Figure 7. — Aspen is now the dominant individual type in the State, having replaced much oj the white pine, spruce, and fir in the north and some 

 oj the northern hardwoods and oak elsewhere. {Photo courtesy Minnesota Conservation Department.) 



30% 



9% 



61% yf' 















NORTHEASTERN 



1.61% 



SOUTHEASTERN 



WESTERN 



Softwoods [mi Hardwoods ^^ nonsVocTed 



Figure 8. — Proportions oJ forest types in Minnesota, by geographic 

 division. 



swampy character and present very difficult problems 

 in reforestation. A large share of the 1,748,000 acres 

 classified as upland grass or upland brush arc plant- 

 able (fig. 10). Some of this land was culovcr during 

 the recent war and has not yet restocked, while other 

 land has too dense a cover of grass or brush to permit 

 restocking. 



Federal, Slate, and Courtly Ownership Large 



Although public agencies control only 27 percent 

 of the total land area in Minnesota, they control 56 

 percent of the forest area. Farmers own 64 percent 

 of all land but only 27 percent of the forest area 

 (table 4). 



Publicly owned forest lands are of greatest signifi- 

 cance in the northeastern division where they make 

 up 66 percent of the total (table 5). They include 

 two national forests, several Indian forests, and a large 

 number of State, county, and municipal forests. In 

 the southern and western divisions, publicly managed 

 forest lands consist mainly of scattered tracts managed 

 only incidentally for timber production. 



Forest Resource Report No. 13^ U. S. Department of Agriculture 



