Table 16.--Number of live trees on forest land by species and diameter group,  
                     Maryland, 1999 
  
                                      (In thousands of trees) 
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                                                    Diameter                                      
            Species            __________________________________________________  All Classes   
                                  1.0-4.9      5.0-10.9    11.0-20.9       21+ 
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    White/red pine                   2,152        6,683          941           32        9,808  
    Loblolly pine                   84,631       39,894       11,624          212      136,361  
    Virginia pine                   14,282       13,751        4,138           36       32,208  
    Other yellow pines                   0          227          207            0          434  
    Other softwoods                 11,674        3,454          880          100       16,108  
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      Total softwoods              112,740       64,010       17,789          381      194,920  
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    Red maple                      203,466       43,271       12,945        1,819      261,501  
    Sugar maple                     16,429        5,096        1,113          170       22,808  
    Hickory                         27,731        8,549        3,153          274       39,707  
    Beech                           32,791        7,304        2,393          315       42,804  
    Sweetgum                       110,969       26,133        9,305          563      146,969  
    Yellow-poplar                   41,163       10,672       10,706        2,476       65,017  
    Blackgum                        73,008       12,905        2,617          138       88,668  
    Ash-walnut-cherry               79,533       20,846        5,019          465      105,863  
    Select white oaks               16,795       16,621        9,666        1,137       44,219  
    Select red oaks                 14,899        3,665        4,502          701       23,767  
    Other white oaks                11,058        9,746        5,483          307       26,595  
    Other red oaks                  33,084       14,526       12,498        1,500       61,608  
    Blacklocust                     14,111        6,350        1,299          218       21,978  
    Other hardwoods                161,672       23,554        4,287          855      190,369  
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    Noncommercial hardwoods        168,812       12,466        1,397           33      182,708  
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      Total hardwoods            1,005,521      221,706       86,384       10,973    1,324,584  
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    All species                  1,118,261      285,715      104,173       11,353    1,519,503  
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