Table 3.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stand-size class, Massachusetts, 2005 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                        Stand-size class                                          
      Forest-type       _______________________________________________       All                  
          group             Saw-        Pole-   Sapling and     Non-        classes         SE    
                            timber      timber     seedling     stocked                           
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   White/red pine             471.1        29.2          .0          .0       500.3        14.7  
   Spruce/fir                  14.9          .0          .0          .0        14.9       100.0  
   Pitch pine*                 29.1        27.4          .0          .0        56.6        45.5  
   Oak/pine                   322.8        94.0         9.1          .0       425.8        16.2  
   Oak/hickory                645.8       206.7        12.2          .0       864.8        10.7  
   Oak/gum/cypress             38.3        29.1          .0          .0        67.4        44.7  
   Elm/ash/red maple           53.9        28.4        31.3          .0       113.6        31.2  
   Northern hardwoods         570.5       254.8        36.0          .0       861.2        10.3  
   Aspen/birch                   .0        37.1        11.7          .0        48.8        46.2  
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      All type groups       2,146.4       706.7       100.3          .0     2,953.4         3.7  
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   All groups               2,146.4       706.7       100.3          .0     2,953.4         3.7  
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   SE                           5.3        12.2        29.8          .0         3.7 
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 * National standard is Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group