Forest Statistics for

Alabama, 2000

Andrew J. Hartsell and Mark J. Brown

United States

Department of

Agriculture

Forest Service

Southern

Research Station

Resource Bulletin

SRS–67

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January 2002

Southern Research Station

P.O. Box 2680

Asheville, NC 28802

The Authors:

Andrew J. Hartsell is a Research Forester with

the Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work Unit,

Southern Research Station, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Forest Service, Starkville, MS 39760.

Mark J. Brown is a Forester with the Forest Inventory

and Analysis Research Work Unit, Southern Research

Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,

Asheville, NC 28802.
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Foreword

This report highlights the principal findings of the seventh forest survey of Alabama. Field work began in May 1997 and was

completed in April 2001. Six previous surveys, completed in 1936, 1953, 1963, 1972, 1982, and 1990, provide statistics for

measuring changes and trends over the past 64 years. This report primarily emphasizes changes and trends since 1990.

Periodic surveys of forest resources are authorized by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978.

These surveys are a continuing, nationwide undertaking by the regional experiment stations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Inventories of the 13 Southern States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,

Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) and the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico are conducted by the Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work Unit, operating from its

headquarters in Knoxville, TN, and offices in Asheville, NC, and Starkville, MS. The primary objective of these surveys is to

periodically inventory and evaluate all forest and related resources. These multiresource data help provide a basis for formulating forest policies and programs and for the orderly development and use of the resources. This report discusses the extent and

condition of forest land, associated timber volumes, and rates of timber growth, mortality, and removals.

Additional information about any aspect of this survey may be obtained from:

USDA Forest Service

Southern Research Station

Forest Inventory and Analysis

4700 Old Kingston Pike

Knoxville, TN 37919

Telephone: 865–862–2000

Acknowledgments

The Southern Research Station gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and excellent assistance provided by the Alabama

Forestry Commission in the collection of field data. The research was made possible through the collaboration of USDA Forest

Service, FIA personnel (including those in Data Collection, Data Compilation, Analysis, and Publication Management). We

also appreciate the cooperation of other public agencies and private landowners in providing access to measurement plots.
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Highlights.................................................................................................................................................... 1

Inventory Methods...................................................................................................................................... 2

Statistical Reliability .................................................................................................................................. 3

Definitions................................................................................................................................................... 6

Metric Equivalents...................................................................................................................................... 10

Graphs ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Cross Reference of Eastern Core Tables ................................................................................................... 16

Index of Tables............................................................................................................................................ 16

 Tables 1–49a .............................................................................................................................................. 18

a All tables in this report are available in Microsoft® Excel workbook files. Upon request, these files will be supplied

on 31⁄2-inch diskettes.

 The use of trade or firm names in this publication is for reader information and does not imply endorsement

by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of any product or service.

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Contents
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Figure 1—Forest survey regions in Alabama.

Lauderdale Limestone

Madison Jackson

Colbert

Franklin Lawrence

Morgan

Marshall De Kalb

Marion Winston Cullman

Blount Etowah Cherokee

Lamar

Fayette

Walker

Jefferson

St. Clair Calhoun Cleburne

Shelby Talladega

Clay

Randolph

Pickens

Greene Bibb

Hale

Perry

Dallas

Chilton

Coosa Tallapoosa

Chambers

Autauga

Elmore Lee

Sumter

Marengo

Wilcox Choctaw

Clarke Monroe

LowndesMontgomery

Macon

Russell

Bullock

Barbour

Butler Crenshaw

Pike

Covington

Coffee Dale Henry

Geneva Houston

Conecuh Washington

Baldwin

Mobile

Escambia

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Tuscaloosa

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Forest Statistics for

Alabama, 2000

Andrew J. Hartsell and Mark J. Brown

Highlights

This report summarizes the results from a 2000 inventory of

the forest resources of the State of Alabama (fig. 1). Current

estimates of forest area, timberland area, timber volume,

and related classifications such as ownership and forest type

are presented. While comparisons are made with values

from the previous inventory, methods for determining

several key attributes such as volume, stocking, forest type,

stand-size class, and site class have changed. The inventory

plot design has changed since the previous survey. Changes

in methods and plot design were made to increase consistency among Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work

Units (FIA). For comparisons in this report, growing stock

and sawtimber volumes from the previous inventory have

been recomputed using current methods.

Resource data are presented in 49 tables and 9 graphs. A

summary of major findings follows.

Timberland area—The area classified as timberland in

Alabama has increased 4.5 percent since 1990 to 22.9

million acres. Seven hundred and three thousand acres were

diverted from timberland to other land uses, while 1.7

million acres were added from previously nonforest land

uses, resulting in a net addition of 994,000 acres. Most of

the diverted timberland was cleared for agriculture and

urban-related land uses, with agriculture accounting for 32

percent and urban-related land uses representing 68 percent.

Timberland covered 71 percent of the land area in Alabama.

Ownership—Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) ownership

increased 12 percent to 18.0 million acres. Within the NIPF

group, corporate ownership increased 41 percent to 2.6

million acres and ownership by individuals increased 9

percent to 15.4 million acres. NIPF owners controlled 78

percent of the timberland in Alabama. Timberland owned by

forest industry decreased 22 percent to 3.7 million acres.

Public agencies controlled 1.2 million acres, or 5 percent of

total timberland.

Forest type—Forest stands classified as hardwood forest

types accounted for 46 percent of the timberland area. The

area of hardwood stands increased 7 percent since 1990.

The area of softwood stands rose 9 percent to 8.1 million

acres, or 35 percent of the timberland area. The area of oakpine stands decreased 7 percent to 4.2 million acres.

Loblolly pine stands experienced a 21-percent increase

during this time and accounted for 6.4 million acres of

timberland across the State. Planted stands accounted for 24

percent of the timberland in 2000 compared to 18 percent in

1990.

Stand treatment—Harvesting and regeneration have been

the predominant treatment and management activities in the

timberland of the region since 1990. Final harvest occurred

on 451,400 acres annually. Twenty-nine percent of these

harvests were from oak-pine stands, 24 percent from upland

hardwood stands, 25 percent from natural pine stands, 6

percent from lowland hardwood stands, and 16 percent from

pine plantations. Reforestation and afforestation combined

averaged 651,000 acres annually.

Softwood volume—Volume of softwood growing stock

increased 9 percent to 12.7 billion cubic feet between 1990

and 2000. Softwood growing-stock volume increased 23

percent on public lands to 1.08 billion cubic feet and

increased by 22 percent to 9.2 billion cubic feet on NIPF

lands. Driven by the reduction in landholdings in the State,

softwood volume on forest industry lands decreased 26

percent to 2.4 billion cubic feet. Loblolly pine was the

predominate species at 8.6 billion cubic feet, an increase of

25 percent since 1990. Planted stands accounted for 35

percent of softwood inventory in 2000. The inventory of

softwood sawtimber totaled about 44 billion board feet, an

increase of 5 percent since 1990.

Hardwood volume—Volume of hardwood growing stock

increased 17 percent to 15.2 billion cubic feet. Hardwood

growing-stock volume increased 31 percent on public lands

to 1.2 billion cubic feet, 25 percent on NIPF lands to 12.5

billion cubic feet, and decreased 31 percent on forest

industry land to 1.4 billion cubic feet. Other red oaks were

the predominate species group with 3.5 billion cubic feet.

The inventory of hardwood sawtimber increased 33 percent

to 45.7 billion board feet.
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Growth—Net annual growth of softwood growing stock

averaged 884 million cubic feet, an increase of 34 percent

since the previous survey period. Softwood growth increased 91 percent on public lands, 36 percent on NIPF

lands, and 25 percent on forest industry land. Planted stands

accounted for half of the softwood growth.

Net annual growth of hardwood growing stock averaged

596 million cubic feet, an increase of 5 percent since the

previous survey period. Hardwood growth increased 25

percent on public lands, and increased 12 percent on NIPF

lands, but decreased 35 percent on forest industry lands.

Removals—Annual removals of softwood growing stock

averaged 890 million cubic feet, an increase of 24 percent

since the previous survey period. Sixty-seven percent of the

softwood removals were from NIPF land, 30 percent from

forest industry land, and 3 percent from public lands.

Softwood removals exceeded softwood growth by 0.7

percent. Planted stands accounted for 30 percent of the

softwood removals.

Annual removals of hardwood growing stock averaged 407

million cubic feet, an increase of 10 percent since the

previous survey period. Eighty percent of hardwood

removals were from NIPF land, 18 percent from forest

industry land, and 2 percent from public land. Hardwood

growth exceeded removals by 32 percent.

Mortality—The average annual mortality of growing stock

has increased 40 percent to 276 million cubic feet since the

previous survey period. Hardwood and softwood mortality

has increased 33 percent and 45 percent, respectively.

Inventory Methods

The Southern Research Station’s FIA unit secured data on

forest acreage and timber volume using a three-step process.

A forest-nonforest classification using aerial photographs

was completed using a count of points representing approximately 230 acres each. These photo classifications then

were adjusted based on ground observations at sample

locations representing approximately 3,840 acres. Finally,

field measurements were made at forest locations on the

intersections of grid lines spaced approximately 3 miles

apart.

The plot installed at each ground sample location was a

cluster of four points spaced 120 feet apart. Each point

served as the center of a 1/24-acre circular subplot used to

sample trees 5.0 inches diameter at breast height (d.b.h.) and

larger. A 1/300-acre microplot, located at the subplot center,

was used to sample trees 1.0 to 4.9 inches d.b.h. and

seedlings (trees less than 1.0 inch d.b.h.). These fixed-radius

sample plots were established without regard to land use or

land cover. Forest and nonforest condition classes were

delineated and recorded on each plot. These condition

classes were defined by six attributes: land use, forest type,

stand origin, stand size, forest density, and major ownership

class. The process of delineating a fixed-radius plot into

numerous sections based on forest and land use conditions

is called mapping. All trees tallied were assigned to their

respective condition class. For conditions that were too

small to have sufficient stocking, the field person assigned a

forest type and stand size based on similar conditions

outside the plot boundary. In all other cases, these classifications were derived using standard FIA algorithms.

The cluster of four fixed plots sampled timberland at 4,443

ground sample locations in the State. Estimates of timber

volume and forest classifications were derived from tree

measurements and classifications made at these locations.

Volumes for individual tally trees were computed using

equations for each of the major species in the survey unit.

Previous surveys used deterministic measurements taken

along the bole of each tree to compute individual tree

volumes. Estimates of 1990 tree volumes were recomputed

using the new equations. All comparisons of standing

volume use these recomputed values. These recomputed

volumes do not match previously published numbers.

Estimates of growth, removals, and mortality were determined from the remeasurement of 4,043 permanent sample

plots established in the previous inventory. The plot design

for the previous inventory was based on a cluster of 10

points. At each point, trees 5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger were

selected for measurement on a variable-radius plot defined

by a 37.5-factor prism. Trees less than 5.0 inches d.b.h.

were tallied on a fixed-radius plot around points 1 through

3. Change estimates for the current survey were determined

by remeasuring 5 of the 10 points from the previous survey.

Any new trees that may have grown onto the plot during the

inter survey period were not sampled. The new growth

algorithms do not account for ongrowth and nongrowth of

new trees.

Moving from a variable-radius prism point sampling

scheme composed of 10 points in which all points were

“rotated” into forest conditions if a point fell in a nonforest

condition, to a fixed-plot design where all forest and

nonforest conditions are mapped on the plot brought about

changes in the way stocking and expansion factors are
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Statistical Reliability ,

X

X

SE SE

s

t

s t =

FIA inventories employ sampling methods designed to

achieve reliable statistics at the survey unit and State

levels. A measure of reliability of inventory statistics is

provided by sampling errors. These sampling errors mean

that the chances are two out of three that the true population value is within the limits indicated by a confidence

interval. Sampling errors (in percent) and associated

confidence intervals around the sample estimates for

timberland area, inventory volumes, and components of

change are presented in the following table.

where

SEs = sampling error for subdivision of survey

unit or State total,

SEt = sampling error for survey unit or State total,

Xs = sum of values for the variable of interest

(area or volume) for subdivision of survey

unit or State,

Xt = total area or volume for survey unit or State.

