Table 13.  Number of standing dead trees (5.0+ inches d.b.h.) on timberland by species, condition class, and diameter class,  
                       West Virginia, 2000 
  
                                                             (In thousands of trees) 
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                                    5.0-      11.0-                             5.0-      11.0-                            Total          SE    
                                   10.9       14.9        15+       Total      10.9       14.9        15+       Total    all trees              
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   Red spruce                          589        123         44        756        485          0        190        675      1,430       33.3  
   Red pine                             67          0          0         67        109          0          0        109        175       79.7  
   Pitch pine                           39         69          0        108        887        383        108      1,378      1,486       24.2  
   Eastern white pine                1,019         41         61      1,121      1,741        190        111      2,042      3,163       25.3  
   Loblolly pine                        32          0          0         32          0          0          0          0         32      100.0  
   Virginia pine                     3,539        426          0      3,965      5,929        729        176      6,833     10,799       12.2  
   Other yellow pines                  304        149          0        453        464        174          0        638      1,092       26.0  
   Eastern hemlock                     183         69          0        252        870         99         33      1,002      1,255       34.0  
   Other softwoods                      32          0          0         32         32          0          0         32         63       69.8  
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     Total softwoods                 5,804        876        105      6,785     10,516      1,575        619     12,710     19,496        8.8  
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   Red maple                         1,547        103          0      1,650      4,116        220        257      4,594      6,244        9.1  
   Sugar maple                         578        108         73        759      2,964        439        485      3,889      4,648       10.8  
   Yellow birch                        576         41         78        695      4,400        632        201      5,233      5,928       15.9  
   Hickory                             915        295         38      1,248      2,455        580        520      3,554      4,802       11.3  
   American beech                      821        245        259      1,325      2,096      1,271      1,054      4,421      5,746       14.4  
   White ash                           569        108         34        711      1,485        463         85      2,034      2,745       13.6  
   Sweetgum                             34          0          0         34         38          0          0         38         72       70.8  
   Yellow-poplar                     1,317        141          0      1,458      3,874        501        131      4,506      5,964        9.5  
   Blackgum                            214          0         38        252        297        117          0        414        666       23.6  
   Aspen                                 0          0          0          0        479        216          0        695        695       33.1  
   Black cherry                      1,309        178          0      1,487      1,918        114        122      2,154      3,641       17.6  
   White oak                         2,283        254        189      2,726      6,671        392        321      7,383     10,110        7.9  
   Northern red oak                  1,626        169        241      2,036      1,750        309        548      2,606      4,642        9.9  
   Other white oaks                  2,687      1,069        220      3,977      6,078        842        731      7,650     11,627       10.0  
   Other red oaks                    2,048        352        189      2,590      4,145        712        317      5,173      7,763        8.3  
   American basswood                   175          0         37        213        552        216        117        885      1,098       21.8  
   Elm                               2,300        338        159      2,797      1,708        223        101      2,032      4,829       11.8  
   Other commercial hardwoods       13,767      1,727        490     15,984     20,642      2,349      1,301     24,292     40,277        4.7  
   Noncommercial hardwoods           8,318        346         40      8,705     18,603      1,195        758     20,557     29,261        6.3  
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     Total hardwoods                41,088      5,473      2,087     48,648     84,271     10,793      7,047    102,111    150,759        2.6  
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   Total, all species               46,892      6,350      2,192     55,433     94,788     12,368      7,666    114,821    170,255        2.5  
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   SE                                  4.0        9.9       13.5        3.8        2.9        6.1        7.7        2.7        2.5 
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