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Carbon in United States Forests
and Wood Products, 1987-1997: State-by-State Estimates
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis
Average storage of carbon in the United States
by region, State, and forest-ecosystem component, 1987, in pounds
per acre.
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Forest-ecosystem component
|
| Region and State |
Total
|
Trees
|
Soil
|
Forest Floor
|
Understory
|
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|
|
|
|
|
| Southeast |
|
|
|
|
|
| Florida |
106,874
|
30,972
|
64,451
|
10,820
|
632
|
| Georgia |
120,349
|
45,098
|
63,477
|
10,853
|
920
|
| North Carolina |
141,438
|
62,489
|
67,548
|
10,126
|
1,275
|
| South Carolina |
126,612
|
50,125
|
64,317
|
11,147
|
1,023
|
| Virginia |
141,915
|
63,350
|
67,904
|
9,369
|
1,293
|
| Sub Total |
127,438
|
50,407
|
65,539
|
10,463
|
1,029
|
| South Central |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alabama |
115,947
|
41,730
|
59,940
|
13,425
|
852
|
| Arkansas |
123,931
|
49,504
|
62,650
|
10,767
|
1,010
|
| Kentucky |
152,083
|
65,151
|
75,262
|
10,340
|
1,330
|
| Louisiana |
128,032
|
54,090
|
60,679
|
12,159
|
1,104
|
| Mississippi |
123,410
|
49,581
|
61,611
|
11,208
|
1,012
|
| Oklahoma |
93,999
|
16,628
|
63,160
|
13,872
|
339
|
| Tennessee |
130,861
|
56,036
|
63,598
|
10,084
|
1,144
|
| Texas |
110,811
|
34,229
|
63,362
|
12,521
|
699
|
| Sub Total |
122,384
|
45,869
|
63,783
|
11,797
|
936
|
| Northeast and Mid-Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
|
| Connecticut |
185,460
|
58,306
|
108,897
|
17,066
|
1,190
|
| Delaware |
169,145
|
64,567
|
88,284
|
14,977
|
1,318
|
| Maine |
203,133
|
38,927
|
140,154
|
23,257
|
794
|
| Maryland |
184,613
|
72,274
|
95,064
|
15,800
|
1,475
|
| Massachusetts |
191,418
|
55,285
|
116,662
|
18,343
|
1,128
|
| New Hampshire |
210,188
|
55,056
|
132,580
|
21,428
|
1,124
|
| New Jersey |
142,628
|
38,281
|
89,650
|
13,916
|
781
|
| New York |
195,511
|
45,400
|
130,526
|
18,659
|
927
|
| Pennsylvania |
198,533
|
59,544
|
118,584
|
19,190
|
1,215
|
| Rhode Island |
161,262
|
45,534
|
99,309
|
15,490
|
929
|
| Vermont |
209,309
|
48,329
|
139,268
|
20,725
|
986
|
| West Virginia |
180,375
|
53,849
|
107,408
|
18,020
|
1,099
|
| Sub Total |
185,964
|
52,946
|
113,865
|
18,072
|
1,081
|
| North Central |
|
|
|
|
|
| Illinois |
186,965
|
58,275
|
109,133
|
18,368
|
1,189
|
| Indiana |
187,337
|
58,260
|
110,783
|
17,106
|
1,189
|
| Iowa |
168,789
|
42,130
|
108,272
|
17,527
|
860
|
| Michigan |
180,858
|
45,321
|
115,249
|
19,363
|
925
|
| Minnesota |
171,597
|
35,017
|
116,251
|
19,615
|
715
|
| Missouri |
154,557
|
32,860
|
103,327
|
17,699
|
671
|
| Ohio |
174,170
|
47,422
|
107,718
|
18,062
|
968
|
| Wisconsin |
176,630
|
42,625
|
114,324
|
18,811
|
870
|
| Sub Total |
175,113
|
45,239
|
110,632
|
18,319
|
923
|
| Great Plains |
|
|
|
|
|
| Kansas |
126,289
|
33,018
|
79,292
|
13,304
|
674
|
| Nebraska |
126,727
|
38,156
|
74,206
|
13,588
|
779
|
| North Dakota |
134,619
|
28,452
|
90,116
|
15,470
|
581
|
| South Dakota |
153,285
|
42,650
|
79,298
|
30,466
|
870
|
| Sub Total |
135,230
|
35,569
|
80,728
|
18,207
|
726
|
| Rocky Mountain |
|
|
|
|
|
| Arizona |
137,699
|
38,111
|
68,084
|
30,726
|
778
|
| Colorado |
153,172
|
38,546
|
70,973
|
42,867
|
787
|
| Idaho |
174,305
|
56,899
|
79,680
|
36,565
|
1,161
|
| Montana |
166,680
|
53,546
|
79,034
|
33,008
|
1,093
|
| Nevada |
160,131
|
35,867
|
67,700
|
55,832
|
732
|
| New Mexico |
128,318
|
28,245
|
67,964
|
31,533
|
576
|
| Utah |
152,688
|
32,885
|
70,591
|
48,541
|
671
|
| Wyoming |
154,252
|
39,950
|
78,464
|
35,022
|
815
|
| Sub Total |
153,406
|
40,506
|
72,811
|
39,262
|
827
|
| Pacific Coast |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alaska |
173,287
|
35,776
|
87,000
|
49,781
|
730
|
| California |
179,328
|
52,858
|
87,000
|
38,392
|
1,079
|
| Hawaii |
113,815
|
5,681
|
86,985
|
21,032
|
116
|
| Oregon |
197,560
|
69,522
|
87,112
|
39,507
|
1,419
|
| Washington |
207,610
|
82,532
|
87,234
|
36,160
|
1,684
|
| Sub Total |
174,320
|
49,274
|
87,066
|
36,974
|
1,006
|
| U.S. Total |
153,408
|
45,687
|
84,918
|
21,871
|
932
|
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Avg.
Carbon in Forests 1987