For example, the estimate of sampling error of hardwood

growing-stock volume on NIPF land is computed as:

Thus, the sampling error is 1.98 percent, and the resulting

confidence interval (two times out of three) for softwood

live-tree inventory on forestry industry land is 12,509.9 ±

247.7 million cubic feet.

County statistics are provided, but users are cautioned that

the accuracy of individual county data is highly variable.

Individual county statistics are provided so any combination

of counties may be added together until the totals are large

enough to meet the desired degree of reliability. Sampling

errors for key resource items for individual counties are

provided in the following table.

Sampling error increases as the area or volume considered

decreases in magnitude. Sampling errors and associated

confidence intervals are often unacceptably high for small

components of the total resource. Statistical confidence may

be computed for any subdivision of survey unit or State

totals using the following formula. Sampling errors obtained

from this method are only approximations of reliability

because this process assumes constant variance across all

subdivisions of totals.

 = 1.98 . 12,509.9 

 27,847.3 

 = 1.33 SE s 

Item

Timberland (1,000 acres) 22,925.8 ± 71.9 0.31

 Percent

Sample estimate

and Sampling

confidence interval error

All live (M ft 3 )

 Inventory 31,125.9 ± 432.7 1.39

 Net annual growth 1,613.5 ± 27.9 1.73

 Annual removals 1,378.7 ± 40.9 2.97

 Annual mortality 334.7 ± 10.9 3.25

Growing stock (M ft 3 )

 Inventory 27,847.3 ± 406.6 1.46

 Net annual growth 1,480.3 ± 26.3 1.78

 Annual removals 1,297.0 ± 38.9 3.00

 Annual mortality 276.2 ± 9.8 3.56

Sawtimber (M fbm )

 Inventory 89,644.1 ± 1,837.7 2.05

 Net annual growth 5,141.2 ± 101.8 1.98

 Annual removals 4,256.5 ± 149.8 3.52

 Annual mortality 888.9 ± 39.5 4.44

estimated. Estimates of stocking are used in the computation

of forest type and stand size. Expansion factors are used to

bring plot and tree level estimates up to the population level.

The exact impact these changes have on the survey is often

debated and is currently being investigated. Therefore,

because the sample design and methods of deriving stand

parameters have changed since the 1990 Alabama survey,

users should be aware of these changes and use caution

when making rigorous comparisons between this and prior

surveys.
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Sampling errorsa by counties and State for timberland, live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber, Alabama, 2000

Counties and Timberland Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

State area Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals

Percent

Autauga 2.5 14.1 18.9 26.3 14.6 19.5 26.5 23.2 25.5 29.7 

Baldwin 1.9 9.5 10.1 21.1 10.1 10.8 19.3 13.1 14.2 23.2 

Barbour 1.7 10.2 12.9 18.9 11.4 12.8 19.4 15.4 14.7 21.1 

Bibb 2.3 9.5 9.2 34.0 9.9 9.3 34.4 15.8 10.0 46.6 

Blount 2.9 16.8 14.1 27.2 17.8 15.4 27.6 25.2 20.9 27.9 

Bullock 2.9 12.3 15.0 24.4 14.1 13.2 24.7 20.0 19.9 32.1 

Butler 2.1 11.5 13.8 16.7 12.4 14.9 16.7 18.8 15.9 18.5 

Calhoun 2.9 11.8 18.0 33.8 12.5 18.6 36.3 15.5 19.1 38.6 

Chambers 3.1 11.5 11.9 17.2 11.7 12.6 17.3 16.3 13.1 20.4 

Cherokee 2.3 11.8 19.5 29.7 13.1 21.4 29.5 19.7 20.9 38.6 

Chilton 1.5 16.8 13.5 21.5 18.1 13.4 21.7 25.6 15.4 25.7 

Choctaw 1.6 9.2 11.5 17.4 9.5 11.7 16.9 12.5 10.6 21.7 

Clarke 1.1 6.6 9.7 14.7 6.9 7.8 14.6 8.9 8.4 17.2 

Clay 2.7 11.5 17.1 28.9 12.3 18.7 31.3 19.9 14.4 38.9 

Cleburne 2.1 8.6 13.0 27.6 9.2 12.8 28.5 12.1 13.2 29.5 

Coffee 3.0 13.6 15.8 28.4 14.8 15.7 30.3 25.5 21.1 30.4 

Colbert 2.3 13.5 25.4 25.8 14.4 27.4 26.2 18.8 16.7 28.0 

Conecuh 2.4 11.0 12.9 20.0 11.5 13.8 20.3 17.2 15.2 21.0 

Coosa 2.7 8.7 13.9 29.6 8.9 14.4 29.8 12.4 19.1 43.6 

Covington 2.3 8.6 17.5 22.6 8.9 16.6 22.8 12.9 19.3 21.5 

Crenshaw 2.3 10.4 14.0 21.4 10.8 13.9 21.7 16.5 15.0 22.9 

Cullman 3.2 14.5 14.0 28.9 14.3 15.4 29.6 18.9 19.4 33.2 

Dale 3.5 12.7 12.6 30.6 13.1 13.1 31.1 17.5 14.1 33.8 

Dallas 2.4 8.8 12.4 23.6 9.5 12.9 23.7 14.3 13.8 32.1 

De Kalb 3.2 10.4 17.2 48.5 10.7 15.3 49.0 14.1 15.1 48.1 

Elmore 2.8 13.5 19.4 29.2 13.3 20.3 29.5 18.7 20.2 34.4 

Escambia 1.9 10.2 11.4 14.2 10.3 11.4 14.3 11.5 12.5 17.1 

Etowah 3.0 13.5 16.6 36.1 13.9 17.8 36.4 19.3 19.7 37.6 

Fayette 2.1 12.5 13.9 23.8 13.0 14.7 23.7 18.7 17.4 26.4 

Franklin 3.0 13.9 16.4 21.2 14.9 17.6 21.7 19.5 18.3 24.0 

Geneva 3.6 14.6 21.7 41.5 15.2 23.3 42.6 21.9 30.7 45.6 

Greene 2.9 12.5 19.2 28.8 13.5 19.5 29.3 17.0 16.8 34.5 

Hale 2.9 12.6 14.6 23.9 13.3 14.0 24.7 16.0 14.0 28.0 

Henry 3.0 14.3 17.8 25.8 14.8 17.9 26.2 18.3 19.3 27.0 

Houston 3.0 13.7 20.9 64.5 15.0 20.7 66.0 22.5 25.2 56.5 

Jackson 1.6 7.4 9.6 27.8 7.9 10.4 28.0 12.1 12.1 29.0 

Jefferson 2.3 9.4 11.8 22.1 9.9 12.4 21.9 13.8 13.1 24.1 

Lamar 2.6 14.4 13.6 22.6 15.0 14.1 23.1 18.5 16.8 29.2 

Lauderdale 2.5 14.2 16.5 53.1 15.1 16.0 52.9 19.6 20.2 55.6 

Lawrence 2.9 13.1 11.9 47.0 13.4 12.9 48.5 18.3 13.5 49.2 

Lee 3.6 11.3 11.1 22.5 11.5 11.7 22.3 18.4 19.0 24.7 

Limestone 2.9 14.6 14.9 51.0 15.6 14.9 53.9 20.8 15.6 55.8 

Lowndes 2.6 12.8 20.3 22.3 13.7 22.0 22.5 21.0 18.4 27.9 

Macon 2.6 10.0 18.0 29.0 10.6 19.2 28.5 15.3 19.5 36.7 

Madison 1.8 11.6 17.4 48.6 13.0 17.9 48.2 17.7 20.8 55.6 

continued
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Sampling errorsa by counties and State for timberland, live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber,

Alabama, 2000 (continued)

Counties and Timberland Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

State area Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals

Percent

Marengo 2.2 11.2 9.8 21.8 11.5 10.2 22.0 15.6 13.1 24.8 

Marion 3.0 10.1 12.1 20.2 10.6 13.2 20.5 16.2 20.9 29.1 

Marshall 2.8 13.1 12.8 40.2 13.8 13.2 40.7 18.1 15.0 47.2 

Mobile 1.9 9.8 10.4 26.8 10.5 11.3 25.4 13.4 12.9 32.8 

Monroe 1.7 9.0 7.7 17.6 9.2 8.1 18.1 12.3 10.5 21.7 

Montgomery 3.1 13.0 23.0 30.5 14.6 22.9 30.9 19.9 26.5 34.9 

Morgan 2.7 10.8 13.8 36.6 11.7 13.7 36.2 16.1 15.7 40.9 

Perry 2.9 9.7 13.0 21.2 10.2 13.7 21.2 15.9 14.8 24.0 

Pickens 2.2 11.8 11.2 15.4 11.9 11.3 15.8 16.3 12.6 18.2 

Pike 2.8 12.0 12.6 22.5 13.3 14.5 23.5 22.7 17.2 28.3 

Randolph 2.4 10.2 12.7 25.9 11.0 15.1 25.9 16.0 16.2 26.5 

Russell 3.1 15.1 15.0 30.7 17.8 16.5 30.9 21.1 20.0 32.8 

Shelby 2.5 9.9 10.7 25.9 10.6 11.3 26.4 13.5 13.9 32.4 

St. Clair 3.1 10.8 13.7 22.2 10.6 13.6 22.5 13.8 15.7 25.5 

Sumter 2.4 11.2 13.0 22.0 12.0 14.0 22.4 15.6 15.6 27.1 

Talladega 2.5 11.6 10.8 24.1 12.1 11.7 25.3 17.6 15.7 27.6 

Tallapoosa 2.2 11.3 12.1 17.7 11.6 12.8 17.8 16.8 15.3 22.1 

Tuscaloosa 2.1 8.1 10.0 15.3 8.6 10.5 15.4 10.9 11.1 18.3 

Walker 3.5 11.5 11.6 25.3 12.3 12.0 26.3 18.3 15.8 26.9 

Washington 1.4 7.8 10.6 17.7 8.2 11.2 18.1 11.3 10.2 19.4 

Wilcox 2.2 9.7 11.6 18.4 9.8 11.6 18.5 13.5 13.9 22.4 

Winston 3.1 10.1 12.4 24.5 10.7 12.5 25.1 14.1 15.2 28.6 

 State 0.3 1.4 1.7 3.0 1.5 1.8 3.0 2.1 2.0 3.5 a

 By random-sampling formula.
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D.o.b. (diameter outside bark). Stem diameter including

bark.

Forest land. Land at least 10 percent stocked by forest trees

of any size, or formerly having had such tree cover, and not

currently developed for nonforest use. The minimum area

considered for classification is 1 acre. Forested strips must

be at least 120 feet wide.

Forest management type. A classification of timberland

based on forest type and stand origin.

Pine plantation. Stands that (a) have been artificially

regenerated by planting or direct seeding, (b) are

classed as a pine or other softwood forest type, and (c)

have at least 10 percent stocking.

Natural pine. Stands that (a) have not been artificially

regenerated, (b) are classed as a pine or other softwood

forest type, and (c) have at least 10 percent stocking.

Oak-pine. Stands that have at least 10 percent stocking

and classed as a forest type of oak-pine.

Upland hardwood. Stands that have at least 10 percent

stocking and classed as an oak-hickory or maplebeech-birch forest type.

Lowland hardwood. Stands that have at least 10 percent stocking with a forest type of oak-gum-cypress,

elm-ash-cottonwood, palm, or other tropical.

Nonstocked stands. Stands less than 10 percent

stocked with live trees.

Forest type. A classification of forest land based on the

species forming a plurality of live-tree stocking. Major

eastern forest-type groups are:

White-red-jack pine. Forests in which eastern white

pine, red pine, or jack pine, singly or in combination,

constitute a plurality of the stocking. (Common

associates include hemlock, birch, and maple).

Spruce-fir. Forests in which spruce or true firs, singly

or in combination, constitute a plurality of the

stocking. (Common associates include maple, birch,

and hemlock).

Afforestation. Area of land previously classified as

nonforest that is converted to forest by planting trees or by

natural reversion to forest.

Average annual mortality. Average annual volume of trees

5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger that died from natural causes

during the intersurvey period.

