Table 4.  Volume of all live trees on forestland by species group and owner group,  
                     Massachusetts, 2005 
  
                                    (In millions of cubic feet) 
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                                        Owner group                                               
     Species group          ________________________________        All Owners               SE  
                                  Public            Private                                       
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  Balsam fir                           1.2               3.9               5.1              59.4  
  Atlantic white-cedar                 6.0               2.3               8.3              75.1  
  Black spruce                          .0               4.4               4.4             100.0  
  Red spruce                           8.0              48.0              56.0              52.6  
  Red pine                              .0               6.7               6.7              65.9  
  Pitch pine                          51.0              65.5             116.5              23.2  
  Eastern white pine                 533.2           1,398.9           1,932.2              11.7  
  Eastern hemlock                    269.7             496.5             766.2              16.0  
  Other softwoods                       .0               3.1               3.1              51.2  
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    Total softwoods                  869.1           2,029.3           2,898.4               8.8  
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  Red maple                          367.7             800.1           1,167.8               8.5  
  Sugar maple                        134.6             140.9             275.6              19.9  
  Yellow birch                        61.1             102.5             163.5              18.2  
  Paper birch                         33.0              72.1             105.1              20.0  
  Hickory                             17.2              46.8              64.0              27.2  
  American beech                      63.9              71.5             135.4              19.7  
  White ash                           41.2             206.3             247.5              19.6  
  Yellow-poplar                         .0               9.4               9.4             100.0  
  Blackgum                             1.3              19.3              20.6              36.6  
  Aspen                               19.2             112.2             131.4              24.9  
  Black cherry                        38.7             164.1             202.8              22.1  
  White oak                           57.3             124.6             182.0              15.2  
  Northern red oak                   325.9             558.2             884.1              12.1  
  Other white oaks                    16.9              37.6              54.5              37.6  
  Other red oaks                     105.8             308.3             414.1              12.8  
  American basswood                     .0              10.2              10.2              68.4  
  Elm                                  3.6               4.6               8.2              31.5  
  Other hardwoods                    105.9             152.8             258.7              14.3  
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    Total hardwoods                1,393.3           2,941.4           4,334.8               5.2  
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  Total, all species               2,262.5           4,970.8           7,233.2               4.8  
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  SE                                  12.4               6.8               4.8 
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