Table 3.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stand-size class, Rhode Island, 2005 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                        Stand-size class                                          
      Forest-type       _______________________________________________       All                  
          group             Saw-        Pole-   Sapling and     Non-        classes         SE    
                            timber      timber     seedling     stocked                           
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   White/red pine              15.3          .0          .0          .0        15.3        63.7  
   Pitch pine*                  6.7         5.2          .0          .0        11.8        70.5  
   Eastern redcedar**           1.7          .0          .0          .0         1.7       100.0  
   Oak/pine                    28.2         8.6         1.7          .0        38.5        41.2  
   Oak/hickory                114.6        70.8         5.2          .0       190.7        14.6  
   Oak/gum/cypress               .0         6.9          .0          .0         6.9       100.0  
   Elm/ash/red maple             .0         6.9          .0          .0         6.9       100.0  
   Northern hardwoods          55.4         7.7        13.6          .0        76.7        24.6  
   Aspen/birch                   .0          .4          .0          .0          .4       100.0  
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      All type groups         222.0       106.4        20.5          .0       348.9         8.5  
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   Nonstocked                    .0          .0          .0         1.7         1.7       100.0  
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   All groups                 222.0       106.4        20.5         1.7       350.6         8.4  
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   SE                          12.8        21.5        49.7       100.0         8.4 
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  * National standard is Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group 
**  National standard is Pinyon/Juniper Group