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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

West Virginia 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	11,799	11,850	11,900	10	10	10
Other forest land	27	27	27	0	0	0
Reserved timberland	116	148	181	7	7	7
TOTAL	11,942	12,025	12,108	17	17	17

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	127	128	129	0	0	0
Spruce-fir	48	55	63	1	1	1
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)	483	367	251	-23	-23	-23
Oak-pine	384	408	432	5	5	5
Oak-hickory	8,277	8,744	9,210	93	93	93
Oak-gum-cypress	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elm-ash-cottonwood	438	303	169	-27	-27	-27
Maple-beech-birch	2,123	1,975	1,826	-30	-30	-30
Aspen-birch	45	33	20	-2	-2	-2
Other forest types	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-stocked	17	13	9	-1	-1	-1
TOTAL	11,942	12,025	12,108	17	17	17

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	13.6	13.7	13.8	0.02	0.02	0.02
Spruce-fir	5.6	6.3	7.0	0.14	0.15	0.15
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	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Loblolly-shortleaf pine (natural)	25.1	19.8	14.6	-1.06	-1.04	-1.05
Oak-pine	23.4	25.0	26.6	0.32	0.32	0.32
Oak-hickory	679.5	746.9	815.3	13.48	13.68	13.58
Oak-gum-cypress	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Elm-ash-cottonwood	21.2	14.7	8.4	-1.31	-1.25	-1.28
Maple-beech-birch	222.1	210.3	199.1	-2.36	-2.24	-2.30
Aspen-birch	3.3	2.3	1.4	-0.19	-0.19	-0.19
Other forest types	7.3	7.3	8.1	0.00	0.15	0.08
Non-stocked	1.2	0.9	0.6	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06
TOTAL	1,002.1	1,047.1	1,094.8	8.99	9.55	9.27

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	297.6	340.9	384.3	8.66	8.67	8.66
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	97.6	97.4	97.2	-0.04	-0.04	-0.04
Soils	581.8	583.1	584.6	0.26	0.30	0.28
Wood products and landfills	25.1	25.6	28.7	0.10	0.62	0.36
TOTAL	1,002.1	1,047.1	1,094.8	8.99	9.55	9.27

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	100.4	101.7	103.4	0.26	0.34	0.30
Other Public	41.8	45.2	48.7	0.69	0.69	0.69
Forest Industry	93.3	88.0	82.8	-1.05	-1.05	-1.05
Other Private	766.7	812.1	859.9	9.09	9.57	9.33
TOTAL	1,002.1	1,047.1	1,094.8	8.99	9.55	9.27

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	0.0	0.3	0.00	0.06	0.03
Forest floor and coarse woody debris	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.01	-0.01	-0.01
Soils	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.01	0.02	0.00
Wood products and landfills	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.00
TOTAL	0.0	-0.1	0.2	-0.02	0.07	0.02

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