Average annual removals. Average annual volume of trees

5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger removed from the inventory by

harvesting, cultural operations (such as timber-stand

improvement), land clearing, or changes in land use during

the intersurvey period.

Average net annual growth. Average annual net change in

volume of trees 5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger in the absence

of cutting (gross growth minus mortality) during the

intersurvey period.

Basal area. The area in square feet of the cross section at

breast height of a single tree or of all the trees in a stand,

usually expressed in square feet per acre.

Biomass. The aboveground fresh weight of solid wood and

bark in live trees 1.0 inch d.b.h. and larger from the ground

to the tip of the tree. All foliage is excluded. The weight of

wood and bark in lateral limbs, secondary limbs, and twigs

under 0.5 inch in diameter at the point of occurrence on

sapling-size trees is included but is excluded on poletimber

and sawtimber-size trees.

Bole. That portion of a tree between a 1-foot stump and a

4-inch top d.o.b. in trees 5.0 inches d.b.h. and larger.

Census water. Streams, sloughs, estuaries, canals, and

other moving bodies of water 200 feet wide and greater,

and lakes, reservoirs, ponds, and other permanent bodies of

water 4.5 acres in area and greater.

Commercial species. Tree species currently or potentially

suitable for industrial wood products.

D.b.h. Tree diameter in inches (outside bark) at breast

height (4.5 feet aboveground).

Diameter class. A classification of trees based on tree d.b.h.

Two-inch diameter classes are commonly used by Forest

Inventory and Analysis, with the even inch as the approximate midpoint for a class. For example, the 6-inch class

includes trees 5.0 through 6.9 inches d.b.h.

Definitions
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Longleaf-slash pine. Forests in which longleaf or

slash pine, singly or in combination, constitute a

plurality of the stocking. (Common associates include

oak, hickory, and gum).

Loblolly-shortleaf pine. Forests in which loblolly

pine, shortleaf pine, or other southern yellow pines,

except longleaf or slash pine, singly or in combination,

constitute a plurality of the stocking. (Common

associates include oak, hickory, and gum).

Oak-pine. Forests in which hardwoods (usually upland

oaks) constitute a plurality of the stocking but in which

pines account for 25 to 50 percent of the stocking.

(Common associates include gum, hickory, and yellowpoplar).

Oak-hickory. Forests in which upland oaks or hickory,

singly or in combination, constitute a plurality of the

stocking, except where pines account for 25 to 50

percent, in which case the stand would be classified

oak-pine. (Common associates include yellow-poplar,

elm, maple, and black walnut).

Oak-gum-cypress. Bottomland forests in which

tupelo, blackgum, sweetgum, oaks, or southern

cypress, singly or in combination, constitute a plurality

of the stocking, except where pines account for 25 to

50 percent, in which case the stand would be classified

oak-pine. (Common associates include cottonwood,

willow, ash, elm, hackberry, and maple).

Elm-ash-cottonwood. Forests in which elm, ash, or

cottonwood, singly or in combination, constitute a

plurality of the stocking. (Common associates include

willow, sycamore, beech, and maple).

Maple-beech-birch. Forests in which maple, beech,

or yellow birch, singly or in combination, constitute a

plurality of the stocking. (Common associates include

hemlock, elm, basswood, and white pine).

Nonstocked stands. Stands less than 10 percent

stocked with live trees.

Forested tract size. The area of forest within the contiguous tract containing each Forest Inventory and Analysis

sample plot.

Fresh weight. Mass of tree component at time of cutting.

Gross growth. Annual increase in volume of trees 5.0

inches d.b.h. and larger in the absence of cutting and

mortality. (Gross growth includes survivor growth, ingrowth, growth on ingrowth, growth on removals before

removal, and growth on mortality before death).

Growing-stock trees. Living trees of commercial species

classified as sawtimber, poletimber, saplings, and seedlings.

Trees must contain at least one 12-foot or two 8-foot logs in

the saw-log portion, currently or potentially (if too small to

qualify), to be classed as growing stock. The log(s) must

meet dimension and merchantability standards to qualify.

Trees must also have, currently or potentially, one-third of

the gross board-foot volume in sound wood.

Growing-stock volume. The cubic-foot volume of sound

wood in growing-stock trees at least 5.0 inches d.b.h. from a

1-foot stump to a minimum 4.0-inch top d.o.b. of the central

stem.

Hardwoods. Dicotyledonous trees, usually broadleaf and

deciduous.

Soft hardwoods. Hardwood species with an average

specific gravity of 0.50 or less, such as gums, yellowpoplar, cottonwoods, red maple, basswoods, and

willows.

Hard hardwoods. Hardwood species with an average

specific gravity greater than 0.50 such as oaks, hard

maples, hickories, and beech.

Industrial wood. All roundwood products except fuelwood.

Land area. The area of dry land and land temporarily or

partly covered by water, such as marshes, swamps, and river

floodplains (omitting tidal flats below mean high tide),

streams, sloughs, estuaries, and canals less than 200 feet

wide, and lakes, reservoirs, and ponds less than 4.5 acres in

area.

Live trees. All living trees. All size classes, all tree classes,

and both commercial and noncommercial species are

included.

Log grade. A classification of logs based on external

characteristics indicating quality or value.

Logging residues. The unused merchantable portion of

growing-stock trees cut or destroyed during logging

operations.
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Net annual change. Increase or decrease in volume of live

trees at least 5.0 inches d.b.h. Net annual change is equal to

net annual growth minus average annual removals.

Noncommercial species. Tree species of typically small

size, poor form, or inferior quality that normally do not

develop into trees suitable for industrial wood products.

Nonforest land. Land that has never supported forests and

land formerly forested where timber production is precluded

by development for other uses.

Nonstocked stands. Stands less than 10 percent stocked

with live trees.

Other forest land. Forest land other than timberland and

productive reserved forest land. It includes available and

reserved forest land which is incapable of producing

annually 20 cubic feet per acre of industrial wood under

natural conditions, because of adverse site conditions such

as sterile soils, dry climate, poor drainage, high elevation,

steepness, or rockiness.

Other removals. The growing-stock volume of trees

removed from the inventory by cultural operations such as

timber stand improvement, land clearing, and other changes

in land use, resulting in the removal of the trees from

timberland.

Ownership. The property owned by one ownership unit,

including all parcels of land in the United States.

National forest land. Federal land that has been legally

designated as national forests or purchase units, and

other land under the administration of the Forest

Service, including experimental areas and BankheadJones Title III land.

Forest industry land. Land owned by companies or

individuals operating primary wood-using plants.

Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land. Privately

owned land excluding forest industry land.

Corporate. Owned by corporations, including

incorporated farm ownerships.

Individual. All lands owned by individuals,

including farm operators.

Other public. An ownership class that includes all

public lands except national forests.

Miscellaneous Federal land. Federal land other

than national forests.

State, county, and municipal land. Land owned by

States, counties, and local public agencies or

municipalities or land leased to these governmental

units for 50 years or more.

Plant residues. Wood material generated in the production

of timber products at primary manufacturing plants.

Coarse residues. Material, such as slabs, edgings,

trim, veneer cores and ends, suitable for chipping.

Fine residues. Material, such as sawdust, shavings,

and veneer chippings, not suitable for chipping.

Plant byproducts. Residues (coarse or fine) used in

the manufacture of industrial products or for consumer

use or as fuel.

Unused plant residues. Residues (coarse or fine) not

used for any product, including fuel.

Poletimber-size trees. Softwoods 5.0 to 8.9 inches d.b.h.

and hardwoods 5.0 to 10.9 inches d.b.h.

Primary wood-using plants. Industries receiving roundwood or chips from roundwood for the manufacture of

products, such as veneer, pulp, and lumber.

Productive-reserved forest land. Forest land sufficiently

productive to qualify as timberland but withdrawn from

timber utilization through statute or administrative regulation.

Reforestation. Area of land previously classified as forest that

is regenerated by planting trees or natural regeneration.

Rotten trees. Live trees of commercial species not containing

at least one 12-foot saw log, or two noncontiguous saw logs,

each 8 feet or longer, now or prospectively, primarily because

of rot or missing sections, and with less than one-third of the

gross board-foot tree volume in sound material.

Rough trees. Live trees of commercial species not containing

at least one 12-foot saw log, or two noncontiguous saw logs,

each 8 feet or longer, now or prospectively, primarily because

of roughness, poor form, splits, and cracks, and with less than

one-third of the gross board-foot tree volume in sound

material; and live trees of noncommercial species.
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Site class. A classification of forest land in terms of

potential capacity to grow crops of industrial wood based on

fully stocked natural stands.

Softwoods. Coniferous trees, usually evergreen, having

leaves that are needles or scalelike.

Yellow pines. Loblolly, longleaf, slash, pond,

shortleaf, pitch, Virginia, sand, spruce, and Table

Mountain pines.

Other softwoods. Cypress, eastern redcedar, whitecedar, eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and

fir.

Stand age. The average age of dominant and codominant

trees in the stand.

Stand origin. A classification of forest stands describing

their means of origin.

Planted. Planted or artificially seeded.

Natural. No evidence of artificial regeneration.

Stand-size class. A classification of forest land based on the

diameter class distribution of live trees in the stand.

Sawtimber stands. Stands at least 10 percent

stocked with live trees, with half or more of total

stocking in sawtimber and poletimber trees, and with

sawtimber stocking at least equal to poletimber

stocking.

Poletimber stands. Stands at least 10 percent stocked

with live trees, of which half or more of total stocking

is in poletimber and sawtimber trees, and with poletimber stocking exceeding that of sawtimber.

Sapling-seedling stands. Stands at least 10 percent

stocked with live trees of which more than half of

total stocking is saplings and seedlings.

Nonstocked stands. Stands less than 10 percent

stocked with live trees.

Stocking. The degree of occupancy of land by trees,

measured by basal area or the number of trees in a stand and

spacing in the stand, compared with a minimum standard,

depending on tree size, required to fully utilize the growth

potential of the land.

Roundwood (roundwood logs). Logs, bolts, or other round

sections cut from trees for industrial or consumer uses.

Roundwood chipped. Any timber cut primarily for pulpwood, delivered to nonpulpmills, chipped, and then sold to

pulpmills as residues, including chipped tops, jump sections, whole trees, and pulpwood sticks.

Roundwood products. Any primary product such as

lumber, poles, pilings, pulp, or fuelwood, that is produced

from roundwood.

Salvable dead trees. Standing or downed dead trees that

were formerly growing stock and considered merchantable.

Trees must be at least 5.0 inches d.b.h. to qualify.

Saplings. Live trees 1.0 to 5.0 inches d.b.h.

Saw log. A log meeting minimum standards of diameter,

length, and defect, including logs at least 8 feet long, sound

and straight, with a minimum diameter inside bark for

softwoods of 6 inches (8 inches for hardwoods).

Saw-log portion. The part of the bole of sawtimber trees

between a 1-foot stump and the saw-log top.

Saw-log top. The point on the bole of sawtimber trees

above which a conventional saw log cannot be produced.

The minimum saw-log top is 7.0 inches d.o.b. for softwoods

and 9.0 inches d.o.b. for hardwoods.

Sawtimber-size trees. Softwoods 9.0 inches d.b.h. and

larger and hardwoods 11.0 inches d.b.h. and larger.

Sawtimber volume. Growing-stock volume in the sawlog portion of sawtimber-size trees in board feet

(International 1/4-inch rule).

Seedlings. Trees less than 1.0 inch d.b.h. and greater than

1 foot tall for hardwoods, greater than 6 inches tall for

softwood, and greater than 0.5 inch in diameter at ground

level for longleaf pine.

Select red oaks. A group of several red oak species composed of cherrybark, Shumard, and northern red oaks. Other

red oak species are included in the "other red oaks" group.

Select white oaks. A group of several white oak species

composed of white, swamp chestnut, swamp white,

chinkapin, Durand, and bur oaks. Other white oak species

are included in the "other white oaks" group.
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Density of trees and basal area per acre required for full

stocking

D.b.h. Trees per acre Basal area

class for full stocking per acre

Seedlings 600 —

2 560 —

4 460 —

6 340 67

8 240 84

10 155 85

12 115 90

14 90 96

16 72 101

18 60 106

20 51 111

Timberland. Forest land capable of producing 20 cubic feet

of industrial wood per acre per year and not withdrawn

from timber utilization.

