Table 17.--continued  
  
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                                                    Diameter class (inches at breast height)                                      
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                                    17.0-         19.0-         21.0-                       Total                                 
                                    18.9          20.9          28.9          29.0+          5.0+     All classes                 
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   White/red pine                        88             0            32             0         7,528         9,680          42.0  
   Loblolly pine                        893           533           212             0        51,641       136,272          16.4  
   Virginia pine                         84             0            36             0        16,676        30,958          25.8  
   Other yellow pines                     0             0             0             0           326           326          74.2  
   Other softwoods                       93            60            54            21         4,221        15,229          26.8  
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     Total softwoods                  1,157           593           334            21        80,392       192,466          12.7  
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   Red maple                          1,240           805         1,302           362        55,341       247,079           8.2  
   Sugar maple                           57             0            72            73         5,771        21,107          24.6  
   Hickory                              235           102           260            14        10,580        33,302          14.3  
   Beech                                214           127           147            58         9,003        37,023          14.0  
   Sweetgum                             630           263           523            39        35,478       144,645          10.5  
   Yellow-poplar                      2,170         1,307         1,888           289        22,029        61,019          19.3  
   Blackgum                             205           128           138             0        14,476        81,253          10.5  
   Ash-walnut-cherry                    461           173           355           109        25,548       104,221          12.9  
   Select white oaks                  1,142           919           838           227        24,907        41,251          11.2  
   Select red oaks                      317           197           378           148         7,626        22,525          26.6  
   Other white oaks                     721           232           160             0        13,427        24,485          18.7  
   Other red oaks                     1,423         1,039         1,033           314        26,351        58,301          11.5  
   Blacklocust                            0            81           133             0         7,299        19,484          23.5  
   Other hardwoods                      338           240           398           101        26,344       184,577           8.9  
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   Noncommercial hardwoods               21             0             0             0        11,801       166,321          10.2  
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     Total hardwoods                  9,175         5,613         7,626         1,735       295,980     1,246,596           4.2  
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   All species                       10,332         6,207         7,960         1,756       376,372     1,439,062           4.1  
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   SE                                   7.5           9.3           8.5          17.7           3.0           4.1 
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