Table 8.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all  
                       live trees, New Jersey, 1987 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                          Stocking class                                          
      Forest-type        _________________________________________________     All                 
          group                      Poorly  Moderately   Fully     Over-    classes       SE     
                         Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                        
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    Loblolly/shortleaf          .0      26.2     131.6     183.0      31.1     371.8      10.0  
    Oak/pine                    .0      24.9      69.6      84.4      13.7     192.6      22.4  
    Oak/hickory                 .0      16.5     263.2     559.2      59.1     898.0       7.3  
    Oak/gum/cypress             .0      12.0      13.0      33.8      32.2      91.1      25.0  
    Elm/ash/red maple          7.5       6.9        .0      84.8        .0      99.2      26.8  
    Northern hardwoods          .0      10.3      42.0     138.5      14.9     205.7      17.6  
    Aspen/birch                 .0        .0       7.7       7.7        .0      15.3      70.7  
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    Total, all groups          7.5      96.9     527.1   1,091.4     151.0   1,873.8       3.1  
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    SE                       100.0      26.1      10.2       6.5      20.6       3.1 
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           Table 9.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all  
                       live trees, New Jersey, 1999 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                          Stocking class                                          
      Forest-type        _________________________________________________     All                 
          group                       Poorly Moderately   Fully     Over-    classes       SE     
                         Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                        
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 
    Spruce/fir                  .0        .0        .0        .0        .0        .0     100.0  
    Loblolly/shortleaf         8.7      54.2     164.8     176.7      10.6     415.0       9.8  
    Oak/pine                    .0      21.8      91.2      82.8      11.8     207.6      14.6  
    Oak/hickory               10.5      32.9     297.6     485.3      20.9     847.3       6.3  
    Oak/gum/cypress             .0       3.0      19.1      32.2      10.2      64.5      26.2  
    Elm/ash/red maple          1.4      43.5      62.5      40.5       4.6     152.6      17.2  
    Northern hardwoods          .0      22.8      52.4     108.3       4.0     187.5      15.2  
    Aspen/birch                 .0        .0        .0       1.6        .0       1.6     100.0  
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    Total, all groups         20.6     178.2     687.6     927.4      62.2   1,876.1       3.0  
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    SE                        41.4      16.7       7.4       6.0      23.2       3.0 
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