(app. tables 3.49 and 3.63). Although the trend in total 
hardwood roundwood supplies was fairly flat during this 
period, there were substantial changes in output by product. 
During most of this period, the production of hardwood 
lumber, flooring, railroad ties and timbers, veneer, ply- 
wood, cooperage, and fuelwood trended downward. Large 
increases in the production of hardwood pulpwood and 
pallet stock just about offset those declines. Toward the end 
of this period, the production of hardwood fuelwood turned 
back up in response to large increases in the costs of mineral 
fuels. 
Between 1976 and 1984, the annual harvest of hardwood 
roundwood from the region increased 48 percent, primarily 
because of a twofold increase in fuelwood production. 
Pulpwood and fuelwood surpassed sawlogs as the leading 
hardwood products in the region. In 1984, pulpwood 
accounted for approximately 34 percent of all hardwood 
roundwood supplies, followed by fuelwood (33 percent), 
sawlogs (29 percent), and veneer logs (3 percent). Other 
private lands provide 76 percent of the hardwood supplies, 
down from past years (app. table 3.49). Upland hardwood 
stands replaced bottomland hardwood stands as the leading 
source of supplies (app. table 3.63). North Carolina and 
Virginia were the leading State suppliers (fig. 3.36). 
It seems clear that the Southeast is at the threshold of a 
major increase in demands on the hardwood timber resource. 
Table 3.19—Hardwood roundwood supplies,' timber removals,” net annual growth, and inventory of hardwood growing stock in the South, 
by ownership, selected years 1952-84, with projections® to 2030 
Million cubic feet 
Projections* 
Year 
Ownership and item 1952 1962 1970 1976 
National forest 
Roundwood supplies’ 33 4] 44 44 
Timber removals” 45 52 66 58 
Net annual growth 135 165 224 251 
Inventory* 3,951 5,341 5,997 7,108 
Other public 
Roundwood supplies! 45 46 56 84 
Timber removals” 62 58 79 106 
Net annual growth 82 90 140 156 
Inventory* 1,950 2,569 3,204 3,861 
Forest industry> 
Roundwood supplies’ 311 310 306 377 
Timber removals” 414 422 413 472 
Net annual growth 428 468 612 692 
Inventory* 11,254 14,309 15,378 17,404 
Other private: 
Farmer 
Roundwood supplies! (°) @) C) 592 
Timber removals” (°) (°) (°) 750 
Net annual growth (°) (°) (°) 1,411 
Inventory* C) (°) (°) 32,836 
Corporate 
Roundwood supplies! (°) @) (°) 129 
Timber removals” (°) e) (°) 160 
Net annual growth (°) (°) C) 342 
Inventory* (°) (°) (°) 8,454 
166 
1984 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 
52 134 157 162 181 189 
62 134 157 160 179 185 
255 230 204 189 183 180 
B95. - 97160. 9.673 10,083 10,300 10,308 
102 142 161 169 182 193 
121 142 159 167 179 190 
172 185 [73 177 184 187 
4,929 5,131 5,558 5,743 5,857 5,908 
534 571 568 587 603 588 
605 569 564 580 594 577 
707 735 532 447 447 471 
18,514 21,219 21,334 20,004 18,184 16,542 
719 889 953 932. 863 740 
818 894 951 924 852 WT 
1,153 885 630 572 611 630 
31°520° 32.044 ~*~ 285868 “24588 - - 20:718 18,289 
182 373 364 463 565 595 
203 373 363 459 557 585 
361 400 407 428 442 472 
10,784 11,090 12,450 13,538 13,593 12,747 
