        Table 1.  Area of forestland by forest-type group and owner group, Massachusetts, 2005 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                       Owner group                                                
      Forest-type          ^{^{________________________________}}        All Owners               SE   
          group                  Public            Private                                        
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   White/red pine                   136.2             390.4             526.6              14.3  
   Spruce/fir                          .0              14.9              14.9             100.0  
   Pitch pine*                       38.3              32.8              71.1              40.3  
   Oak/pine                         139.0             331.6             470.5              15.4  
   Oak/hickory                      314.2             594.3             908.5              10.4  
   Oak/gum/cypress                   14.2              67.4              81.7              40.5  
   Elm/ash/red maple                 23.9             136.6             160.5              26.4  
   Northern hardwoods               301.9             567.9             869.8              10.3  
   Aspen/birch                       21.1              27.7              48.8              46.2  
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      All type groups               988.9           2,163.6           3,152.4               3.5  
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   Nonstocked                          .0              13.9              13.9             100.0  
                           ^{^{___________________________________________________}} 
   All groups                       988.9           2,177.5           3,166.4               3.5  
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   SE                                10.3               5.5               3.5 
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 * National standard is Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group