Table 1.  Area of forestland by forest-type group and owner group, Rhode Island, 2005 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                       Owner group                                                
      Forest-type          ________________________________        All Owners               SE   
          group                  Public            Private                                        
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   White/red pine                     6.8               8.6              15.3              63.7  
   Pitch pine*                        5.2               6.7              11.8              70.5  
   Eastern redcedar**                  .0               1.7               1.7             100.0  
   Oak/pine                           8.6              29.9              38.5              41.2  
   Oak/hickory                       32.3             158.4             190.7              14.6  
   Oak/gum/cypress                     .0               6.9               6.9             100.0  
   Elm/ash/red maple                   .0              12.0              12.0              70.6  
   Northern hardwoods                  .0              76.7              76.7              24.6  
   Aspen/birch                         .0                .4                .4             100.0  
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      All type groups                52.8             301.3             354.1               8.4  
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   Nonstocked                          .0               1.7               1.7             100.0  
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   All groups                        52.8             303.0             355.8               8.4  
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   SE                                34.2               9.9               8.4 
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  * National standard is Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group 
**  National standard is Pinyon/Juniper Group