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PERCENT OF 
COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND 
IN COUNTY 
THAT RATES FAIR AND GOOD 
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Ficure 21.—Distribution of fair and good timber cropland in Florida, by county, 1949. 
of at least three logs. Such sites are usually found on forest land is rated fair and good, and in Hamilton 
bottoms or well-drained deep soils such as are fre- | and Union Counties over 95 percent. 
quently used for agricultural purposes, but good On the other half of the commercial forest land 
stands of cypress and water tupelo often occur in in the State, possibilities for growing timber are 
the deepest and wettest swamps. more limited under present conditions. Approximate- 
The most productive forest land occurs in the ly half of the longleaf and slash pine types are on 
northeastern part of the State (fig. 21). Here the poor-quality forest land. This is land which is not 
quality of a large part of the forest land compares capable of growing pine trees taller than 54 feet in 
favorably with the best in the South. In a group of 50 years (fig. 22). Growing saw timber on these sites 
11 counties, 75 percent or more of the commercial is a slow process; even when well stocked it takes 
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