Table 16. Number of growing-stock trees (5.0+ inches d.b.h.) on timberland by species and diameter class, West Virginia, 2000
(In thousands of trees)
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Diameter class (inches at breast height)
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5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- Total all SE
6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 29.0+ classes
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White spruce 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 100.0
Red spruce 2,516 1,507 1,028 1,144 596 590 328 243 146 0 8,098 26.8
Red pine 514 160 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 749 58.5
Pitch pine 2,700 1,317 1,256 1,061 820 181 144 85 32 0 7,595 20.9
Eastern white pine 7,483 4,932 2,761 1,598 1,360 1,045 627 382 386 147 20,722 12.9
Loblolly pine 393 106 0 32 0 36 0 0 0 0 567 44.3
Virginia pine 12,007 12,671 7,771 4,917 2,698 918 230 77 0 0 41,289 9.8
Other yellow pines 1,233 1,149 953 420 117 114 0 0 0 0 3,986 40.1
Eastern hemlock 13,191 7,876 3,603 2,664 1,773 1,094 528 357 647 67 31,800 10.5
Other softwoods 1,463 705 228 104 0 36 0 0 0 0 2,537 25.8
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Total softwoods 41,522 30,423 17,676 11,940 7,364 4,015 1,857 1,143 1,211 214 117,365 5.7
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Red maple 77,288 47,732 30,365 16,735 10,307 6,014 3,012 1,679 1,172 136 194,441 3.1
Sugar maple 51,553 34,122 20,131 10,979 6,957 4,195 2,532 1,153 1,699 279 133,601 3.7
Yellow birch 8,081 5,572 4,799 2,265 850 384 203 117 201 37 22,510 12.1
Hickory 43,906 32,445 23,493 13,192 7,722 5,053 1,935 854 801 0 129,400 3.6
American beech 22,233 13,547 7,449 4,827 3,870 2,419 2,047 859 2,012 257 59,519 5.7
White ash 13,602 10,089 5,998 3,858 2,595 1,833 1,052 551 534 79 40,190 5.8
Sweetgum 38 103 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 54.0
Yellow-poplar 28,065 23,749 19,947 18,139 16,774 11,209 6,785 4,206 5,077 281 134,234 3.9
Blackgum 13,996 5,221 2,712 1,164 914 627 384 413 111 0 25,543 6.6
Aspen 966 978 769 870 579 431 126 46 46 0 4,811 19.8
Black cherry 11,719 9,997 7,631 4,083 3,767 2,107 1,846 1,026 1,518 109 43,804 6.8
White oak 27,184 28,734 24,768 17,698 13,455 7,745 5,094 3,049 2,892 293 130,913 4.1
Northern red oak 12,104 11,006 10,637 9,407 8,501 6,445 5,313 3,377 5,828 763 73,381 4.2
Other white oaks 31,355 32,963 25,601 19,325 12,821 8,343 4,495 2,940 3,578 171 141,591 4.4
Other red oaks 17,580 17,000 16,473 13,027 9,702 7,584 4,857 1,670 2,790 353 91,036 4.6
American basswood 6,219 5,853 5,545 4,179 3,053 2,781 1,677 898 1,053 75 31,333 7.5
Elm 13,159 8,134 4,279 1,441 1,507 635 406 276 99 0 29,937 6.7
Other hardwoods 47,118 34,477 23,965 13,227 8,449 5,144 3,063 1,149 1,193 257 138,043 3.7
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Total hardwoods 426,167 321,722 234,562 154,455 111,823 72,949 44,827 24,263 30,604 3,092 1,424,466 1.1
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Total, all species 467,689 352,145 252,238 166,395 119,188 76,964 46,685 25,406 31,815 3,306 1,541,831 1.1
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SE 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.6 3.2 4.3 4.1 11.1 1.1
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