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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

Missouri 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	11,996	12,704	13,411	142	142	142
Other forest land	303	307	311	1	1	1
Reserved timberland	224	274	325	10	10	10
TOTAL	12,523	13,285	14,047	152	152	152

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	0	1	2	0	0	0
Spruce-fir	0	0	0	0	0	0
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	306	393	479	17	17	17
Oak-pine	664	817	970	31	31	31
Oak-hickory	9,567	10,175	10,783	122	122	122
Oak-gum-cypress	170	142	114	-6	-6	-6
Elm-ash-cottonwood	625	637	649	2	2	2
Maple-beech-birch	289	643	998	71	71	71
Aspen-birch	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other forest types	0	1	2	0	0	0
Non-stocked	903	476	49	-85	-85	-85
TOTAL	12,523	13,285	14,047	152	152	152

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	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.02	0.14	0.08
Spruce-fir	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Longleaf-slash pine (planted)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Longleaf-slash pine (natural)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (planted)	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.01	-0.01	-0.01
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	16.8	20.8	24.6	0.80	0.75	0.77
Oak-pine	47.1	55.1	63.3	1.61	1.63	1.62
Oak-hickory	712.3	740.3	769.2	5.61	5.78	5.69
Oak-gum-cypress	14.9	12.0	9.1	-0.58	-0.58	-0.58
Elm-ash-cottonwood	55.7	53.3	51.0	-0.48	-0.46	-0.47
Maple-beech-birch	22.4	41.8	60.9	3.88	3.82	3.85
Aspen-birch	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Other forest types	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.02	0.02	0.02
Non-stocked	50.8	26.9	2.2	-4.77	-4.95	-4.86
TOTAL	920.3	950.8	981.5	6.09	6.14	6.12

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	190.5	203.5	216.6	2.61	2.62	2.62
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	100.5	106.7	111.7	1.23	1.01	1.12
Soils	586.9	595.6	604.7	1.74	1.82	1.78
Wood products and landfills	42.4	45.0	48.5	0.52	0.70	0.61
TOTAL	920.3	950.8	981.5	6.09	6.14	6.12

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	106.0	108.6	110.6	0.51	0.40	0.45
Other Public	37.7	52.9	68.0	3.05	3.02	3.03
Forest Industry	18.6	17.5	16.5	-0.22	-0.20	-0.21
Other Private	758.0	771.8	786.4	2.76	2.93	2.84
TOTAL	920.3	950.8	981.5	6.09	6.14	6.12

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	0.9	4.7	0.18	0.75	0.47
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	0.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.05	-0.06	-0.06
Soils	0.0	-0.7	-1.5	-0.14	-0.17	-0.15
Wood products and landfills	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.04	0.04	0.04
TOTAL	0.0	0.2	2.9	0.03	0.55	0.29

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