Table 3. Area of timberland by forest type, forest-type group, and stand-size
class, New Jersey, 1999
(In thousands of acres)
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Stand-size class
Forest type _______________________________________ All
Saw- Pole- Sapling and Non- classes SE
timber timber seedling stocked
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Norway spruce .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0
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Spruce/fir group .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 100.0
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Shortleaf pine 6.1 .0 3.0 .0 9.1 74.6
Virginia pine 9.6 .0 .5 .0 10.0 63.0
Eastern redcedar 6.0 13.5 39.2 8.7 67.3 26.8
Pitch pine 99.8 198.5 30.2 .0 328.5 11.2
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Loblolly/shortleaf group 121.5 212.0 72.9 8.7 415.0 9.8
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Eastern redcedar/hardwood 10.0 6.0 .0 .0 16.0 58.5
Other oak/pine 51.5 119.1 21.0 .0 191.6 15.1
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Oak/pine group 61.5 125.0 21.0 .0 207.6 14.6
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Post, black, or bear oak 12.8 10.6 10.9 .0 34.3 38.3
Chestnut oak 19.4 3.7 .0 .0 23.1 46.6
White oak/red oak/hickory 44.0 6.1 .0 .0 50.1 29.9
White oak 20.9 32.8 .0 .0 53.7 31.4
Northern red oak 22.6 .0 .0 .0 22.6 41.6
Y-poplar/wh. oak/no.red oak 7.3 .0 .0 .0 7.3 81.8
Black locust .0 .0 6.4 .0 6.4 72.0
Sweetgum/yellow-poplar 19.9 8.3 12.5 .0 40.7 29.6
Black walnut .0 2.5 .0 .0 2.5 70.7
Yellow-poplar 5.6 .0 7.2 .0 12.8 57.8
Hawthorn/reverting field .0 .3 2.6 6.0 8.9 46.4
Scarlet oak 15.8 46.5 .0 .0 62.3 29.3
Sassafras/persimmon 4.6 .0 5.5 .0 10.0 71.0
Red maple/central hardwood 26.2 5.9 1.5 .0 33.6 38.6
Mixed central hardwoods 325.4 110.7 38.3 4.5 478.9 9.6
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Oak/hickory group 524.4 227.4 84.9 10.5 847.3 6.3
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Atlantic white cedar 11.4 19.1 1.5 .0 32.0 38.4
Sweetbay/swamp tupelo/red mple 15.1 13.8 3.6 .0 32.5 38.6
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Oak/gum/cypress group 26.5 32.9 5.2 .0 64.5 26.2
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Black ash/Amer. elm/red maple 26.2 19.8 .0 .0 46.0 33.1
Red maple(lowland) 24.8 20.9 10.4 .0 56.2 30.1
Red maple(upland) 11.9 7.6 6.0 1.4 26.9 37.8
River birch/sycamore 10.6 .0 .0 .0 10.6 69.5
Willow 8.2 3.2 .0 .0 11.4 58.2
American elm/green ash .0 1.5 .0 .0 1.5 100.0
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Elm/ash/red maple group 81.8 53.0 16.4 1.4 152.6 17.2
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Sugar maple/beech/yellow birch 34.2 .0 .0 .0 34.2 38.5
Black Cherry .0 .0 10.3 .0 10.3 64.8
Red maple/northern hardwoods 14.0 10.7 1.5 .0 26.2 42.0
Pin cherry/reverting field 4.9 .0 .2 .0 5.1 96.1
Mixed northern hardwoods 66.1 34.1 11.6 .0 111.8 20.8
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Northern hardwoods group 119.1 44.8 23.6 .0 187.5 15.2
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Aspen .0 1.6 .0 .0 1.6 100.0
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Aspen/birch group .0 1.6 .0 .0 1.6 100.0
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All forest types 934.9 696.7 223.9 20.6 1,876.1 3.0
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SE 5.5 7.0 14.5 41.4 3.0
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