Table 16.  Number of growing-stock trees (5.0+ inches d.b.h.) on timberland by species and diameter class, Delaware, 1986 
  
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                                                    Diameter class (inches at breast height)                                                    
    Species group      ___________________________________________________________________________________________________     All               
                            5.0-      7.0-     9.0-     11.0-     13.0-     15.0-     17.0-     19.0-     21.0-              classes       SE   
                            6.9       8.9     10.9      12.9      14.9      16.9      18.9      20.9      28.9      29.0+                       
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  White/red pine               0         0         0         0         0         0         0         8         0         0         8     100.0  
  Loblolly pine            3,644     3,480     2,244     1,193       830       511       228        91        70         0    12,291      23.1  
  Virginia pine              853       971       908       451       161        35         9         0        11         0     3,399      34.1  
  Other softwoods              0         0        28         0         0         0         0         0         0         0        28     100.0  
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    Total softwoods        4,497     4,451     3,180     1,643       991       546       237        99        81         0    15,725      20.5  
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  Red maple                5,760     2,720     1,993     1,054       542       300       132        46       103         4    12,654      13.2  
  Hickory                    415       119       113        24        50        14         0         0        17         0       753      31.3  
  Beech                      189       138        46        36        19        39         0         8        26         0       501      41.7  
  Sweetgum                 3,392     1,853     1,206       750       473       269       131        77        62         0     8,214      16.7  
  Yellow-poplar              406       134       119        25        92       136       162        72        99        16     1,261      32.8  
  Blackgum                 1,289       747       673       365       194        41        27         9         0         0     3,345      23.3  
  Ash-walnut-cherry          577       455       381       270       181        40       102        23        24         0     2,053      30.0  
  Select white oaks        1,899       975       837       649       371       252       144       113       132        11     5,384      15.3  
  Select red oaks             77        96       174        98        78        14        37         0        37        14       627      36.9  
  Other white oaks           114         0        60        52         0        10        28        16        28         0       309      55.1  
  Other red oaks           1,977     1,386     1,081       868       639       267       197        89        69         8     6,581      15.5  
  Other hardwoods          2,307       457       273        67         0         0         0         0        12         0     3,116      26.7  
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    Total hardwoods       18,403     9,081     6,956     4,256     2,639     1,383       961       454       610        53    44,798       7.2  
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  Total, all species      22,901    13,531    10,136     5,900     3,631     1,929     1,198       553       690        53    60,524       7.0  
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  SE                         9.8      10.0       8.5       9.2       8.7      11.8      11.2      16.5      16.2      30.7       7.0 
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