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

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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 21. Area of urban land and average percent tree cover, by region, conterminous U.S.¹

	Urban area	Tree cover
	(Thousand ha)	(percent)
Region
Northeast	4,847	33.0
North Central	5,173	33.2
Southeast	4,641	33.7
South Central	6,593	24.1
Great Plains	2,778	17.4
Intermountain	471	19.2
Pacific Coast	3,531	15.8
Total	28,033	27.1
¹From Dwyer et al. (2000).

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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