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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