Table 32.  Net volume of sawtimber trees on timberland by species, size class, and tree grade, Delaware, 1999 
  
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                                   >15" Diameter at breast height                                All size classes                                  
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                         Grade 1  Grade 2  Grade 3  Grade 4  Grade 5  grades   Grade 1  Grade 2  Grade 3  Grade 4  Grade 5   grades             
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    Loblolly pine          111.8      6.5     10.7       .0      9.4    138.3    206.8     38.1     72.7       .0      9.4    327.0     24.4  
    Virginia pine             .0      6.8       .0       .0       .0      6.8       .0     13.9     22.4       .0      1.9     38.1     44.6  
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      Total softwoods      111.8     13.3     10.7       .0      9.4    145.1    206.8     52.0     95.1       .0     11.2    365.2     22.5  
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    Red maple               39.7     85.8    120.7     56.2     32.3    334.8     39.7    107.5    213.0    101.5     39.8    501.5     23.4  
    Hickory                   .0       .0       .0       .0       .0       .0       .0      2.3      3.4       .0       .0      5.8     69.8  
    Beech                     .0       .0       .0     35.8       .0     35.8       .0       .0       .0     39.2      1.2     40.4     51.7  
    Sweetgum                56.1     29.5     37.1      8.6       .0    131.3     56.1     75.2     92.6     17.4       .0    241.4     21.3  
    Yellow-poplar           50.2     43.8       .0       .0     62.8    156.8     50.2     54.2     11.6     11.7     62.8    190.5     33.8  
    Blackgum                22.0     12.0     16.9       .0       .0     50.8     22.0     30.2     35.7      2.1       .0     90.1     29.8  
    Ash-walnut-cherry        4.2       .0      5.9       .0     14.1     24.2      4.2      6.5     13.9      1.7     15.6     41.9     47.3  
    Select white oaks       61.2     19.6     65.4       .0     59.1    205.3     61.2     45.2    134.1     10.4     59.1    310.1     22.0  
    Select red oaks          4.5      3.9     11.8       .0       .0     20.2      4.5      9.6     11.8       .0       .0     25.9     57.1  
    Other white oaks          .0       .0       .0       .0      9.2      9.2       .0       .0      6.3       .0      9.2     15.6     85.3  
    Other red oaks          94.5     75.6     57.7     15.1      6.9    249.7     94.5    102.2    130.7     30.7     13.7    371.8     21.3  
    Other hardwoods           .0       .0     13.7       .0       .0     13.7       .0       .0     21.7     11.4       .0     33.2     47.6  
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      Total hardwoods      332.4    270.2    329.2    115.7    184.4  1,231.8    332.4    433.1    674.9    226.3    201.4  1,868.1     10.8  
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    Total, all species     444.1    283.5    339.8    115.7    193.8  1,376.9    539.2    485.1    770.0    226.3    212.6  2,233.3      9.3  
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    SE                      22.1     17.8     16.7     30.9     29.8     12.8     21.6     12.9      9.3     22.4     27.9      9.3 
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