Timber products. Roundwood products and byproducts.

Tree. Woody plants having one erect perennial stem or

trunk at least 3 inches d.b.h., a more or less definitely

formed crown of foliage, and a height of at least 13 feet (at

maturity).

Tree grade. A classification of the saw-log portion of

sawtimber trees based on: (1) the grade of the butt log or (2)

the ability to produce at least one 12-foot or two 8-foot logs

in the upper section of the saw-log portion. Tree grade is an

indicator of quality; grade 1 is the best quality.

Upper-stem portion. The part of the main stem or fork of

sawtimber trees above the saw-log top to minimum top

diameter 4.0 inches outside bark or to the point where the

main stem or fork breaks into limbs.

Volume of live trees. The cubic-foot volume of sound wood

in live trees at least 5.0 inches d.b.h. from a 1-foot stump to

a minimum 4.0-inch top d.o.b. of the central stem.

Volume of saw-log portion of sawtimber trees. The cubicfoot volume of sound wood in the saw-log portion of

sawtimber trees. Volume is the net result after deductions

for rot, sweep, and other defects that affect use for lumber.

1 acre = 4,046.86 square meters or 0.404686 hectare

1 cubic foot = 0.028317 cubic meter

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters or 0.0254 meter

Breast height = 1.4 meters above the ground

1 square foot = 929.03 square centimeters or 0.0929 square meter

1 square foot per acre basal area = 0.229568 square meter per hectare

1 pound = 0.454 kilogram

1 ton = 0.907 metric ton

Metric Equivalents
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Figure 3—Area of timberland by forest-type group and stand origin, Alabama, 1990 and 2000.

Figure 2—Distribution of timberland by ownership class, Alabama, 2000.

Graphs

Forest

industry

16%

Other

public

3%

National

forest

3%

Nonindustrial

private

78%

22.9 Million acres

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Forest-type group

Million acres

 Natural

 Planted 1990

1990

2000

2000

2000 1990

1990

2000

1990 2000

1990

2000

 Loblolly–

 shortleaf

Oak–

pine

Oak–

hickory

Oak–gum–

cypress

Elm–ash–

cottonwood

Nonstocked

Longleaf–

slash

2000

1990

White–red–

jack

1990 2000
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Figure 4—Area of timberland by stand-size class and stand origin, Alabama,1990 and 2000.

Figure 5—Volume of live trees on timberland by species group and stand origin, Alabama, 1990 and 2000.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Stand-size class

Million acres

 Natural

 Planted

1990

1990

1990

2000

2000

 Sawtimber Poletimber Sapling–seedling Nonstocked

1990

2000

2000

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Billion cubic feet

 Natural

 Planted

1990 1990 2000 2000

Softwood Hardwood
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Figure 6—Distribution of softwood live tree volume by ownership class, Alabama, 2000.

Figure 7—Distribution of hardwood live tree volume by ownership class, Alabama, 2000.

Forest

industry

18%

Nonindustrial

private

73%

National

forest

5%

Other

public

4%

13.3 Billion cubic feet

Other

public

4%

Forest

industry

9%

Nonindustrial

private

84%

National

forest

3%

17.9 Billion cubic feet
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Figure 8—Volume of softwood live trees on timberland by diameter class, Alabama, 1990 and 2000.

Figure 9—Volume of hardwood live trees on timberland by diameter class, Alabama, 1990 and 2000.

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20+

Diameter class (inches)

Billion cubic feet

1990

2000

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20+

Diameter class (inches)

Billion cubic feet

1990

2000
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Figure 10—Average net annual growth and removals of live trees on timberland by species group and stand origin,

Alabama, 1982–1989 and 1990–1999.

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

Billion cubic feet

 Natural

 Planted Softwood

Hardwood

 Net growth Removals Net growth Removals

1982–

1989

1990–

1999

1990–

1999

1982–

1989

1990–

1999

1982–

1989

1990–

1999

1982–

1989
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Index of Tables

1. Land area by county and land class

2. Area of forest land by forest-type group and

ownership class

3. Area of timberland by county and ownership class

4. Area of timberland by county and forest-type

group

5. Area of timberland by county and stand-size class

6. Area of timberland by county and site class

7. Area of timberland by county and stocking class

of growing-stock trees

8. Area of timberland by forest-type group, stand

origin, and ownership class

9. Area of timberland by forest-type group, detailed

forest type, and ownership class

10. Area of timberland by ownership and stocking

classes of growing-stock trees

11. Area of timberland by forest-type group, stand

origin, and stand-size class

12. Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest

management type, all ownerships

13. Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest

management type, public ownerships

14. Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest

management type, forest industry ownerships

15. Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest

management type, nonindustrial private ownerships

16. Area of nonindustrial private timberland by ownership, forested tract-size class, and forest management type

17. Number of live trees on timberland by species and

diameter class

18. Number of growing-stock trees on timberland by

species and diameter class

19. Volume of live trees on timberland by species and

diameter class

20. Volume of growing-stock trees on timberland by

species and diameter class

Cross Reference of Eastern Core Tables

Core Core

table table

1 1 14 22

2 3 15 24, 26

3 4 16 27

4 5 17 28

5 6 18 32, 34

6 7 19 35, 37

7 8 20 38

8 10 21 38

9 11 22 40

10 17 23 41

11 18 24 43

12 20 25 23

13 21

Corresponding table

number in this report

Corresponding table

number in this report
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21. Volume in the saw-log portion of sawtimber trees

on timberland by species and diameter class

22. Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species and

diameter class

23. Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species,

size class, and tree grade

24. Volume of growing stock on timberland by county

and species group

25. Volume of live trees on timberland by county and

species group

26. Volume of sawtimber on timberland by county and

species group

27. Volume of timber on timberland by class of timber

and species group

28. Volume of live and growing-stock trees on timberland by ownership class and species group

29. Volume of sawtimber on timberland by ownership

class, species group, and size class

30. Volume of growing stock on timberland by foresttype group, stand origin, and species group

31. Average basal area of live trees per acre on timberland by ownership class, species group, and d.b.h.

32. Average net annual growth of growing stock on

timberland by county and species group

33. Average net annual growth of live trees on timberland by county and species group

34. Average net annual growth of sawtimber on

timberland by county and species group

35. Average annual removals of growing stock on

timberland by county and species group

36. Average annual removals of live trees on timberland by county and species group

37. Average annual removals of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group

38. Average net annual growth and average annual

removals of live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber

on timberland by species

39. Average annual removals of growing stock on

timberland by species and diameter class

40. Average annual mortality of live trees, growing

stock, and sawtimber on timberland by species

41. Average net annual growth and average annual

removals of growing stock on timberland by

ownership class and species group

42. Average net annual growth and average annual

removals of live trees on timberland by ownership

class and species group

43. Average net annual growth and average annual

removals of sawtimber on timberland by ownership

class and species group

44. Average net annual growth of growing stock on

timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and

species group

45. Average annual removals of growing stock on

timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and

species group

46. Fresh weight of live trees on timberland by ownership class, species group, and tree component

47. Area of timberland treated or disturbed annually and

retained in timberland by treatment or disturbance

and ownership class

48. Area of timberland treated or disturbed annually and

retained in timberland by treatment or disturbance

and forest management type

49. Area of timberland regenerated annually by type of

regeneration and forest management type
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Table 1—Land area by county and land class, Alabama, 2000

Forest land

 Total land Total Productive Other

County areaa forest Timberland reserved Other landb

 Thousand acres

Autauga 381.4 283.0 283.0 — — 98.5 

Baldwin 1,021.8 674.2 671.4 — 2.8 347.6

Barbour 566.4 450.6 450.6 — — 115.8

Bibb 398.3 345.5 345.5 — — 52.8 

Blount 413.2 236.3 236.3 — — 176.9

Bullock 400.0 316.5 316.5 — — 83.5 

Butler 497.2 417.3 417.3 — — 80.0 

Calhoun 389.4 255.9 252.9 3.0 — 133.6

Chambers 382.3 319.2 319.2 — — 63.2 

Cherokee 354.0 233.8 230.3 3.5 — 120.2

Chilton 444.2 324.9 324.9 — — 119.3

Choctaw 584.7 520.2 520.1 0.0 — 64.5 

Clarke 792.6 724.9 724.9 — — 67.7 

Clay 387.3 319.1 311.9 7.2 — 68.1 

Cleburne 358.5 310.4 304.4 6.0 — 48.1 

Coffee 434.7 301.9 301.9 — — 132.8

Colbert 380.5 227.2 225.5 1.6 — 153.4

Conecuh 544.6 469.5 469.5 — — 75.0 

Coosa 417.6 356.0 356.0 — — 61.6 

Covington 662.2 505.8 505.8 — — 156.4

Crenshaw 390.2 321.7 321.7 — — 68.5 

Cullman 472.6 229.6 229.6 — — 243.0

Dale 359.1 238.2 238.2 — — 120.9

Dallas 627.7 421.7 421.7 0.0 — 206.1

De Kalb 497.9 241.8 235.4 6.3 — 256.1

Elmore 397.8 271.7 271.7 — — 126.1

Escambia 606.4 458.8 458.8 — — 147.5

Etowah 342.3 231.0 231.0 — — 111.3

Fayette 401.8 333.6 333.6 — — 68.2 

Franklin 406.8 296.5 296.5 — — 110.3

Geneva 368.9 203.6 203.6 — — 165.2

Greene 413.4 284.3 284.3 — — 129.1

Hale 412.0 263.1 263.1 — — 148.9

Henry 359.6 224.5 224.5 — — 135.2

Houston 371.5 166.1 166.1 — — 205.4

Jackson 690.4 451.0 450.7 0.3 — 239.4

Jefferson 712.1 439.4 439.4 — — 272.7

Lamar 387.1 314.6 314.6 — — 72.5 

Lauderdale 428.5 202.0 200.9 1.1 — 226.5

Lawrence 443.8 218.1 194.4 23.8 — 225.7

Lee 389.6 273.6 273.6 — — 116.0

Limestone 363.6 109.6 108.9 0.7 — 254.0

Lowndes 459.5 306.3 306.3 — — 153.2

Macon 390.8 307.3 307.3 — — 83.4 

Madison 515.2 180.9 180.9 — — 334.3

continued
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Table 1—Land area by county and land class, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

Forest land

 Total land Total Productive Other

County areaa forest Timberland reserved Other landb

 Thousand acres

Marengo 625.4 452.4 452.4 — — 172.9 

Marion 474.5 365.9 365.9 — — 108.7 

Marshall 363.0 177.4 177.4 — — 185.5 

Mobile 789.4 531.8 531.8 — — 257.6 

Monroe 656.6 533.2 533.2 — — 123.4 

Montgomery 505.5 250.6 250.6 — — 254.9 

Morgan 372.6 175.7 175.2 0.5 — 196.9 

Perry 460.5 357.0 357.0 — — 103.5 

Pickens 564.1 480.7 480.7 — — 83.5 

Pike 429.5 286.0 286.0 — — 143.5 

Randolph 371.9 289.5 289.5 — — 82.4 

Russell 410.3 309.4 309.4 — — 101.0 

Shelby 508.7 351.2 351.2 — — 157.5 

St. Clair 405.8 302.4 302.4 — — 103.4 

Sumter 579.2 430.8 430.8 — — 148.4 

Talladega 473.3 325.5 325.5 — — 147.8 

Tallapoosa 459.5 381.5 379.6 1.8 — 78.1 

Tuscaloosa 848.2 659.6 659.6 — — 188.6 

Walker 508.4 354.0 354.0 — — 154.4 

Washington 691.7 610.2 610.2 — — 81.5 

Wilcox 568.8 468.4 468.4 — — 100.4 

Winston 393.3 316.1 310.1 6.0 — 77.1 

 Total 32,480.2 22,990.5 22,925.8 61.9 2.8 9,489.7 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell. a From the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990.

b

 Includes 171.8 thousand acres of water according to Forest Inventory and Analysis standards of area 

classification, but defined by the Bureau of the Census as land.
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Table 2—Area of forest land by forest-type group and ownership class, Alabama, 2000

Ownership class

 All National Miscellaneous County and Forest Nonindustrial

Forest-type group classes forest Federal State municipal industry private

Thousand acres

Longleaf–slash pine 1,074.1 130.3 5.7 38.2 16.6 136.3 747.0 

Loblolly–shortleaf pine 7,023.3 93.6 42.0 59.2 22.2 1,923.8 4,882.4 

Oak–pine 4,215.0 179.4 69.3 31.9 39.4 585.1 3,310.0 

Oak–hickory 7,682.3 233.2 69.5 81.8 36.5 700.9 6,560.3 

Oak–gum–cypress 2,771.4 14.0 87.7 22.2 7.3 346.4 2,293.8 

Elm–ash–cottonwood 158.9 — 6.7 6.3 — 20.2 125.8 

Nonstocked 65.5 — 0.4 1.1 — 27.6 36.3 

 Total 22,990.5 650.6 281.4 240.6 121.9 3,740.3 17,955.7 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding. 

