Table 36.  continued  
  
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                                                      Diameter class (inches at breast height)                                                                
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                                             15.0-         17.0-         19.0-         21.0-                       Total                                      
                                             16.9          18.9          20.9          28.9          29.0+          5.0+    All classes           SE          
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         Red spruce                             624           328           243           146             0         8,031        66,544          31.4  
         Red pine                                 0             0             0             0             0           233           750          75.6  
         Pitch pine                              78           110            85            32             0         4,947         7,802          37.7  
         Eastern white pine                     570           393           201           217           108        10,938        40,121          23.0  
         Loblolly pine                           36             0             0             0             0           246           713          76.8  
         Virginia pine                          113            41             0             0             0        18,180        37,160          20.5  
         Other yellow pines                     114             0             0             0             0         3,303         6,197          66.3  
         Eastern hemlock                        590           394           218           533            34        20,857        52,219          20.9  
         Other softwoods                          0             0             0             0             0         1,328         5,063          43.5  
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           Total softwoods                    2,125         1,266           746           927           142        68,063       216,569          12.2  
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         Red maple                            3,493         2,040         1,017           680            66        94,075       301,241           6.3  
         Sugar maple                          1,923         1,663           769         1,289           285        63,149       245,440           6.9  
         Yellow birch                           387           131            41           238            78        20,117        46,717          16.0  
         Hickory                              1,688           609           399           284             0        41,703        92,141           8.3  
         American beech                       1,265         1,049           384           665            67        33,542       174,124           9.6  
         White ash                              614           454           302           313             0        13,722        48,809          12.0  
         Yellow-poplar                        4,086         2,030         1,289         1,663            83        37,510        80,059          14.7  
         Blackgum                               233            78           162            75             0        11,400        85,147          14.5  
         Aspen                                  159             0             0             0             0         1,381         1,381          38.0  
         Black cherry                         1,535         1,411           808         1,159            81        27,141        80,909          14.8  
         White oak                            2,490         1,523           757           834           140        38,586        57,169           8.7  
         Northern red oak                     2,876         2,389         1,892         2,853           376        33,691        50,446           8.4  
         Other white oaks                     3,507         2,283         1,232         1,459            27        65,150        91,668           8.6  
         Other red oaks                       2,046         1,061           200           630            52        31,151        57,037          13.3  
         American basswood                    1,132           617           506           481            74        13,437        25,215          17.4  
         Elm                                    117            81            98            33             0         6,077        30,476          29.2  
         Other commercial hardwoods           2,447         1,471           323           718           137        60,830       200,808           6.6  
         Noncommercial hardwoods                276           159             0             0             0        33,227       316,046           6.6  
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           Total hardwoods                   30,275        19,050        10,181        13,375         1,469       625,892     1,984,836           2.5  
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         Total, all species                  32,400        20,317        10,927        14,303         1,611       693,955     2,201,405           2.5  
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         SE                                     4.0           4.9           7.0           6.1          16.2           1.7           2.5 
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