Table 3.43—Softwood roundwood supplies,’ timber removals,” net annual growth, and inventory of softwood growing stock in North 
Carolina, by forest maragement type, selected years 1952-84, with projections* to 2030 
Million cubic feet 
Year Projections* 
Forest management 
type and item 1952 1962 1970 1976 1984 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 
Pine plantations 
Roundwood supplies’ — — 21 44 26 65 188 284 341 356 
Timber removals” _- = 22 48 27 70 199 297 354 366 
Net annual growth 5 22 52 88 113 200 322 402 438 454 
Inventory* 19 81 201 367 1,188 1,759 3,114 4,349 5,467 6,333 
Natural pine 
Roundwood supplies’ 357 286 306 304 259 243 192 125 101 93 
Timber removals” 364 295 327 333 270 261 203 131 105 96 
Net annual growth 350 346 346 325 287 153 118 103 96 95 
Inventory* 6,540 6,594 6,863 6,894 6,939 5,522 3,812 2,846 B575 2,484 
Mixed pine—hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies! 13 19 13 18 58 82 58 40 45 49 
Timber removals” 14 20 14 20 61 88 62 42 46 50 
Net annual growth 40 50 57 66 56 43 50 58 55 52 
Inventory* 865 1,119 
— 
343 1,633 1,598 1,415 1,250 1,224 1,422 1,486 
Upland hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies! 13 13 2 7 54 20 12 13 14 15 
Timber removals” 13 14 2 8 57 22 13 13 15 15 
Net annual growth 24 28 35 45 25 19 9 13 17 18 
Inventory* 561 678 886 1,186 830 971 994 983 1,002 1,030 
Bottomland hardwoods 
Roundwood supplies’ 7 7 11 4 16 20 18 22 24 24 
Timber removals” 7 8 12 4 16 22 19 23 25 2D 
Net annual growth 18 17 18 21 20 27 22 22 23 25 
Inventory* 494 508 553 662 685 890 1,125 1,155 1,177 1,168 
All management types 
Roundwood supplies! 390, 325 353 377 413 431 468 483 525 537 
Timber removals” 398 337 377 413 431 464 496 505 544 552 
Net annual growth 437 463 508 545 501 44] 520 599 630 644 
Inventory* ; 8,479 8,980 9,846 10,742 11,240 10,557 10,295 10,558 11,642 12,501 
' Includes roundwood harvested from growing stock and other sources such as salvable dead trees; rough and rotten trees; and trees on forest land other 
than timberland, in fence rows, and in urban areas. 
? Includes removals in the form of roundwood products, logging residues, the volumes of timber removed in cultural operations such as noncommercial 
thinning, and inventory losses resulting from the diversion of timberland to other uses such as cropland, pastureland, parks, and urban uses. 
> All projections at equilibrium prices, i.e., the stumpage prices at which projected timber demands and supplies are equal (see appendix table 4.1). Data 
are averages for 5 years centered on the projection year. 
* Data for 1952 and 1962 are as of December 31. Data for 1970 and all projection years are as of January 1. Data for 1976 and 1984 are as of January 1, 
1977, and January 1, 1985. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
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