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The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Metric Unit Data

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Chapter 2: Current and Historical Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands-Metric Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

Table 11. Area of forest land by forest type and forest class, Alaska, 1997¹.

		Reserved	Other
	Timberland	forest	forest	Total
	(Million ha)
Forest type
White spruce	1.3	0.5	14.6	16.4
Black spruce	0.1	0.8	24.7	25.5
Hemlock-Sitka spruce	1.9	1.6	1.5	5.1
Lodgepole pine	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pinyon-juniper	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.8
Other hardwoods	1.7	0.0	1.7	3.4
Non-stocked	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4
Total	5.0	4.0	42.6	51.5
¹ From Smith et al. 2001.

Users of these tables are kindly requested to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical Trends in Use,
Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble, John et al. (eds.),
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.

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