Table 57.  Area of timberland by forest type, forest-type group, and stand-size  
                      class, Northwestern Unit, West Virginia, 2000 
  
                                      (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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   White pine                             4.1        .0        .0        .0       4.1     100.0  
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     White/red pine group                 4.1        .0        .0        .0       4.1     100.0  
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   Virginia pine                         32.9      11.9       3.1        .0      47.9      30.4  
   Eastern redcedar                       1.3        .0        .0        .0       1.3     100.0  
   Pitch pine                             1.1        .0       1.8        .0       2.8      73.0  
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     Loblolly/shortleaf group            35.2      11.9       4.9        .0      52.1      28.4  
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   Shortleaf pine/oak                      .0        .0       6.6        .0       6.6     100.0  
   Virginia pine/oak                     91.6      28.0      13.3        .0     132.8      19.9  
   Other oak/pine                         4.3        .0       2.1        .0       6.5      57.7  
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     Oak/pine group                      95.9      28.0      22.0        .0     145.9      18.9  
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   Post, black, or bear oak               9.3       3.8       5.9        .0      19.0      43.6  
   Chestnut oak                          47.7      10.6        .0        .0      58.3      28.0  
   White oak/red oak/hickory            325.9     103.5       1.2        .0     430.5      10.8  
   White oak                            167.2      40.8        .0        .0     207.9      15.2  
   Northern red oak                      19.2        .0        .0        .0      19.2      49.2  
   Y-poplar/wh. oak/no.red oak           48.8       6.5        .0        .0      55.2      33.6  
   Black locust                           2.6      15.7      14.5       7.7      40.5      34.9  
   Black walnut                            .0       6.4        .0        .0       6.4     100.0  
   Yellow-poplar                         46.1      19.8        .0       5.2      71.2      27.0  
   Hawthorn/reverting field                .0        .0      13.4       1.3      14.7      46.6  
   Scarlet oak                           11.1        .0        .0        .0      11.1      63.1  
   Sassafras/persimmon                     .0      13.4       6.8       1.5      21.6      47.2  
   Red maple/central hardwood            15.5      18.0       3.7        .0      37.2      35.6  
   Mixed central hardwoods            1,189.8     301.7      62.1        .0   1,553.6       4.5  
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     Oak/hickory group                1,883.2     540.1     107.6      15.7   2,546.5       2.5  
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   Black ash/Amer. elm/red maple         60.5      13.3      10.8        .0      84.6      24.1  
   Red maple(upland)                       .0       5.7        .0        .0       5.7      76.9  
   River birch/sycamore                  36.8      11.0        .0        .0      47.9      32.9  
   Sycamore/pecan/American elm           30.3        .0        .0        .0      30.3      44.6  
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     Elm/ash/red maple group            127.6      30.1      10.8        .0     168.5      17.3  
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   Sugar maple/beech/yellow birch       203.9      19.6       8.7        .0     232.1      14.9  
   Black cherry                          30.0      11.0       2.8        .0      43.8      31.1  
   Red maple/northern hardwoods           3.1      16.2      12.6        .0      31.8      42.0  
   Pin cherry/reverting field              .0        .0       6.0        .0       6.0      84.4  
   Mixed northern hardwoods              59.3      24.3       4.6        .0      88.2      24.4  
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     Northern hardwoods group           296.3      71.1      34.5        .0     401.9      10.7  
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   All forest types                   2,442.3     681.2     179.8      15.7   3,319.0       1.2  
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   SE                                     2.6       8.1      15.4      60.3       1.2 
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