TABLE 15.— Present growing stock and the amount required to 
meet growth goals, by region and species group’ 
Softwoods Hardwoods All species 

Region 
Present |Required| Present |Required| Present |Required 

Million | Million | Million | Million | Million | Million 
cords cords cords cords cords cords 
Southern Coastal 
Plainisewastencictss 15.5 23.9 14.4 17.1 29.9 41.0 
Northern Coastal 
Blain acpeecetee i 28.6 41.1 26.9 30.8 55.5 71.9 
Piedmont.......... 21.9) 23.4 12.8 12.9 34.7 36.3 

South Carolina 66.0 88.4 54.1 60.8 120.1 149.2 






1 All sound trees 5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger. 
increase in the Coastal Plain would be confined almost 
entirely to the softwood species, but in the Piedmont 
both softwoods and hardwoods must be increased. Even 
though the bulk of the saw timber would still be in 
the Coastal Plain, the largest proportionate increase is 
proposed for the Piedmont, where the exceedingly low 
supply of saw timber must be increased by 48 percent — 
softwoods by 62 percent and hardwoods by 23 percent. 
TABLE 16. — Present saw-timber growing stock and the amount 
required to meet growth goals, by region and species group 
Softwoods Hardwoods All species 

Region 
Present |Required| Present |Required| Present |Required 
| 

Billion | Billion | Billion | Billion | Billion | Billion 
bd. ft. bd. ft. bd. ft. bd. ft. bd. ft. bd. ft. 
Southern Coastal 

Plainivec mee melee 4.5 6.9 33 3.5 7.8 10.4 
Northern Coastal 
Plainy sev. sroehincer 8.9 12.0 6.4 6.4 15.3 18.4 
Piedmontimercs ee 4.2 6.8 | 2.2 2.7 6.4 9.5 
South Carolina 17.6 25.7 11:9 12.6 29.5 38.3 






Once the saw-timber growing stock has been built up 
to the desired level, only one-half the present volume 
of softwood pole timber in the Piedmont would be 
needed to meet growth goals (table 17). However, part 
of this present surplus is needed to build up saw-timber 
growing stock. On the other hand, a 54-percent increase 
in softwood pole-timber growing stock is called for in 
the southern Coastal Plain, and 78 percent in the 
northern Coastal Plain. Hardwood growing stock of this 
size timber must be increased by 40 percent for the 
Coastal Plain, but there is 20 percent more than is 
required in the Piedmont. 
TABLE 17.— Present pole-timber growing stock and the amount 
required to meet growth goals, by region and species group 



Softwoods Hardwoods All species 
Region 
Present |Required| Present |Required| Present |Required 
Million | Million | Million | Million | Million | Million 
cords cords cords cords cords cords 
Southern Coastal 
Plantes neers 3.7 5.7 CYY/ 7.9 9.4 13.6 
Northern Coastal 
Plaines eee coe 5.5 9.8 10.2 14.3 lS sy/ 24.1 
Piedmont.........:. _ 10.9 5.6 7.2 6.0 18.1 11.6 
South Carolina 20.1 21.1 23.1 28.2 43.2 49.3 






For the State as a whole, the supply of both soft- 
wood and hardwood sapling growing stock is adequate 
to provide a balanced distribution of growing stock. 
However, serious shortages of softwood saplings are 
disclosed in the Coastal Plain (table 18). A proper 
balance of growing stock requires an increase in soft- 
wood sapling growing stock of 57 percent in the 
southern part of the Coastal Plain and 68 percent in 
the northern part. Substantial surpluses of hardwood 
saplings are found throughout the Coastal Plain, while 
all species of saplings are in excess of requirements in 
the Piedmont. 
TABLE 18. — Present sapling basal area and the amount required 
to meet growth goals, by region and species group 






Softwoods Hardwoods All species 
Region 
| Present |Required| Present |Required| Present |Required 
| | Bl pen | 
Million | Million | Million Million Million | Million 
sq. ft. 5q. ft. sq. ft. | sq. ft. sq. ft. sq. ft. 
Southern Coastal 
Plaine eeere 7.4 11.6 | 13.2 9.1 |. 20.6 20.7 
Northern Coastal 
Blainveceacceos 0 20.1 | 26.1 16.5 38.1 36.6 
Piedmontieeeeeecce 33 11.4 | 25.8 6.9 59.2 18.3 
South Carolina 52.8 43.1 | 65.1 32.5 117.9 75.6 
| | 




50 Forest Resource Report No. 3, U. S. Department of Agriculture 


