,293 



36, 962 



28,019 



31, 654 



13, 296 



30, 051 



17.456 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



365, 912 



92. 232 



73. 508 



114.735 



7,737 



4,771 



90 



9,123 



3.371 



10. 348 



28.198 



3,557 



3,553 



14, 29S 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



337, 251 



5,900 



58, 428 



112,065 



7,418 



3,244 



90 



9, 123 



410 



210 



27, 575 



3,321 



334 



11,747 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



28, 661 



86, 332 



15,080 



2,670 



319 



1,527 



'2,"96i" 



10, 138 



623 



236 



3.219 



2,551 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



116,912 



66, 741 



88,717 



478 



27, 384 



2,131 



36, 124 



170 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



43, 220 



33, 061 



16. 983 



2,284 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



5,824 

 32, 175 



4,497 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 



Ponderosa and Jefirey pine 



True firs -.. .. 







Western hemlock _ . 



54, 398 



Sugar pine 







Western white pine 



14, 474 



7 





Redwood 





Sitka spruce . . 







26, 595 



Engelmann and other spruces 



17, 737 

 17, 671 

 3,454 



15, 854 



173 



Western larch 



'" 2 



9.727 

 3.807 

 1,831 





Western redcedar 





4,641 



California incense-cedar ... 



12 



6,800 



420 





Lodgepole pine 



Other 



15,891 

 907 



75 

 3,069 



Total.... 



1, 405, 679 



1. 316, 728 



731, 433 



577, 116 



154, 317 



354, 024 



165, 682 



65, 589 



88,951 



Hardwoods: 



Cottonwood and aspen 



3,742 

 9,414 

 14, 930 



3,742 

 9.414 

 14, 823 



123 



9,245 

 8,075 





123 



37 



166 



5,774 



463 



3,119 



3 



97 





Red alder.. 



9,245 

 8,014 





Other 



61 



877 



107 







Total 



28,086 



27, 979 



17.443 



17, 259 



184 



5,977 



1,340 



3,219 



107 







All species.. . 



1, 433, 765 



1, 344, 707 



748,876 



594, 375 



154, 501 



360, 001 



167, 022 



68, 808 



89,058 







' Net volume in board-feet log scale. International !,.i-inch rule. This 

 table is similar in format to table 10 of Basic Forest Statistics for the United 

 States, January 1945 (revised 1950 issue), but the data are not directly com- 

 parable becau.se of changes in standards between 1945 and 1952. 



2 Excludes 294 million board-feet of ponderosa pine in the Plains Rcgiori. 

 The total volume of ponderosa and JelTrev pine in tlie United States is 

 224,503 million board-feet. 



