Table 47.  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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  White spruce                               0               0               0               0               0              22             302           100.0  
  Red spruce                                 0               0               0               0               0             135             135            60.6  
  Red pine                                   0               0               0               0               0             516           1,360            85.9  
  Pitch pine                                67              34               0               0               0           2,226           3,649            48.3  
  Eastern white pine                       294             234             181             281              39           8,161          31,293            20.0  
  Virginia pine                             74               0              34               0               0           7,082           8,847            27.5  
  Other yellow pines                         0               0               0               0               0             471           1,809            59.5  
  Eastern hemlock                          610             134             149             115              33          12,922          58,325            19.7  
  Other softwoods                            0               0               0               0               0           1,462           3,538            52.5  
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    Total softwoods                      1,046             403             363             395              72          32,998         109,259            12.8  
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  Red maple                              1,684             922             428             472              76          66,559         344,831             5.5  
  Sugar maple                            1,519             585             428             323              75          36,371         240,707             7.1  
  Yellow birch                              38              72              76               0              34           3,701          10,983            25.7  
  Hickory                                2,099             725             286             331               0          40,476          84,987             7.5  
  American beech                         1,035             639             613           1,233             258          21,326         129,419             8.6  
  White ash                                350             328              38             107              39          10,535          43,783            13.6  
  Sweetgum                                   0               0               0               0               0             144             144            62.7  
  Yellow-poplar                          4,515           3,015           1,746           2,101             109          63,139         143,203             7.5  
  Blackgum                                 400             222             254             146               0           7,318          68,285            11.3  
  Aspen                                      0               0               0               0               0             148             708            80.8  
  Black cherry                             406             226             169              99               0           9,403          37,977            16.7  
  White oak                              2,399           1,809             865           1,015              34          45,184          60,862             8.3  
  Northern red oak                       2,172           1,881           1,027           2,167             152          27,320          56,291             9.4  
  Other white oaks                       2,658           1,635           1,165           1,883             107          54,851          89,939             8.8  
  Other red oaks                         2,790           2,432             881             977              38          37,412          57,501            10.5  
  American basswood                      1,510             779             360             590              38          15,291          44,447            19.7  
  Elm                                      114              76              37               0               0           5,012          27,130            18.0  
  Other commercial hardwoods             1,827           1,020             529             283              43          64,820         277,504             6.1  
  Noncommercial hardwoods                  313             112              34             145               0          35,055         402,011             5.9  
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    Total hardwoods                     25,829          16,478           8,936          11,874           1,003         544,066       2,120,714             2.5  
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  Total, all species                    26,875          16,881           9,299          12,269           1,075         577,064       2,229,973             2.5  
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  SE                                       4.3             5.6             6.9             6.2            18.8             1.7             2.5 
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