Chapter 5 
Opportunities for Increasing Timber 
Supplies Through More Intensive 
Forestry 
Large acreages of timberland in the South 
are not producing at their potential. Such 
stands can be overmature, poorly stocked, 
stocked with undesirable species, or 
suppressed by competing vegetation. 
Substantial areas that could profitably grow 
timber are not stocked at all. 
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