Table 2. Area of timberland by forest type, forest-type group, and stand-size
class, New Jersey, 1987
(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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Shortleaf pine 6.1 .0 .0 .0 6.1 100.0
Virginia pine .0 .0 6.1 .0 6.1 100.0
Eastern redcedar .0 14.8 22.2 .0 37.0 39.1
Pitch pine 70.1 132.7 119.8 .0 322.6 10.9
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Loblolly/shortleaf group 76.2 147.5 148.1 .0 371.8 10.0
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Eastern redcedar/hardwood 7.6 .0 34.9 .0 42.5 72.0
Shortleaf pine/oak .0 .0 8.0 .0 8.0 100.0
Virginia pine/oak .0 .0 7.3 .0 7.3 100.0
Other oak/pine 29.8 71.9 33.2 .0 134.8 21.0
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Oak/pine group 37.3 71.9 83.4 .0 192.6 22.4
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Post, black, or bear oak 6.3 63.0 31.7 .0 101.0 35.9
Chestnut oak 29.5 15.4 .0 .0 44.9 41.1
White oak/red oak/hickory 35.8 26.2 .0 .0 62.0 35.7
White oak 32.3 67.0 24.8 .0 124.1 23.7
Northern red oak 15.6 6.2 .0 .0 21.8 58.1
Sweetgum/yellow-poplar 7.4 20.0 .0 .0 27.3 47.8
Black walnut 8.0 .0 .0 .0 8.0 100.0
Yellow-poplar 4.8 .0 .0 .0 4.8 100.0
Scarlet oak 6.6 18.5 15.3 .0 40.4 40.3
Sassafras/persimmon .0 .0 39.6 .0 39.6 8.6
Red maple/central hardwood .0 8.2 20.8 .0 29.0 50.5
Mixed central hardwoods 233.7 122.6 38.5 .0 394.9 12.3
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Oak/hickory group 380.0 347.2 170.7 .0 898.0 7.3
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Sweetgm/nuttall oak/willow oak 6.1 .0 .0 .0 6.1 100.0
Atlantic white cedar 6.5 25.8 7.8 .0 40.0 39.2
Sweetbay/swamp tupelo/red mple 26.9 18.0 .0 .0 44.9 34.0
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Oak/gum/cypress group 39.5 43.8 7.8 .0 91.1 25.0
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Black ash/Amer. elm/red maple 8.9 20.2 .0 .0 29.1 50.5
Red maple(lowland) 20.0 18.3 10.1 7.5 55.9 36.0
Red maple(upland) .0 6.9 .0 .0 6.9 100.0
River birch/sycamore 7.4 .0 .0 .0 7.4 100.0
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Elm/ash/red maple group 36.3 45.4 10.1 7.5 99.2 26.8
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Sugar maple/beech/yellow birch 34.5 7.6 .0 .0 42.1 41.0
Black Cherry .0 .0 6.9 .0 6.9 100.0
Red maple/northern hardwoods 18.3 26.9 .0 .0 45.3 47.0
Mixed northern hardwoods 58.5 36.8 16.3 .0 111.5 27.2
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Northern hardwoods group 111.3 71.3 23.1 .0 205.7 17.6
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Aspen .0 7.7 .0 .0 7.7 100.0
Gray birch 7.7 .0 .0 .0 7.7 100.0
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Aspen/birch group 7.7 7.7 .0 .0 15.3 70.7
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All forest types 688.3 734.8 443.3 7.5 1,873.8 3.1
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SE 8.0 8.9 11.8 100.0 3.1
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