Table 58.  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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  Atlantic white-cedar                       0               0               0               0               0              36              36           100.0  
  Pitch pine                                35               0               0               0               0             856           3,844            43.2  
  Eastern white pine                       181               0               0              43               0           2,150           6,455            37.4  
  Loblolly pine                              0               0               0               0               0             321           2,048            58.4  
  Virginia pine                            731             251              43               0               0          18,421          34,154            16.9  
  Other yellow pines                         0               0               0               0               0             382           4,597            51.8  
  Eastern hemlock                            0               0              27               0               0             433           1,365            71.0  
  Other softwoods                           73               0               0               0               0             525           1,907            44.2  
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    Total softwoods                      1,021             251              70              43               0          23,125          54,407            13.0  
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  Red maple                              1,274             336             313             201              27          44,817         229,482             7.4  
  Sugar maple                              979             465             270             408              48          41,954         215,888             7.6  
  Yellow birch                               0               0               0               0               0              81             605            87.7  
  Hickory                                1,381             815             208             264               0          51,240         109,520             7.4  
  American beech                           633             788             118             562              42          12,296          71,849            11.4  
  White ash                                978             418             251             207              40          18,533          58,931            10.8  
  Sweetgum                                   0               0               0               0               0              36              36           100.0  
  Yellow-poplar                          2,679           1,777           1,234           1,576             115          36,340          64,965             9.0  
  Blackgum                                  31              85              31               0               0           7,967          54,879            11.5  
  Aspen                                    272             126              46              46               0           3,431           6,347            25.9  
  Black cherry                             407             339              85             402              27          11,111          41,987            18.1  
  White oak                              2,974           1,974           1,507           1,249             201          50,557          66,448             7.3  
  Northern red oak                       1,585           1,197             581           1,085             273          14,791          32,253            12.9  
  Other white oaks                       2,550           1,026             845             696              73          27,484          36,401            10.3  
  Other red oaks                         2,929           1,440             631           1,500             263          25,932          47,687            10.1  
  American basswood                        181             354              69              60               0           4,010           7,334            24.5  
  Elm                                      501             318             169              66               0          20,971          69,597            10.1  
  Other commercial hardwoods             1,797           1,069             485             523             117          35,722         164,169             6.3  
  Noncommercial hardwoods                  186              69              92              27               0          26,434         279,414             6.7  
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    Total hardwoods                     21,339          12,597           6,935           8,874           1,229         433,707       1,557,793             2.5  
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  Total, all species                    22,360          12,848           7,005           8,917           1,229         456,832       1,612,200             2.5  
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  SE                                       4.6             5.7             7.6             8.6            18.7             1.7             2.5 
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