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 3—Area of timberland by county and ownership class, Alabama, 2000

Ownership class

 All National Miscellaneous County and Forest Nonindustrial private

County classes forest Federal State municipal industry Corporate Individual

Thousand acres

Autauga 283.0 — — 5.0 — 105.3 11.4 161.3 

Baldwin 671.4 — 6.5 14.0 3.9 253.2 82.4 311.5 

Barbour 450.6 — 10.7 13.8 — 76.2 — 349.8 

Bibb 345.5 59.8 — — — 84.5 18.1 183.1 

Blount 236.3 — — — 4.7 12.0 25.3 194.3 

Bullock 316.5 — — — — 51.6 — 264.9 

Butler 417.3 — — — 4.2 172.2 13.6 227.3 

Calhoun 252.9 20.5 38.4 11.2 — 48.0 6.4 128.4 

Chambers 319.2 — 1.5 — — 65.0 36.1 216.6 

Cherokee 230.3 2.3 — — 1.5 57.5 6.0 163.1 

Chilton 324.9 22.8 — — — 60.3 4.4 237.4 

Choctaw 520.1 — 4.1 — — 90.5 84.4 341.1 

Clarke 724.9 — — 5.5 5.5 86.5 131.3 496.1 

Clay 311.9 56.2 — — — 44.4 38.8 172.5 

Cleburne 304.4 88.7 — 6.2 — 64.6 24.6 120.3 

Coffee 301.9 0.0 6.8 — — 32.5 30.7 231.8 

Colbert 225.5 — — 12.2 — 6.1 8.0 199.2 

Conecuh 469.5 — — — — 174.3 41.2 254.0 

Coosa 356.0 — — — — 100.0 33.6 222.4 

Covington 505.8 52.1 — — — 30.2 106.0 317.6 

Crenshaw 321.7 — — 3.1 — 47.5 24.0 247.0 

Cullman 229.6 — — — — 12.6 39.3 177.7 

Dale 238.2 — 34.5 — 1.4 8.6 5.7 187.9 

Dallas 421.7 2.1 — — — 72.7 30.7 316.1 

De Kalb 235.4 — — 6.1 — 12.2 6.1 211.0 

Elmore 271.7 — — 6.0 — 30.5 10.2 225.1 

Escambia 458.8 27.7 — 7.9 5.6 134.0 131.3 152.3 

Etowah 231.0 — — — 6.2 — — 224.8 

Fayette 333.6 — — 17.9 — 67.6 21.6 226.5 

Franklin 296.5 1.2 5.4 — — 64.8 28.5 196.6 

Geneva 203.6 — — 6.2 — 6.2 — 191.2 

Greene 284.3 — 14.3 — 4.4 37.2 53.6 174.8 

Hale 263.1 28.1 — — — 47.0 16.8 171.2 

Henry 224.5 — — — — 26.5 10.6 187.4 

Houston 166.1 — 5.3 — — — 12.0 148.8 

Jackson 450.7 — 22.9 14.2 — 37.4 34.0 342.3 

Jefferson 439.4 — — 4.3 21.5 — 234.1 179.5 

Lamar 314.6 — — 5.2 — 48.4 28.8 232.3 

Lauderdale 200.9 — — — — 12.0 — 189.0 

Lawrence 194.4 64.9 3.8 — — 1.3 5.0 119.4 

Lee 273.6 — — — 5.9 39.7 — 228.0 

Limestone 108.9 — 17.2 — — — — 91.7 

Lowndes 306.3 — — — 5.8 109.6 — 190.8 

Macon 307.3 10.6 — — — 18.1 — 278.7 

Madison 180.9 — 31.8 2.6 1.4 — 5.8 139.3 

continued
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Table 3—Area of timberland by county and ownership class, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

Ownership class

 All National Miscellaneous County and Forest Nonindustrial private

County classes forest Federal State municipal industry Corporate Individual

Thousand acres

Marengo 452.4 — — — — 66.3 101.0 285.1 

Marion 365.9 — — — 1.2 85.7 12.9 266.1 

Marshall 177.4 — 5.8 3.6 4.3 — — 163.8 

Mobile 531.8 — — 22.7 21.6 47.5 145.4 294.6 

Monroe 533.2 — 4.2 5.2 — 157.1 71.9 294.8 

Montgomery 250.6 — — 6.3 6.1 18.0 18.8 201.6 

Morgan 175.2 — 13.3 — — — — 161.9 

Perry 357.0 32.4 — — — 60.5 18.5 245.6 

Pickens 480.7 — 0.5 — — 129.9 22.5 327.9 

Pike 286.0 — — — — 17.6 10.3 258.1 

Randolph 289.5 — — — 5.1 12.6 12.6 259.2 

Russell 309.4 — 18.0 — 2.8 59.3 12.0 217.3 

Shelby 351.2 — — 12.9 — 135.4 18.4 184.6 

St. Clair 302.4 — — 5.2 — 72.1 15.6 209.5 

Sumter 430.8 — 6.2 6.2 — 35.2 123.0 260.3 

Talladega 325.5 45.0 6.6 10.0 — 56.8 6.6 200.5 

Tallapoosa 379.6 — — 5.6 — 79.8 60.2 234.1 

Tuscaloosa 659.6 10.5 — 16.1 — 128.8 114.1 390.0 

Walker 354.0 — — — 8.9 5.0 144.7 195.3 

Washington 610.2 — — 0.3 — 17.7 148.4 443.9 

Wilcox 468.4 — 4.9 5.4 — 64.8 37.5 355.9 

Winston 310.1 79.5 — — — 41.5 65.4 123.8 

 Total 22,925.8 604.6 262.7 240.6 121.9 3,740.3 2,560.1 15,395.6 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 4—Area of timberland by county and forest-type group, Alabama, 2000

Forest-type group

 All Longleaf– Loblolly– Oak– Oak– Oak–gum– Elm–ash–

County groups slash shortleaf pine hickory cypress cottonwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Autauga 283.0 6.5 122.4 34.7 98.1 19.9 — 1.4 

Baldwin 671.4 172.0 112.2 111.6 79.5 175.5 14.3 6.4 

Barbour 450.6 18.9 189.2 72.0 134.3 33.1 3.1 — 

Bibb 345.5 27.1 129.9 101.4 72.8 14.3 — — 

Blount 236.3 — 55.4 82.2 88.2 6.0 1.5 3.0 

Bullock 316.5 — 143.9 54.3 92.3 25.9 — — 

Butler 417.3 — 199.9 87.4 68.4 57.4 — 4.2 

Calhoun 252.9 — 77.0 66.9 106.6 — — 2.5 

Chambers 319.2 — 154.6 45.2 113.1 6.4 — — 

Cherokee 230.3 — 66.8 58.7 94.2 10.5 — — 

Chilton 324.9 6.8 67.9 71.4 172.2 6.6 — — 

Choctaw 520.1 3.4 253.3 43.6 157.3 62.6 — — 

Clarke 724.9 3.4 283.3 133.4 185.6 118.0 — 1.1 

Clay 311.9 12.6 62.8 72.3 162.8 1.4 — — 

Cleburne 304.4 9.2 97.8 60.0 134.4 3.0 — — 

Coffee 301.9 6.8 98.6 28.5 131.2 36.2 — 0.5 

Colbert 225.5 — 26.5 31.3 140.1 21.5 6.1 — 

Conecuh 469.5 6.3 176.8 97.1 116.2 64.6 — 8.6 

Coosa 356.0 10.0 157.0 63.9 123.7 1.4 — — 

Covington 505.8 133.0 150.1 78.5 71.0 71.3 — 2.0 

Crenshaw 321.7 6.1 92.2 65.5 96.5 61.4 — — 

Cullman 229.6 — 47.7 42.5 139.3 — — — 

Dale 238.2 14.2 64.6 43.1 90.9 25.4 — — 

Dallas 421.7 — 132.2 57.2 123.5 101.0 3.2 4.6 

De Kalb 235.4 — 62.2 33.5 137.9 — 1.9 — 

Elmore 271.7 3.0 89.5 40.6 115.2 20.4 3.0 — 

Escambia 458.8 213.6 109.2 36.3 47.4 46.8 — 5.6 

Etowah 231.0 — 31.5 60.0 124.0 15.4 — — 

Fayette 333.6 — 124.4 52.0 115.0 26.6 15.5 — 

Franklin 296.5 — 60.3 45.1 174.9 5.4 10.8 — 

Geneva 203.6 20.1 39.6 15.6 49.9 72.2 6.2 — 

Greene 284.3 — 69.4 47.3 72.3 95.3 — — 

Hale 263.1 5.4 88.9 32.6 82.1 54.1 — — 

Henry 224.5 9.3 65.3 45.9 78.8 19.9 5.3 — 

Houston 166.1 22.1 26.8 31.4 29.6 50.1 6.0 — 

Jackson 450.7 — 20.1 49.7 355.0 26.0 — — 

Jefferson 439.4 5.7 140.1 94.9 193.5 2.3 — 2.9 

Lamar 314.6 — 67.8 86.4 100.6 57.7 2.1 — 

Lauderdale 200.9 — 24.3 36.5 115.8 19.8 4.5 — 

Lawrence 194.4 — 25.9 59.3 82.0 27.2 — — 

Lee 273.6 — 121.4 41.2 78.3 32.8 — — 

Limestone 108.9 — — 6.3 58.9 39.0 4.7 — 

Lowndes 306.3 — 114.7 53.8 66.4 59.7 11.6 — 

Macon 307.3 3.3 112.7 57.2 62.6 71.5 — — 

Madison 180.9 — 7.2 26.0 96.7 38.2 12.7 — 

continued
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Table 4—Area of timberland by county and forest-type group, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

Forest-type group

All Longleaf– Loblolly– Oak– Oak– Oak–gum– Elm–ash–

County groups slash shortleaf pine hickory cypress cottonwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Marengo 452.4 — 154.9 103.4 106.4 81.8 5.9 — 

Marion 365.9 — 170.1 38.2 149.1 5.9 2.6 — 

Marshall 177.4 — 29.0 31.7 115.7 — 1.1 — 

Mobile 531.8 180.5 58.8 110.9 71.0 99.5 — 11.0 

Monroe 533.2 22.4 224.2 82.3 125.4 73.8 — 5.2 

Montgomery — 250.6 75.6 25.8 62.5 80.4 6.3 — 

Morgan 175.2 — 25.8 24.9 82.0 42.5 — — 

Perry 357.0 9.5 136.7 79.2 88.3 42.9 — 0.4 

Pickens 480.7 — 150.9 118.1 139.2 72.6 — — 

Pike 286.0 4.4 82.5 58.6 77.2 55.3 8.0 — 

Randolph 289.5 — 81.0 66.8 136.1 5.6 — — 

Russell 309.4 — 134.6 50.8 88.3 35.6 — — 

Shelby 351.2 24.2 110.6 66.3 117.8 22.6 6.5 3.2 

St. Clair 302.4 — 72.1 41.6 171.8 15.6 1.3 — 

Sumter 430.8 — 153.9 76.1 84.2 110.3 5.7 0.4 

Talladega 325.5 22.7 125.7 54.4 114.9 6.6 1.1 — 

Tallapoosa 379.6 5.6 133.1 71.7 158.0 11.2 — — 

Tuscaloosa 659.6 3.8 221.1 159.0 188.3 84.8 2.6 — 

Walker 354.0 — 112.5 54.8 181.7 5.0 — — 

Washington 610.2 82.3 105.8 168.3 85.8 167.7 — 0.3 

Wilcox 468.4 — 200.1 97.5 130.7 34.8 5.4 — 

Winston 310.1 — 91.8 59.0 144.7 12.5 — 2.1 

 Total 22,925.8 1,074.1 7,014.6 4,193.5 7,648.3 2,770.8 158.9 65.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 5—Area of timberland by county and stand-size class, Alabama, 2000

