Table 45. Area of timberland by forest type, forest-type group, and stand-size
class, Southern Unit, West Virginia, 1989
(In thousands of acres)
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Stand-size class
Forest type _______________________________________ All
Saw- Pole- Sapling and Non- classes SE
timber timber seedling stocked
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Red pine .0 3.7 .0 .0 3.7 100.0
White pine 9.2 7.4 .0 2.9 19.5 46.9
Hemlock 18.7 .0 .0 .0 18.7 50.7
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White/red pine group 27.9 11.1 .0 2.9 41.9 32.7
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Virginia pine 18.5 10.0 4.7 .0 33.1 40.7
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Loblolly/shortleaf group 18.5 10.0 4.7 .0 33.1 40.7
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Wh. pine/no.red oak/wh. ash 9.0 .0 .0 .0 9.0 100.0
Eastern redcedar/hardwood .0 .0 4.5 .0 4.5 100.0
Shortleaf pine/oak 3.3 .0 .0 .0 3.3 100.0
Virginia pine/oak 15.9 19.1 .0 .0 35.0 36.9
Other oak/pine 4.8 6.1 .0 .0 10.9 71.3
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Oak/pine group 32.9 25.2 4.5 .0 62.5 29.3
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Post, black, or bear oak 4.4 .0 .0 .0 4.4 100.0
Chestnut oak 123.7 53.0 .0 2.6 179.3 16.0
White oak/red oak/hickory 187.5 69.3 13.5 .0 270.4 12.8
White oak 44.2 36.6 2.9 .0 83.7 24.4
Northern red oak 19.2 4.5 .0 .0 23.7 44.7
Y-poplar/wh. oak/no.red oak 74.9 32.6 .0 .0 107.5 21.3
Black locust .0 10.1 10.9 .0 21.1 42.2
Sweetgum/yellow-poplar .0 4.7 .0 .0 4.7 100.0
Yellow-poplar 50.3 67.3 5.0 2.6 125.2 19.5
Hawthorn/reverting field .0 .0 12.4 .0 12.4 59.5
Scarlet oak 11.2 10.5 .0 .0 21.7 52.6
Sassafras/persimmon 4.0 8.1 3.0 .0 15.2 50.7
Red maple/central hardwood 9.3 10.9 4.5 .0 24.7 44.8
Mixed central hardwoods 1,511.2 838.1 120.6 .0 2,469.9 2.8
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Oak/hickory group 2,040.0 1,145.7 172.9 5.1 3,363.7 1.8
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Black ash/Amer. elm/red maple .0 17.4 .0 .0 17.4 58.1
River birch/sycamore 15.3 .0 .0 .0 15.3 60.8
American elm/green ash .0 .0 3.7 .0 3.7 100.0
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Elm/ash/red maple group 15.3 17.4 3.7 .0 36.4 39.1
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Sugar maple/beech/yellow birch 296.2 49.1 10.7 .0 356.1 11.3
Black cherry .0 9.6 4.8 .0 14.4 56.9
Red maple/northern hardwoods 6.1 .0 2.7 .0 8.8 75.7
Pin cherry/reverting field .0 .0 4.0 .0 4.0 100.0
Mixed northern hardwoods 160.1 33.0 21.9 .0 215.1 15.0
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Northern hardwoods group 462.5 91.8 44.2 .0 598.5 8.4
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All forest types 2,597.1 1,301.2 229.9 8.0 4,136.2 .7
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SE 2.6 5.0 12.7 57.8 .7
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