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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

Georgia Estimate for 1987-1997

Table 1. Area by land class (1000 ac).
Land class	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Timberland	23,660	23,728	23,796	14	14	14
Other forest land	18	20	22	0	0	0
Reserved timberland	509	552	595	9	9	9
TOTAL	24,187	24,300	24,413	23	23	23

Table 2. Area of forest land by forest type (1000 ac).
Forest type	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
White-red-jack pine	85	98	111	3	3	3
Spruce-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	2,172	2,154	2,137	-4	-4	-4
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	2,488	1,941	1,395	-109	-109	-109
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	1,435	2,719	4,003	257	257	257
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	5,258	4,252	3,246	-201	-201	-201
Oak-pine	2,916	3,307	3,698	78	78	78
Oak-hickory	5,541	5,604	5,667	13	13	13
Oak-gum-cypress	3,153	3,534	3,915	76	76	76
Elm-ash-cottonwood	455	347	240	-21	-21	-21
Maple-beech-birch	0	1	1	0	0	0
Aspen-birch	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other forest types	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-stocked	686	343	0	-69	-69	-69
TOTAL	24,187	24,300	24,413	23	23	23

Table 3. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by forest type (MMTC).
Forest type	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
White-red-jack pine	9.4	11.4	13.3	0.40	0.38	0.39
Spruce-fir	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	117.2	115.9	114.4	-0.26	-0.30	-0.28
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	142.9	117.8	91.7	-5.02	-5.21	-5.12
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	90.0	152.5	216.2	12.51	12.74	12.63
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	315.7	278.0	240.2	-7.53	-7.57	-7.55
Oak-pine	177.1	210.2	244.5	6.61	6.85	6.73
Oak-hickory	375.6	393.1	411.2	3.50	3.61	3.56
Oak-gum-cypress	229.8	252.3	276.0	4.49	4.75	4.62
Elm-ash-cottonwood	33.6	25.0	16.5	-1.71	-1.70	-1.71
Maple-beech-birch	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01	0.01
Aspen-birch	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Other forest types	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Non-stocked	23.3	11.7	0.0	-2.32	-2.33	-2.33
TOTAL	1,514.5	1,567.9	1,624.1	10.68	11.24	10.96

Table 4. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by accounting component (MMTC).
Accounting component	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Biomass	504.9	519.4	534.0	2.90	2.91	2.91
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	119.1	128.4	136.7	1.86	1.67	1.76
Soils	696.4	704.4	711.1	1.59	1.34	1.47
Wood products and landfills	194.1	215.8	242.4	4.33	5.31	4.82
TOTAL	1,514.5	1,567.9	1,624.1	10.68	11.24	10.96

Table 5. Total carbon stock on forest land and annual change by owner (MMTC).
Owner group	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
National Forest	58.1	62.0	64.9	0.78	0.59	0.68
Other Public	83.6	92.4	103.0	1.76	2.11	1.93
Forest Industry	301.7	295.4	289.1	-1.26	-1.25	-1.26
Other Private	1,071.1	1,118.1	1,167.1	9.41	9.79	9.60
TOTAL	1,514.5	1,567.9	1,624.1	10.68	11.24	10.96

Table 6. Change in total carbon stock on forest land attributed to land use change (MMTC).
Accounting component	1987	1992	1997	Average Annual Change
				1987-1992	1992-1997	1987-1997
Biomass	0.0	-5.2	-7.4	-1.04	-0.44	-0.74
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	0.0	-1.4	-2.9	-0.29	-0.30	-0.29
Soils	0.0	-3.4	-6.2	-0.69	-0.56	-0.62
Wood products and landfills	0.0	3.4	7.4	0.68	0.80	0.74
TOTAL	0.0	-6.7	-9.2	-1.33	-0.50	-0.92

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