Table 8.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all live  
                      trees, West Virginia, 1989 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                          Stocking class                                          
      Forest-type        _________________________________________________     All                 
          group                      Poorly  Moderately   Fully     Over-    classes       SE     
                         Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                        
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    White/red pine             2.9      12.6      18.8      60.6      11.1     106.0      22.9  
    Spruce/fir                  .0       3.9       9.7      16.7        .0      30.4      49.6  
    Loblolly/shortleaf         5.3      32.0     110.8      80.9       3.1     232.1      14.9  
    Oak/pine                    .0      29.1     163.0     141.6       6.9     340.6      12.0  
    Oak/hickory                5.1     512.9   2,946.7   5,002.5     399.4   8,866.8       1.3  
    Elm/ash/red maple          6.2      32.2     113.8      97.5       3.5     253.3      13.5  
    Northern hardwoods          .0      71.0     522.0   1,245.9     222.1   2,061.0       4.4  
    Aspen/birch                 .0      10.4       4.5        .0        .0      14.8      59.1  
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    Total, all groups         19.5     704.2   3,889.2   6,646.0     646.2  11,905.1        .5  
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    SE                        48.1       8.5       2.9       1.8       8.4        .5 
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           Table 9.  Area of timberland by forest-type group and stocking class of all  
                       live trees, West Virginia, 2000 
  
                                      (In thousands of acres) 
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                                          Stocking class                                          
      Forest-type        _________________________________________________     All                 
          group                      Poorly  Moderately   Fully     Over-    classes       SE     
                         Nonstocked  stocked   stocked   stocked   stocked                        
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    White/red pine             3.3      14.6      41.5      73.2      10.0     142.6      19.1  
    Spruce/fir                  .0       4.9        .0      17.6       1.1      23.6      48.6  
    Loblolly/shortleaf         1.1      29.1      55.5      90.5       3.0     179.2      16.1  
    Oak/pine                    .0      22.2     145.3     140.0       9.4     317.0      12.5  
    Oak/hickory               54.2     522.2   2,844.9   4,637.8     358.9   8,417.9       1.5  
    Elm/ash/red maple         16.6      44.7     156.2      86.8       9.6     313.9      12.6  
    Northern hardwoods         9.0     204.0     734.4   1,277.3     168.9   2,393.6       4.2  
    Aspen/birch                 .0       5.5        .0       3.7        .0       9.2      72.1  
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    Total, all groups         84.3     847.1   3,977.8   6,326.8     561.0  11,797.0        .6  
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    SE                        22.0       7.7       3.1       2.1       9.0        .6 
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