TasLe 12.—Area of commercial forest land, by major 
forest types, Florida, 1949 
Forest type! Thousand acres 
Wongleaf-slash piness2225 soe eas eee 12,993 
Loblolly-shortleafspines- 2222 i223 see eee 1,144 
Oak=hickory tases cn ea Seen ow ee ane oe 22,481 
Oak=pines! see Sete eee lee See 654 
@Oak-oum=-cypress= 22st ee eee eens 4,179 
otal aes ss se a ek SAO 21,451 
1 Forest-type acreages in this table were computed on a cubic-volume 
basis except for seedling and sapling stands, where number of stems was the 
criterion. Specifications required 50 percent of the cubic volume of num- 
ber of stems of the indicated species except for the hardwood-pine type 
which required 25 percent pine. 
3 Includes upland hardwoods and scrub oak types shown elsewhere 
in this report. 
TaBie 13.—WNet volume of live saw timber and growing stock 
on commercial forest land, by stand-size class, Florida, 1949 
Stand-size class Saw timber Growing stock 
Million bd. ft. Million cu. ft. 
Saw-timber stands_____.________--_-_- 13,517 3,933 
Pole-timber stands.___-__.--_-_-_---_- 2,975 1,914 
Seedling and sapling stands____________ 1,055 442 
Nonstocked and other areas not else- 
wherei classified 22 Sana Se eee 3,047 1,068 
eV otal eee a ied ae 20,594 7,357 
Tasie 14.—WNet volume of live saw timber and growing stock 
on commercial forest land, by ownership class, Florida, 1949 
Ownership class Saw timber | Growing stock 
Million bd. ft. Million cu. ft. 
Federally owned or managed: 
INational*forests 282 ah es ier eS 1,331 520 
Gaye PER eae eh ak ce es eee ae 12 6 
Others sen ese RE Ee 948 346 
GL Oba ee eee ee ene 2,291 872 
SS Ea Oe epee lee Se epee Sale 201 71 
County and municipal________________ 39 15 
Private sce ewes Ss eee eee 18,063 6,399 
Total, all ownerships____________ 20,594 Ese hy) 
The Timber Supply Situation in Florida 
TaBLe 15.—WNet volume of live saw timber and growing stock 
on commercial forest land, by species, Florida, 1949 
Species Saw timber | Growing stock 
Million bd. ft. Million cu. ft. 
Softwoods: 
Longleaf and slash pines__.._-----_-_ 10,768 3,631 
Shortleaf and loblolly pines__-----_- 1,302 324 
Other southern yellow pines_-_--_-_-_ 621 196 
Cypressa se Sei ees PE 3,095 1,199 
Other eastern softwoods__________- 91 24 
PIO tal se dean nee a Sa ie 15,877 5,374 
Hardwoods: 
Wihite oaksis i 22422 see 319 98 
Red-oaks22 asso 252 3 ee ES 768 295 
Soft:maples2:= See sees lees seek 190 121 
sweetgums = 2282s ee 629 237 
Tupelo and blackgum________-___- 1,578 654 
DNC) « este DD Seg A TE OAD ag 208 117 
HMickoryssouo sie eats Sa ee 157 57 
IBASSWOOG2 so ese eS eas 25 10 
Mellow=poplarsss=- 222s eos 22 Se 40 19 
Other eastern hardwoods-_-_-_-__-_-_- 803 375 
Mo tales Sea ares oak a es 4,717 1,983 
Totalxallvspectes sis ssa e es SAN wees 20,594 PEELE 
TasBLe 16.—Net volume of live saw timber on commercial 
forest land by diameter-class group and selected species, 
Florida, 1949 
Diameter-class group 
Species 
9.0 to 12.9 13.0 to 18.9 19.0 inches 
inches inches and 
d.b.h.! d.b.h. larger d.b.h. 
Million Million Million 
bd. ft. bd. ft. bd. ft. 
Longleaf and slash pines 7,592 2,905 271 
Shortleaf and loblolly 
Pinesisl eas ae es 449 696 157 
White and chestnut oaks 44 105 170 
Tupelo and blackgum _-_ 424 834 320 
Sweetgum 222: So2ce SEs 143 370 116 
Yellow-poplar_-_------- 12 283 |2o eee ae es 
1 10-inch diameter class not included for eastern hardwoods. 
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