
is not expected to restock satisfactorily in the near 
future and should be planted. 
In the Piedmont, it is estimated that 159,000 acres of 
idle land is better suited to growing timber than farm 
crops. Half of this is expected to restock naturally, 
leaving 79,000 acres to be planted. Another 395,000 
acres of forest land is under 10 percent stocked, About 
90 percent of this land can be expected to restock 
naturally in a relatively short time. However, in some 
localities, particularly in Union and the southern part 
of Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties, planting should 
supplement natural regeneration, Natural restocking 1s 
frequently delayed, resulting in continued deterioration 
of the site and in a sparse stand of limby, poor-quality 
) timber. Other areas are restocking with less desirable 
species such as Virginia pine and upland sweetgum. 
Planting loblolly pine will assure prompt restocking as 
well as a more valuable crop. Thus, planting in the 
Piedmont should be limited to about 119,000 acres, 
79,000 of idle land and 40,000 of poorly stocked 
forest land. 
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Figure 63.—The planting job 
in South Carolina requires 
doubling the present pro- 
duction of seedlings. 
Timber Supply Outlook in South Carolina 
For the State as a whole, 1.3 million acres should be 
planted to pine in the next 20 years, distributed as 
follows: 
Idle nonforest Forest land 

land needing planting 
Total 
(acres) (acres) (acres) 
Piedmontetee ais tek 79,000 40,000 119,000 
Coastal Plain: 
Sandhills’ coxzk a ieenys 128,000 548,000 676,000 
Rest of Coastal Plain 143,000 411,000 554,000 
Totals Saners see 350,000 999,000 1,349,000 
This would mean planting 67,000 acres annually 
requiring around 60 million pine seedlings (fig. 63). 
The cumulative total of successful plantations in South 
Carolina in 1949 was 133,894 acres. During the 3 years 
1947-49, about 45 million seedlings (10) were planted 
in South Carolina, or roughly 50,000 acres. Thus only 
a very small part of the job has been accomplished. 
Estimated seedling production for the fiscal year 1950 
is 32 million seedlings, enough to restock 36,000 acres. 
At this rate it would take nearly 40 years to complete 
the job. 