Stand-size class

 All SaplingCounty classes Sawtimber Poletimber seedling Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Autauga 283.0 57.3 84.9 139.4 1.4 

Baldwin 671.4 163.0 140.5 361.4 6.4 

Barbour 450.6 141.6 64.8 244.1 — 

Bibb 345.5 132.4 98.1 115.0 — 

Blount 236.3 72.2 48.0 113.1 3.0 

Bullock 316.5 100.0 61.1 155.4 — 

Butler 417.3 77.1 105.7 230.2 4.2 

Calhoun 252.9 91.6 66.9 91.8 2.5 

Chambers 319.2 79.1 89.8 150.2 — 

Cherokee 230.3 70.0 78.2 82.1 — 

Chilton 324.9 58.3 48.2 218.4 — 

Choctaw 520.1 187.0 91.0 242.1 — 

Clarke 724.9 290.3 107.1 326.4 1.1 

Clay 311.9 64.5 70.9 176.5 — 

Cleburne 304.4 125.7 57.8 120.8 — 

Coffee 301.9 49.9 88.8 162.6 0.5 

Colbert 225.5 73.3 59.7 92.6 — 

Conecuh 469.5 88.5 113.9 258.6 8.6 

Coosa 356.0 90.6 118.1 147.4 — 

Covington 505.8 126.5 139.1 238.2 2.0 

Crenshaw 321.7 82.5 96.9 142.3 — 

Cullman 229.6 84.1 41.2 104.3 — 

Dale 238.2 100.0 53.8 84.4 — 

Dallas 421.7 141.5 95.3 180.3 4.6 

De Kalb 235.4 88.0 79.8 67.7 — 

Elmore 271.7 77.4 65.1 129.2 — 

Escambia 458.8 130.9 59.9 262.5 5.6 

Etowah 231.0 113.0 37.9 80.1 — 

Fayette 333.6 77.1 71.5 185.1 — 

Franklin 296.5 65.3 55.9 175.3 — 

Geneva 203.6 56.0 61.1 86.6 — 

Greene 284.3 115.5 48.2 120.6 — 

Hale 263.1 107.9 34.1 121.1 — 

Henry 224.5 60.7 30.2 133.6 — 

Houston 166.1 73.1 54.9 38.0 — 

Jackson 450.7 258.5 84.0 108.3 — 

Jefferson 439.4 123.5 66.1 247.0 2.9 

Lamar 314.6 65.0 58.3 191.3 — 

Lauderdale 200.9 82.2 30.8 88.0 — 

Lawrence 194.4 94.6 38.8 61.0 — 

Lee 273.6 72.7 93.5 107.4 — 

Limestone 108.9 64.6 15.2 29.0 — 

Lowndes 306.3 52.1 83.4 170.8 — 

Macon 307.3 118.8 70.1 118.5 — 

Madison 180.9 118.1 23.5 39.3 — 

continued
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Table 5—Area of timberland by county and stand-size class, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

Stand-size class

 All SaplingCounty classes Sawtimber Poletimber seedling Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Marengo 452.4 140.2 50.4 261.9 — 

Marion 365.9 79.0 85.8 201.0 — 

Marshall 177.4 107.5 20.1 49.8 — 

Mobile 531.8 148.0 90.5 282.2 11.0 

Monroe 533.2 205.0 93.2 229.8 5.2 

Montgomery 250.6 119.3 33.9 97.5 — 

Morgan 175.2 97.9 28.7 48.6 — 

Perry 357.0 87.0 105.3 164.4 0.4 

Pickens 480.7 129.6 71.4 279.7 — 

Pike 286.0 45.9 79.5 160.6 — 

Randolph 289.5 32.4 98.6 158.4 — 

Russell 309.4 83.0 54.5 171.8 — 

Shelby 351.2 100.5 114.9 132.5 3.2 

St. Clair 302.4 147.7 58.0 96.7 — 

Sumter 430.8 134.4 76.1 219.9 0.4 

Talladega 325.5 74.9 95.7 154.8 — 

Tallapoosa 379.6 78.3 57.5 243.9 — 

Tuscaloosa 659.6 207.4 95.1 357.2 — 

Walker 354.0 102.7 68.5 182.8 — 

Washington 610.2 160.3 149.3 300.3 0.3 

Wilcox 468.4 113.0 101.4 254.1 — 

Winston 310.1 105.3 72.8 130.0 2.1 

 Total 22,925.8 7,060.9 4,883.5 10,915.9 65.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 6—Area of timberland by county and site class, Alabama, 2000

 All Site class (cubic feet/acre/year)

County classes 20-49 50-84 85-119 120-164 >165

Thousand acres

Autauga 283.0 11.4 100.4 121.3 49.9 — 

Baldwin 671.4 96.5 365.8 171.8 31.8 5.5 

Barbour 450.6 19.9 124.1 169.5 126.2 10.7 

Bibb 345.5 21.0 121.4 144.6 45.7 12.9 

Blount 236.3 13.5 77.1 93.3 40.3 12.1 

Bullock 316.5 8.7 59.3 131.9 105.0 11.6 

Butler 417.3 13.3 50.4 198.8 121.1 33.7 

Calhoun 252.9 6.5 111.4 101.0 34.1 — 

Chambers 319.2 4.5 55.9 154.4 96.8 7.5 

Cherokee 230.3 36.7 139.1 47.0 3.0 4.6 

Chilton 324.9 17.3 129.2 139.3 33.3 5.8 

Choctaw 520.1 7.2 75.9 202.7 184.8 49.6 

Clarke 724.9 0.2 136.5 252.4 247.2 88.5 

Clay 311.9 57.3 140.7 96.5 14.2 3.2 

Cleburne 304.4 18.9 140.4 107.0 38.2 — 

Coffee 301.9 6.8 71.2 182.8 41.1 0.0 

Colbert 225.5 18.4 80.8 91.4 16.6 18.3 

Conecuh 469.5 19.0 76.7 191.6 168.3 13.8 

Coosa 356.0 36.5 164.9 111.3 39.0 4.3 

Covington 505.8 9.4 207.8 246.8 29.8 12.1 

Crenshaw 321.7 6.0 87.1 162.9 53.6 12.1 

Cullman 229.6 4.7 60.1 128.3 20.8 15.7 

Dale 238.2 17.2 40.1 131.3 38.1 11.5 

Dallas 421.7 — 92.6 208.5 79.4 41.1 

De Kalb 235.4 30.8 125.8 52.9 21.4 4.6 

Elmore 271.7 4.6 100.5 89.2 69.2 8.2 

Escambia 458.8 11.8 178.9 198.8 63.7 5.6 

Etowah 231.0 6.9 48.5 163.0 5.8 6.9 

Fayette 333.6 49.1 126.1 103.7 38.6 16.1 

Franklin 296.5 13.5 148.6 77.5 51.5 5.4 

Geneva 203.6 10.9 77.6 85.2 25.4 4.7 

Greene 284.3 10.0 93.0 103.6 63.5 14.2 

Hale 263.1 46.6 91.8 81.5 36.4 6.8 

Henry 224.5 12.1 65.0 129.9 17.4 — 

Houston 166.1 12.0 43.3 92.8 17.6 0.4 

Jackson 450.7 97.2 210.0 91.8 40.7 11.0 

Jefferson 439.4 8.6 131.2 178.1 75.1 46.3 

Lamar 314.6 16.5 154.4 107.6 24.4 11.8 

Lauderdale 200.9 33.1 105.2 58.4 4.3 — 

Lawrence 194.4 27.2 89.4 57.3 20.4 — 

Lee 273.6 11.2 130.2 71.9 53.0 7.3 

Limestone 108.9 — 31.9 47.6 24.9 4.6 

Lowndes 306.3 3.9 36.2 164.4 79.8 21.8 

Macon 307.3 9.2 60.4 125.2 82.7 29.8 

Madison 180.9 23.1 55.9 63.5 38.3 — 

continued
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Table 6—Area of timberland by county and site class, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

 All Site class (cubic feet/acre/year)

County classes 20-49 50-84 85-119 120-164 >165

Thousand acres

Marengo 452.4 13.4 66.6 207.1 126.2 39.1 

Marion 365.9 30.5 138.1 132.9 58.7 5.7 

Marshall 177.4 21.6 82.4 46.8 26.6 — 

Mobile 531.8 85.4 299.5 109.9 32.9 4.0 

Monroe 533.2 21.3 118.2 217.1 146.1 30.4 

Montgomery 250.6 6.3 35.5 149.1 53.4 6.3 

Morgan 175.2 20.4 69.8 50.0 35.0 — 

Perry 357.0 4.7 78.5 188.6 73.3 11.8 

Pickens 480.7 31.1 149.8 199.2 75.6 24.9 

Pike 286.0 — 44.4 146.8 88.8 5.9 

Randolph 289.5 16.8 119.4 101.6 38.3 13.5 

Russell 309.4 15.1 101.4 141.3 51.5 — 

Shelby 351.2 25.6 170.5 120.4 34.7 — 

St. Clair 302.4 19.5 128.7 97.7 56.6 — 

Sumter 430.8 11.9 56.4 227.9 114.6 20.0 

Talladega 325.5 44.8 127.4 116.6 22.3 14.4 

Tallapoosa 379.6 — 98.4 216.3 60.7 4.2 

Tuscaloosa 659.6 67.3 279.9 170.9 93.9 47.6 

Walker 354.0 18.9 82.6 181.2 70.1 1.3 

Washington 610.2 30.3 240.1 233.3 106.5 — 

Wilcox 468.4 14.7 72.7 206.3 146.5 28.1 

Winston 310.1 9.1 98.1 124.2 62.0 16.7 

 Total 22,925.8 1,397.4 7,471.3 9,115.8 4,087.3 854.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 7—Area of timberland by county and stocking class of growing-stock trees, 

Alabama, 2000

 All Stocking class (percent) 

County classes <16.7 16.7-59 60-99 100-130 >130

Thousand acres

Autauga 283.0 2.8 31.4 70.5 116.0 62.2 

Baldwin 671.4 21.5 102.8 185.6 188.3 173.3 

Barbour 450.6 14.7 57.3 140.4 155.5 82.8 

Bibb 345.5 7.8 36.7 97.7 96.6 106.7 

Blount 236.3 7.4 31.9 62.4 89.7 44.9 

Bullock 316.5 14.0 46.4 128.6 100.2 27.4 

Butler 417.3 7.6 47.2 130.9 130.5 101.1 

Calhoun 252.9 10.5 21.4 105.0 71.1 44.9 

Chambers 319.2 7.7 25.9 89.7 92.3 103.6 

Cherokee 230.3 5.1 35.3 96.1 74.6 19.2 

Chilton 324.9 3.5 29.5 113.2 136.6 42.1 

Choctaw 520.1 6.4 44.6 151.1 176.4 141.6 

Clarke 724.9 13.2 57.0 232.3 266.5 155.9 

Clay 311.9 5.5 25.7 96.5 126.6 57.5 

Cleburne 304.4 3.5 28.4 89.7 149.1 33.7 

Coffee 301.9 11.5 35.0 76.9 111.4 67.1 

Colbert 225.5 10.8 22.9 112.4 59.6 19.8 

Conecuh 469.5 13.6 49.1 113.8 190.1 102.9 

Coosa 356.0 — 25.8 100.2 124.3 105.7 

Covington 505.8 5.1 71.7 175.1 155.8 98.2 

Crenshaw 321.7 7.3 11.5 67.6 152.1 83.2 

Cullman 229.6 7.3 23.6 87.9 78.9 31.9 

Dale 238.2 7.3 23.3 73.6 76.7 57.4 

Dallas 421.7 6.8 68.8 133.8 127.1 85.2 

De Kalb 235.4 1.7 43.7 115.5 60.8 13.7 

Elmore 271.7 0.5 30.9 83.1 94.6 62.5 

Escambia 458.8 15.2 45.6 90.3 170.9 136.8 

Etowah 231.0 5.8 29.4 96.8 83.1 15.8 

Fayette 333.6 3.2 30.8 116.7 96.9 86.0 

Franklin 296.5 5.4 48.3 109.0 117.9 16.0 

Geneva 203.6 16.9 32.3 63.4 70.7 20.4 

Greene 284.3 1.6 38.5 84.8 99.1 60.4 

Hale 263.1 17.0 32.2 64.6 83.7 65.6 

Henry 224.5 7.4 32.7 70.4 85.0 29.0 

Houston 166.1 1.5 26.6 55.6 58.6 23.7 

Jackson 450.7 2.3 97.2 215.5 111.1 24.6 

Jefferson 439.4 10.0 98.9 145.8 128.9 55.9 

Lamar 314.6 0.4 35.6 103.5 88.3 86.9 

Lauderdale 200.9 12.9 36.0 93.8 36.5 21.8 

Lawrence 194.4 7.7 30.7 67.2 80.1 8.7 

Lee 273.6 4.4 60.0 111.3 61.0 36.9 

Limestone 108.9 1.8 7.0 67.7 31.1 1.4 

Lowndes 306.3 11.4 56.3 72.8 106.1 59.6 

Macon 307.3 1.9 62.3 120.3 63.5 59.5 

Madison 180.9 7.2 31.2 76.9 52.6 13.0 

continued
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Table 7—Area of timberland by county and stocking class of growing-stock trees, 

