Table 4.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and ownership class, West Virginia, 2000 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                        Ownership class                                           
     Forest-type         ______________________________________________       All                  
         group             National      Other      Forest       Other      classes         SE    
                            Forest      public     industry     private                           
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   White/red pine              30.7         5.9          .0       106.1       142.6        19.1  
   Spruce/fir                  16.2         7.4          .0          .0        23.6        48.6  
   Loblolly/shortleaf          15.5         7.7        23.2       132.8       179.2        16.1  
   Oak/pine                    17.4        18.0        22.2       259.4       317.0        12.5  
   Oak/hickory                463.0       304.2       677.8     6,972.8     8,417.9         1.5  
   Elm/ash/red maple            6.6        17.0        23.7       266.6       313.9        12.6  
   Northern hardwoods         430.8        62.1       347.9     1,552.8     2,393.6         4.2  
   Aspen/birch                   .0          .0          .0         9.2         9.2        72.1  
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   Total, all groups          980.2       422.2     1,094.8     9,299.8    11,797.0          .6  
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   SE                           6.4        11.9         6.7         1.2          .6 
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       Table 5.  Area of timberland by ownership and stand-size classes, West Virginia, 2000 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                         Stand-size class                                         
     Ownership class      ______________________________________________       All                 
                              Saw-        Pole-   Sapling and     Non-       classes         SE   
                             timber      timber     seedling     stocked                          
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  National Forest              745.7       192.2        34.3         8.0       980.2         6.4  
  Other federal                 72.3        22.3        12.4          .0       107.0        24.0  
  State                        121.2        27.8        15.8          .0       164.8        18.8  
  County and municipal          37.7        14.4         7.5          .0        59.6        34.1  
  Inter-governmental            17.4          .0          .0          .0        17.4        57.7  
  State Forest                  49.0        24.4          .0          .0        73.4        28.9  
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  Forest industry              785.4       165.5       132.0        11.9     1,094.8         6.7  
  Farmer                       376.3       171.3        55.7         4.2       607.6         8.9  
  Misc. : corporate          1,490.8       469.8       169.6         4.6     2,134.8         4.2  
        : individual         4,195.1     1,463.4       449.0        54.5     6,162.0         2.1  
        : other                306.0        85.0         3.3         1.2       395.4        11.6  
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  Total, all ownerships      8,196.9     2,636.2       879.6        84.3    11,797.0          .6  
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  SE                             1.5         4.0         7.2        22.0          .6 
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