Table 8.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all  
                       live 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                 .0      15.6      72.6     102.0      13.5     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        .0       7.2       6.1       4.9      18.2      45.6  
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    Total, all groups           .0      15.6     114.7     227.6      37.8     395.8       3.5  
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    SE                          .0      50.6      15.3       9.4      32.4       3.5 
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           Table 9.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all  
                       live 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        .8      35.5       8.7      49.4      27.5  
    Oak/pine                    .0        .0        .0      34.7       2.6      37.3      31.9  
    Oak/hickory                 .8      18.2      69.5     136.7      15.4     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       6.5       1.4      14.7      50.7  
    Northern hardwoods          .0       1.4        .0       6.7        .0       8.0      51.6  
                          ___________________________________________________________ 
    Total, all groups          1.8      33.0      78.8     229.7      32.2     375.6       3.3  
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    SE                        70.9      30.0      20.3       8.8      35.5       3.3 
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