Alabama, 2000 (continued)

 All Stocking class (percent) 

County classes <16.7 16.7-59 60-99 100-130 >130

Thousand acres

Marengo 452.4 11.5 48.2 137.2 155.8 99.7 

Marion 365.9 5.0 40.8 109.1 128.7 82.3 

Marshall 177.4 7.2 19.6 73.2 61.3 16.2 

Mobile 531.8 35.3 107.0 194.7 115.4 79.3 

Monroe 533.2 21.2 77.1 149.4 163.6 121.9 

Montgomery 250.6 16.4 62.2 74.7 68.2 29.1 

Morgan 175.2 6.0 20.4 64.3 68.3 16.3 

Perry 357.0 15.8 58.8 99.7 104.6 78.0 

Pickens 480.7 11.5 44.0 162.1 175.3 87.7 

Pike 286.0 10.7 40.6 113.3 84.2 37.2 

Randolph 289.5 9.5 25.5 80.1 112.3 62.1 

Russell 309.4 8.6 38.2 88.0 118.6 56.0 

Shelby 351.2 6.7 50.1 100.5 124.1 69.8 

St. Clair 302.4 1.8 71.0 93.3 90.1 46.1 

Sumter 430.8 24.9 62.6 89.3 133.8 120.3 

Talladega 325.5 0.1 44.3 97.1 106.2 77.8 

Tallapoosa 379.6 6.1 67.4 89.6 115.7 100.9 

Tuscaloosa 659.6 10.1 55.0 216.3 247.2 130.9 

Walker 354.0 5.3 56.2 99.2 143.3 50.0 

Washington 610.2 3.1 80.1 201.3 173.3 152.4 

Wilcox 468.4 5.0 34.0 148.6 156.1 124.7 

Winston 310.1 10.0 35.7 95.3 123.6 45.5 

 Total 22,925.8 568.9 2,998.5 7,332.1 7,596.1 4,430.2

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 8—Area of timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and ownership class,

Alabama, 2000

Ownership class

Forest-type group All National Other Forest Nonindustrial

and stand origin classes forest public industry private

Thousand acres

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash pine

 Planted 341.3 11.5 16.7 98.4 214.8 

 Natural 732.8 118.9 43.7 37.9 532.2 

 Total 1,074.1 130.3 60.5 136.3 747.0 

 Loblolly–shortleaf pine

 Planted 4,235.3 16.7 29.3 1,669.9 2,519.4 

 Natural 2,779.2 71.0 91.4 253.9 2,363.0 

 Total 7,014.6 87.7 120.7 1,923.8 4,882.4 

 Total softwoods 8,088.7 218.0 181.1 2,060.1 5,629.5 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 Planted 990.0 16.2 12.2 317.1 644.5 

 Natural 3,203.5 145.3 124.8 267.9 2,665.5 

 Total 4,193.5 161.4 137.1 585.1 3,310.0 

 Oak–hickory 7,648.3 211.1 176.0 700.9 6,560.3 

 Oak–gum–cypress 2,770.8 14.0 116.6 346.4 2,293.8 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood 158.9 — 12.9 20.2 125.8 

 Total hardwoods 14,771.6 386.6 442.6 1,652.5 12,290.0 

Nonstocked — 65.5 1.6 27.6 36.3 

All groups 22,925.8 604.6 625.3 3,740.3 17,955.7 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 9—Area of timberland by forest-type group, detailed forest type, and ownership class,

Alabama, 2000

Ownership class

Forest-type group All National Other Forest Nonindustrial

and detailed forest type classes forest public industry private

Thousand acres

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash

 Longleaf pine 577.0 111.4 51.2 36.0 378.4 

 Slash pine 497.1 18.9 9.3 100.3 368.6 

 Total 1,074.1 130.3 60.5 136.3 747.0 

 Loblolly–shortleaf

 Loblolly pine 6,362.4 70.5 87.6 1,887.4 4,316.9 

 Shortleaf pine 278.6 4.1 12.5 7.7 254.3 

 Virginia pine 310.6 13.0 14.9 28.7 254.0 

 Eastern redcedar 57.2 — — — 57.2 

 Spruce pine 5.7 — 5.7 — — 

 Total 7,014.6 87.7 120.7 1,923.8 4,882.4 

 Total softwoods 8,088.7 218.0 181.1 2,060.1 5,629.5 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 White pine–n. red oak–white ash 3.8 3.8 — — — 

 Eastern redcedar–hardwood 103.9 5.6 4.3 — 94.0 

 Longleaf pine–scrub oak 214.9 39.8 10.6 16.9 147.6 

 Shortleaf pine–oak 415.3 20.9 18.2 46.1 330.0 

 Virginia pine–s. red oak 184.7 16.1 8.9 14.0 145.7 

 Loblolly pine–hardwood 2,974.1 69.0 73.3 463.1 2,368.7 

 Slash pine–hardwood 200.5 2.9 10.7 30.6 156.3 

 Other oak–pine 96.4 3.4 10.9 14.3 67.8 

 Total 4,193.5 161.4 137.1 585.1 3,310.0 

 Oak–hickory

 Post oak–black oak 85.6 — 1.8 6.1 77.7 

 Chestnut oak 255.6 25.2 21.0 28.0 181.3 

 White oak–red oak–hickory 831.2 35.8 29.3 84.0 682.1 

 White oak 46.9 8.5 — 0.5 38.0 

 Yellow-poplar–white oak–n. red oak 215.3 11.9 11.6 24.3 167.5 

 Southern scrub oak 40.4 2.2 — 11.2 27.0 

 Sweetgum–yellow-poplar 1,077.3 5.8 4.5 110.8 956.3 

 Mixed hardwood 5,096.1 121.7 107.7 436.1 4,430.5 

 Total 7,648.3 211.1 176.0 700.9 6,560.3 

 Oak–gum–cypress

 Swamp chestnut oak–cherrybark oak 87.0 — 5.3 7.3 74.4 

 Sweetgum–water oak–willow oak 1,251.6 3.2 66.1 124.3 1,058.0 

 Sugarberry–elm–green ash 371.0 — 20.0 48.0 303.0 

 Overcup oak–water hickory 47.9 — 0.3 18.0 29.6 

 Atlantic white-cedar 3.9 — — 3.9 — 

 Cypress–water tupelo 208.6 4.6 11.6 29.0 163.5 

 Sweetbay–blackgum–red maple 800.9 6.3 13.3 116.0 665.3 

 Total 2,770.8 14.0 116.6 346.4 2,293.8 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood

 River birch–sycamore 67.9 — 12.9 — 54.9 

 Cottonwood 6.5 — — — 6.5 

 Willow 52.1 — — 11.7 40.5 

 Sycamore–pecan–elm 32.5 — — 8.5 24.0 

 Total 158.9 — 12.9 20.2 125.8 

 Total hardwoods 14,771.6 386.6 442.6 1,652.5 12,290.0 

Nonstocked — 65.5 1.6 27.6 36.3 

All groups 604.6 22,925.8 625.3 3,740.3 17,955.7 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 10—Area of timberland by ownership and stocking classes of growing-stock trees,

Alabama, 2000

 All Stocking class (percent) 

Ownership class classes <16.7 16.7-59 60-99 100-130 >130

Thousand acres

National forest 604.6 5.6 49.5 235.8 224.0 89.6 

Other public 625.3 14.8 100.5 276.3 170.4 63.3 

Forest industry 3,740.3 80.8 360.9 859.6 1,375.4 1,063.7 

Nonindustrial private 17,955.7 467.7 2,487.6 5,960.4 5,826.4 3,213.6 

 All ownerships 22,925.8 568.9 2,998.5 7,332.1 7,596.1 4,430.2 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

Table 11—Area of timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and stand-size class,

Alabama, 2000

Stand-size class

Forest-type group All Saplingand stand origin classes Sawtimber Poletimber seedling Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash pine

 Planted 341.3 50.6 155.9 134.8 — 

 Natural 732.8 302.0 110.1 320.7 — 

 Total 1,074.1 352.6 266.0 455.5 — 

 Loblolly–shortleaf pine

 Planted 4,235.3 518.9 1,571.0 2,145.4 — 

 Natural 2,779.2 1,239.5 420.2 1,119.5 — 

 Total 7,014.6 1,758.5 1,991.2 3,264.9 — 

 Total softwoods 8,088.7 2,111.1 2,257.2 3,720.4 — 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 Planted 990.0 37.8 84.3 867.9 — 

 Natural 3,203.5 1,098.2 558.8 1,546.4 — 

 Total 4,193.5 1,136.1 643.1 2,414.3 — 

 Oak–hickory 7,648.3 2,422.8 1,386.3 3,839.2 — 

 Oak–gum–cypress 2,770.8 1,331.5 585.6 853.7 — 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood 158.9 59.4 11.3 88.2 — 

 Total hardwoods 14,771.6 4,949.8 2,626.3 7,195.5 — 

Nonstocked — 65.5 — — 65.5 

All groups 22,925.8 7,060.9 4,883.5 10,915.9 65.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 13—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, public ownerships,

Alabama, 2000

Forest management type

Stand-age All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland 

class types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0-10 135.3 13.1 16.4 36.0 51.9 16.4 1.6 

11-20 62.8 12.2 23.5 16.9 6.3 4.0 — 

21-30 85.5 24.1 24.8 19.0 8.3 9.3 — 

31-40 100.7 13.0 8.9 49.5 12.1 17.3 — 

41-50 178.6 0.6 54.8 33.1 55.5 34.6 — 

51-60 230.5 11.3 82.2 60.6 57.0 19.5 — 

61-70 206.4 — 62.5 45.9 80.8 17.2 — 

71-80 147.2 — 29.9 25.5 76.3 15.4 — 

81+ 82.9 — 22.1 12.1 39.0 9.8 — 

 All classes 1,229.8 74.2 324.9 298.5 387.1 143.5 1.6 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

Table 12—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, all ownerships,

Alabama, 2000

Forest management type

Stand-age All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland 

class types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0-10 6,344.4 1,936.3 599.0 1,205.9 2,090.4 455.9 56.8 

