Table 13. — Area of commercial forest land, by major forest types, Tennessee, 1948—50 



Forest type 



White-red-jack pine... 

 Longleaf-slash pine... 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine 



Oak-pine 



Oak-hickory 



Thousand 

 acres 



81.1 



3.0 



2,189.2 



762.1 



7, 894. 9 



Forest type 



Oak-gam-cypress 



Elm-ash-cottonwood 

 Maple-beech-birch.. 



Total 



Thousand 

 acres 



846.1 



75.8 



501.6 



12,353.8 



Table 14. — Commercial forest land area in Tennessee, by degree of tree stocking and forest type, 1948-50 



Forest type 



All stocking 



Well 

 stocked 



Medium 

 stocked 



Poorly 

 stocked 



Nonstocked 



Softwood types: 



Thousand 



acres 



2,033.5 

 893.8 

 108.1 



Thousand 



acres 



1,428.3 



306.3 



60.5 



Thousand 

 acres 

 482. 8 

 406.0 



32.7 



Thousand 



acres 



94.3 



160.3 



14.9 



Thousand 

 acres 

 28.1 





21.2 











Total 



3,035.4 



1, 795. 1 



921.5 



269.5 



49.3 







Hardwood types'. 



921.9 

 6,334.3 

 2,062.2 



414.0 

 3, 526. 6 

 1, 387. 8 



394.7 



2, 210. 



534.9 



107.6 

 530.5 

 103.9 



5.6 





67.2 





35.6 







Total 



9,318.4 



5, 328. 4 



3,139.6 



742.0 



108.4 









12,353.8 



7, 123. 5 



4,061.1 



1,011.5 



157.7 







Table 15. — Area of sawtimber stands in Tennessee, by stand quality and forest type, 1948-50 



Forest type 



A,, 

 qualities 



Fair or 

 better 



Poor 



Forest tyt>e 



All 



qualities 



Fair or 

 better 



Poor 



Softwood types: 



Thousand 



acres 



514.7 



25.0 



54.3 



Thousand 



acres 



170.1 



25.0 



14.2 



Thousand 

 acres 

 344.6 



40.1 



Hardwood types: 



Thousand 



acres 



380.6 



1, 563. 1 



390.8 



Thousand 

 acres 

 152.8 

 655.5 



177.3 



Thousand 

 acres 

 227.8 







907.6 







213.5 





Total 





Total .__ 



594.0 



209.3 



384.7 



2, 334. 5 



985.6 



1,348.9 

















2, 928. 5 



1, 194. 9 



1,733.6 









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Forest Resource Report No. 9, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



