Table 1.  Area of forestland by forest-type group and owner group, Maine, 2002 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                      Owner group                                                 
    Forest-type group      ________________________________        All Owners               SE   
                                 Public            Private                                        
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   White/red pine                    61.8           1,318.1           1,379.9               6.6  
   Spruce/fir                       382.0           5,261.8           5,643.8               2.8  
   Exotic Softwooods                  7.6              16.7              24.3              58.2  
   Oak/pine                          26.2             332.0             358.2              13.1  
   Oak/hickory                        4.8             332.9             337.7              13.2  
   Oak/gum/cypress                     .0              14.0              14.0              71.2  
   Elm/ash/red maple                 33.7             399.8             433.5              12.0  
   Northern hardwoods               410.9           6,799.8           7,210.7               2.3  
   Aspen/birch                      184.7           2,191.0           2,375.7               5.0  
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      All type groups             1,111.6          16,666.1          17,777.8                .4  
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   Nonstocked                         1.9              50.2              52.1              28.8  
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   All groups                     1,113.5          16,716.4          17,829.9                .4  
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   SE                                 7.7                .7                .4 
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