Table 5. Net volume of all live trees and salvable dead trees on
timberland by class of timber and softwood/hardwood
categories, Massachusetts, 2005
(Standard error as percentage of total)
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Species group
Class of timber ________________________________ Total
Softwoods Hardwoods all species
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Growing stock trees
Sawlog portion 9.9 7.1 6.1
Upper stem portion 8.9 6.6 5.4
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Total 9.8 7.0 6.0
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Poletimber 9.4 5.5 5.3
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All growing stock 9.2 5.6 5.1
Rough cull trees
Sawtimber 20.7 15.0 12.8
Poletimber 19.1 12.1 11.4
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Total 18.3 10.9 10.0
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Rotten cull trees
Sawtimber 67.3 21.4 20.3
Poletimber 93.4 20.2 20.0
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Total 62.4 16.7 16.2
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All cull trees 18.1 9.8 9.2
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All live trees 9.0 5.3 4.9
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Salvable dead trees
Sawtimber 60.1 27.9 25.1
Poletimber 30.0 15.7 14.0
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All salvable dead 35.7 16.3 14.6
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Total 9.0 5.3 4.9
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