Table 10.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of  
                         growing-stock trees, Delaware, 1986 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                          Stocking class                                          
      Forest-type        _________________________________________________     All                 
          group                      Poorly  Moderately   Fully     Over-    classes       SE     
                         Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                        
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    Loblolly/shortleaf          .0        .0       3.7      36.2      19.5      59.4      24.6  
    Oak/pine                    .0        .0      13.2      54.5        .0      67.6      22.9  
    Oak/hickory                3.5      18.9      95.5      82.2       3.7     203.7       9.6  
    Oak/gum/cypress             .0        .0       8.6      25.4        .0      34.1      32.8  
    Elm/ash/red maple           .0        .0       9.4       3.5        .0      12.9      58.3  
    Northern hardwoods          .0       7.2        .0       6.1       4.9      18.2      45.6  
                         ____________________________________________________________ 
    Total, all groups          3.5      26.2     130.3     207.8      28.0     395.8       3.5  
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    SE                       100.0      37.7      13.9      10.0      39.3       3.5 
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             Table 11.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of  
                         growing-stock trees, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                           Stocking class                                         
      Forest-type         ________________________________________________     All                 
          group                       Poorly  Moderately   Fully     Over-   classes       SE     
                          Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                       
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 
    Loblolly/shortleaf         1.0       3.5       9.6      26.6       8.7      49.4      27.5  
    Oak/pine                    .0        .0       3.4      31.3       2.6      37.3      31.9  
    Oak/hickory                5.7      26.2      97.0     104.4       7.4     240.6       8.8  
    Oak/gum/cypress             .0       6.4       5.3       9.7       4.2      25.5      39.2  
    Elm/ash/red maple           .0       3.5       3.3       7.9        .0      14.7      50.7  
    Northern hardwoods          .0       1.4       4.3       2.3        .0       8.0      51.6  
                          ___________________________________________________________ 
    Total, all groups          6.6      40.9     122.9     182.3      22.9     375.6       3.3  
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    SE                        75.6      28.2      15.9      11.3      40.6       3.3 
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       Table 12.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and basal-area class, Delaware, 1999 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                Basal area class (square feet per acre)                           
     Forest-type        _______________________________________________________   All              
         group              0-     50-     100-    150-    200-    250-         classes     SE    
                           49      99      149     199     249     299     300+                   
   _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 
   Loblolly/shortleaf      11.9     3.5    20.2    10.3     3.5      .0      .0    49.4    27.5  
   Oak/pine                  .0     3.4    30.2     3.6      .0      .0      .0    37.3    31.9  
   Oak/hickory             23.9    81.2    93.7    38.5     3.3      .0      .0   240.6     8.8  
   Oak/gum/cypress          1.5     6.7    13.2     1.5     2.7      .0      .0    25.5    39.2  
   Elm/ash/red maple        2.2     5.1      .0     6.0     1.4      .0      .0    14.7    50.7  
   Northern hardwoods       1.4      .0     4.3     2.3      .0      .0      .0     8.0    51.6  
                        ________________________________________________________________ 
   Total, all groups       40.9   100.0   161.5    62.4    10.8      .0      .0   375.6     3.3  
   _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 
   SE                      31.4    18.1    12.6    25.4    48.3      .0      .0     3.3 
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