﻿THE 
  WHITE 
  PINE 
  AREA 
  

  

  Approximately 
  3.5 
  million 
  acres 
  of 
  National 
  

   Forest 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service's 
  Northern 
  

   Region 
  are 
  growing 
  or 
  are 
  capable 
  of 
  growing 
  

   white 
  pine. 
  About 
  3.2 
  million 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  

   land 
  are 
  forested; 
  nearly 
  0.3 
  million 
  acres 
  were 
  

   considered 
  nonstocked 
  when 
  last 
  surveyed 
  

   (see 
  appendix 
  A). 
  This 
  estimate 
  includes 
  only 
  

  

  the 
  National 
  Forest 
  land 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   demonstrated 
  that 
  white 
  pine 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  — 
  

   as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  map. 
  Figures 
  

   are 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  Forest 
  Survey 
  data 
  

   covering 
  the 
  period 
  1958 
  to 
  1962. 
  Tabulated 
  

   below 
  is 
  land 
  area 
  by 
  principal 
  species 
  type, 
  

   stand 
  size, 
  and 
  slope 
  percent. 
  

  

  Principal 
  species 
  type 
  

  

  White 
  pine 
  

   Douglas-fir 
  

   Ponderosa 
  pine 
  

   Spruce 
  

  

  Hemlock 
  (mountain 
  

  

  and 
  western) 
  

   Lodgepole 
  pine 
  

   Grand 
  fir 
  

   Subalpine 
  fir 
  

   Western 
  redcedar 
  

   Western 
  larch 
  

   Whitebark-limber 
  pine 
  

   Nondesignated 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Area 
  

   (Thousand 
  acres) 
  

  

  428 
  

   602 
  

   98 
  

   150 
  

  

  179 
  

   438 
  

   489 
  

   190 
  

   287 
  

   346 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Stand 
  size 
  

  

  Sawtimber 
  stands 
  

   Pole 
  stands 
  

  

  Seedling 
  and 
  sapling 
  stands 
  

  

  Total 
  forested 
  

   Nonstocked 
  

  

  Grand 
  total 
  

  

  Slope 
  

  

  Area 
  

   (Thousand 
  acres) 
  

  

  1,850 
  

   620 
  

   749 
  

  

  3,219 
  

  

  (Percent) 
  

  

  0-30 
  

   31-50 
  

   51-70 
  

   70 
  + 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  3,219 
  

   278 
  

  

  3,497 
  

  

  Area 
  

  

  (Thousand 
  acres) 
  

  

  1,393.4 
  

   1,119.4 
  

  

  606.0 
  

  

  100.0 
  

  

  3,218.8 
  

  

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