Table 29. Net volume of sawtimber trees on timberland by species and diameter class, West Virginia, 1989
(In millions of board feet)
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Diameter class (inches at breast height)
Species group _______________________________________________________________________________________ All
9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- classes SE
10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 29.0+
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Balsam fir 1.2 2.7 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 3.9 100.0
Red spruce 56.2 86.2 129.7 169.4 120.7 74.4 46.8 .0 683.4 29.4
Red pine 17.7 15.0 1.4 .0 3.1 .0 .0 .0 37.1 68.0
Pitch pine 69.2 69.1 73.2 40.8 8.1 12.7 .0 .0 273.1 16.8
Eastern white pine 81.7 130.9 134.4 132.8 110.2 87.4 189.3 15.9 882.6 15.7
Virginia pine 375.7 297.9 171.5 60.5 26.4 9.7 .0 .0 941.8 9.0
Other yellow pines 28.5 32.6 24.7 16.5 5.4 .0 .0 .0 107.6 22.8
Eastern hemlock 89.3 136.7 142.2 149.6 122.7 158.4 225.0 62.7 1,086.7 11.4
Other softwoods 1.3 .0 3.6 .0 1.4 .0 .0 .0 6.3 50.6
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Total softwoods 720.8 771.1 680.9 569.6 397.8 342.5 461.1 78.6 4,022.4 7.2
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Red maple .0 901.1 835.7 678.6 425.5 230.9 385.7 38.9 3,496.3 5.2
Sugar maple .0 649.7 674.1 481.6 366.1 266.3 466.9 78.1 2,982.8 6.1
Yellow birch .0 108.7 65.3 42.4 24.8 20.4 80.2 19.9 361.6 17.2
Hickory .0 986.2 858.5 694.2 413.0 282.6 245.2 16.5 3,496.1 4.4
American beech .0 454.3 498.7 445.1 480.4 409.6 744.8 146.5 3,179.3 6.4
White ash .0 269.8 287.8 337.2 194.5 95.0 170.2 17.0 1,371.5 6.8
Sweetgum .0 6.3 6.2 2.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 14.5 53.1
Yellow-poplar .0 1,889.6 2,303.4 2,355.7 1,958.0 1,278.8 1,475.6 166.3 11,427.3 3.9
Blackgum .0 69.8 107.7 102.6 73.2 63.8 96.5 5.4 519.0 8.2
Aspen .0 39.8 26.1 24.4 13.1 7.2 .0 .0 110.6 22.2
Black cherry .0 383.8 403.5 454.0 414.1 257.6 390.5 41.1 2,344.6 8.9
White oak .0 1,030.3 1,210.8 1,053.2 736.6 527.9 770.1 219.1 5,548.0 4.0
Northern red oak .0 724.4 931.7 900.8 902.2 764.3 1,510.6 406.2 6,140.1 4.1
Other white oaks .0 1,050.1 1,078.0 954.4 667.0 567.3 922.1 144.7 5,383.5 4.2
Other red oaks .0 941.0 1,092.8 1,088.1 803.6 671.8 1,051.0 188.8 5,837.2 4.0
American basswood .0 376.9 453.3 452.5 304.2 229.8 241.7 40.8 2,099.3 7.7
Elm .0 104.3 121.4 73.2 79.0 36.9 65.3 3.0 483.0 10.4
Other hardwoods .0 885.2 852.1 697.6 485.9 286.5 298.1 89.4 3,594.9 4.5
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Total hardwoods .0 10,871.2 11,807.1 10,837.4 8,341.2 5,996.7 8,914.5 1,621.5 58,389.8 1.4
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Total, all species 720.8 11,642.3 12,487.9 11,407.0 8,739.1 6,339.3 9,375.6 1,700.1 62,412.1 1.3
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SE 7.6 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 6.2 1.3
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