11-20 3,450.3 1,726.2 375.3 387.4 693.0 264.5 3.9 

21-30 2,515.3 660.2 499.3 505.9 599.2 248.1 2.6 

31-40 2,365.3 173.7 488.3 529.0 781.8 392.0 0.5 

41-50 3,314.7 48.5 674.5 738.2 1,188.5 665.0 — 

51-60 2,321.4 19.2 477.8 448.5 954.5 421.0 0.3 

61-70 1,295.1 12.5 252.8 194.3 611.0 223.2 1.4 

71-80 689.5 — 93.6 111.7 349.8 134.4 — 

81+ 629.7 — 51.3 72.6 380.1 125.7 — 

 All classes 22,925.8 4,576.7 3,512.0 4,193.5 7,648.3 2,929.8 65.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 14—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, forest industry

ownerships, Alabama, 2000

Forest management type

Stand-age All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland 

class types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0-10 1,456.2 814.2 71.3 225.9 242.9 77.5 24.3 

11-20 811.1 636.1 15.1 66.8 47.8 41.9 3.3 

21-30 472.3 267.8 16.9 103.0 60.3 24.3 — 

31-40 279.8 39.4 74.2 64.4 82.3 19.5 — 

41-50 244.0 5.1 55.1 59.1 61.9 62.8 — 

51-60 204.8 5.6 30.2 28.0 89.3 51.7 — 

61-70 137.6 — 24.7 33.2 68.6 11.0 — 

71-80 52.3 — — — 11.7 40.6 — 

81+ 82.3 — 4.3 4.6 36.1 37.3 — 

 All classes 3,740.3 1,768.3 291.9 585.1 700.9 366.6 27.6 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

Table 15—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, nonindustrial private 

ownerships, Alabama, 2000

Forest management type

Stand-age All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland 

class types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0-10 4,752.9 1,109.0 511.3 944.0 1,795.7 362.0 30.9 

11-20 2,576.4 1,078.0 336.8 303.7 638.9 218.5 0.6 

21-30 1,957.5 368.2 457.7 383.9 530.6 214.5 2.6 

31-40 1,984.9 121.3 405.3 415.1 687.4 355.2 0.5 

41-50 2,892.2 42.8 564.6 646.0 1,071.1 567.7 — 

51-60 1,886.1 2.4 365.4 359.9 808.2 349.8 0.3 

61-70 951.1 12.5 165.6 115.2 461.6 195.0 1.4 

71-80 490.1 — 63.7 86.2 261.8 78.4 — 

81+ 464.5 — 25.0 55.9 305.0 78.6 — 

 All classes 17,955.7 2,734.2 2,895.2 3,310.0 6,560.3 2,419.7 36.3 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 16—Area of nonindustrial private timberland by ownership, forested tract-size class, and

forest management type, Alabama, 2000

Forest management type

Ownership and forested All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland

tract-size class types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Acres Thousand acres

Individual

 10 39.9 685.1 74.3 165.5 336.3 64.2 4.9 

11-50 4,008.7 418.6 621.6 750.2 1,675.3 530.6 12.4 

51-100 3,327.7 464.4 510.2 555.4 1,417.3 375.9 4.6 

101-200 3,343.6 505.7 553.0 581.2 1,192.0 509.3 2.5 

201-500 2,986.4 543.3 469.0 486.3 984.0 500.4 3.4 

501 178.8 1,044.1 174.6 220.3 308.1 156.5 5.8 

 Total 15,395.6 2,150.7 2,402.6 2,758.9 5,913.0 2,136.8 33.7 

Corporate

 10 4.7 42.6 4.1 13.8 14.3 5.5 0.3 

11-50 265.7 29.6 55.0 75.4 81.3 23.9 0.3 

51-100 337.9 72.6 71.3 51.2 108.0 34.9 — 

101-200 520.2 111.8 101.4 98.9 166.4 41.7 — 

201-500 714.5 183.4 111.4 145.4 165.5 108.7 — 

501 181.4 679.3 149.4 166.5 111.8 68.2 2.0 

 Total 2,560.1 583.6 492.6 551.1 647.3 282.9 2.6 

All nonindustrial private

 10 44.6 727.7 78.3 179.3 350.6 69.6 5.2 

11-50 4,274.4 448.2 676.6 825.7 1,756.6 554.5 12.8 

51-100 3,665.5 537.0 581.4 606.5 1,525.2 410.7 4.6 

101-200 3,863.8 617.5 654.4 680.1 1,358.4 550.9 2.5 

201-500 3,700.9 726.7 580.4 631.7 1,149.5 609.2 3.4 

501 360.2 1,723.3 324.0 386.7 419.9 224.7 7.8 

 Total 17,955.7 2,734.2 2,895.2 3,310.0 6,560.3 2,419.7 36.3 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 17—Number of live trees on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 1.0- 3.0- 5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 2.9 4.9 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Thousand trees

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 177,177 69,829 44,284 16,477 12,933 11,038 9,717 7,339 3,181 1,834 436 109 — 

 Slash pine 182,962 42,639 44,913 46,940 24,471 10,823 6,066 3,410 2,246 848 374 200 32 

 Shortleaf pine 235,164 88,393 51,567 31,920 22,914 17,308 11,078 6,779 3,179 1,245 417 364 — 

 Loblolly pine 3,123,467 1,276,613 715,989 557,098 317,824 128,946 59,444 30,188 18,105 10,249 5,086 3,747 178 

 Virginia pine 361,466 242,385 62,836 24,818 13,288 9,145 5,234 2,806 705 147 24 78 — 

 Spruce pine 23,903 11,379 4,341 2,232 1,597 1,009 596 555 850 319 445 580 — 

 Sand pine 279 — — 186 62 31 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 68 — — — — — 34 — 34 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 3,294 2,031 — 510 237 345 138 33 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 21,570 7,028 5,897 2,177 1,328 954 1,346 839 550 138 330 884 99 

 Pondcypress 4,794 3,729 411 167 97 132 31 128 — 68 — 31 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 1,473 778 — 190 126 125 190 64 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 135,251 80,090 28,785 12,680 6,391 4,001 1,701 864 418 250 71 — — 

 Total softwoods 4,270,868 1,824,894 959,023 695,395 401,268 183,857 95,575 53,005 29,268 15,098 7,183 5,993 309 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 332,891 168,484 64,407 32,835 20,728 16,100 11,365 7,151 5,361 2,830 1,837 1,589 204 

 Select red oaks 81,098 39,429 14,205 7,082 4,916 3,989 3,051 2,070 1,972 1,281 1,364 1,467 272 

 Other white oaks 346,494 185,840 60,718 32,589 23,188 16,451 10,790 7,291 4,310 2,267 1,420 1,562 68 

 Other red oaks 1,913,725 1,363,004 267,486 99,956 61,216 42,996 27,361 19,443 12,628 7,362 4,920 6,109 1,244 

 Hickory 673,322 445,225 105,818 43,488 29,039 19,692 13,718 7,180 5,036 2,469 814 770 73 

 Hard maple 114,352 87,747 15,982 5,476 2,367 1,188 770 473 172 108 69 — — 

 Soft maple 1,008,943 791,250 133,166 43,847 19,743 9,671 5,375 2,639 1,368 829 353 490 212 

 Beech 76,530 54,406 10,291 3,953 2,019 1,581 1,009 868 607 657 291 782 66 

 Sweetgum 2,149,731 1,505,416 364,608 133,707 67,664 37,228 18,467 11,653 4,787 3,010 1,383 1,775 33 

 Tupelo and blackgum 673,544 450,252 98,236 46,412 29,904 18,744 13,208 7,605 5,071 1,950 1,316 773 73 

 Ash 229,307 151,699 40,144 15,056 8,898 5,798 3,077 1,884 1,109 817 385 440 — 

 Cottonwood 4,007 1,360 1,633 238 179 73 — 38 261 39 116 70 — 

 Basswood 21,656 11,962 5,405 1,571 798 696 343 305 307 139 56 74 — 

 Yellow-poplar 422,167 270,748 64,532 29,737 17,733 12,742 9,071 5,795 4,141 2,831 1,837 2,716 284 

 Bay and magnolia 391,610 268,668 60,496 26,776 15,003 8,484 5,716 2,937 1,797 936 376 421 — 

 Black cherry 327,292 240,318 59,125 17,496 6,131 2,879 627 441 208 — — 67 — 

 Black walnut 5,814 2,316 1,309 732 772 145 163 170 141 37 — 29 — 

 Sycamore 20,482 9,142 4,950 1,868 1,379 877 730 278 406 283 105 430 34 

 Black locust 6,379 3,046 1,796 623 283 384 — 141 34 72 — — — 

 Elm 314,927 235,840 47,606 14,618 8,044 3,716 2,673 1,187 658 278 65 242 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 2,560,727 1,992,267 376,786 116,236 44,610 16,714 6,655 3,639 1,434 1,195 669 453 69 

 Total hardwoods 11,674,999 8,278,419 1,798,699 674,296 364,614 220,148 134,169 83,188 51,808 29,390 17,376 20,259 2,632 

All species 15,945,867 10,103,313 2,757,722 1,369,691 765,882 404,005 229,744 136,193 81,076 44,488 24,559 26,252 2,941 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell.
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Table 18—Number of growing-stock trees on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 1.0- 3.0- 5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 2.9 4.9 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Thousand trees

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 164,397 61,162 41,085 15,897 12,813 10,962 9,622 7,339 3,175 1,797 436 109 — 

 Slash pine 167,499 35,537 39,234 44,927 23,980 10,723 6,025 3,410 2,209 848 374 200 32 

 Shortleaf pine 202,467 67,493 43,494 29,912 22,127 16,921 10,857 6,672 3,076 1,245 306 364 — 

 Loblolly pine 2,763,031 1,051,454 644,289 525,954 301,420 119,929 55,796 28,910 17,132 9,814 4,738 3,454 141 

 Virginia pine 285,438 183,529 51,669 21,554 12,004 8,527 4,816 2,492 632 147 24 44 — 

 Spruce pine 16,927 5,907 3,517 1,896 1,493 901 563 523 818 319 445 545 — 

 Sand pine 248 — — 155 62 31 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 68 — — — — — 34 — 34 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 1,806 732 — 438 168 297 138 33 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 15,367 2,465 5,175 1,762 1,194 822 1,312 768 550 138 297 853 31 

 Pondcypress 3,972 2,907 411 167 97 132 31 128 — 68 — 31 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 1,019 389 — 157 126 93 190 64 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 82,708 49,442 16,813 7,697 4,239 2,740 973 490 207 107 — — — 

 Total softwoods 3,704,947 1,461,017 845,687 650,516 379,723 172,078 90,357 50,829 27,833 14,483 6,620 5,600 204 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 210,165 76,152 46,953 27,504 17,892 14,662 10,153 6,281 5,021 2,540 1,468 1,468 71 

 Select red oaks 49,893 16,087 9,827 5,633 4,462 3,609 2,746 1,833 1,865 1,044 1,194 1,354 239 

 Other white oaks 192,820 70,701 41,990 25,555 19,236 13,070 8,526 6,244 3,538 1,892 854 1,177 37 

 Other red oaks 921,082 524,778 167,610 76,030 49,101 36,298 23,273 16,522 11,196 6,386 4,018 5,186 684 

 Hickory 364,649 187,883 70,903 35,700 25,429 17,935 12,485 6,185 4,643 2,218 707 523 38 

 Hard maple 29,010 14,952 6,785 3,696 1,575 927 497 409 100 35 34 — — 

 Soft maple 241,166 145,728 52,606 21,015 10,339 5,332 2,879 1,520 853 518 136 171 69 

 Beech 21,248 11,258 2,585 2,129 1,311 1,244 708 520 509 414 151 383 36 

 Sweetgum 1,351,495 842,079 271,215 109,942 58,438 33,171 16,425 10,500 4,350 2,533 1,246 1,563 33 

 Tupelo and blackgum 305,594 146,961 58,187 34,486 23,948 15,885 11,483 6,574 4,571 1,748 1,147 570 34 

 Ash 92,185 48,253 15,780 10,389 6,885 4,681 2,412 1,575 934 625 348 303 — 

 Cottonwood 2,509 436 1,173 201 140 35 — 38 261 39 116 70 — 

 Basswood 9,230 3,040 2,944 1,117 590 564 311 200 270 104 56 34 — 

 Yellow-poplar 333,145 198,590 54,218 27,117 16,267 11,697 8,633 5,391 3,952 2,724 1,801 2,540 215 

 Bay and magnolia 194,745 122,225 30,332 16,611 10,073 6,158 4,432 2,309 1,496 658 239 212 — 

 Black cherry 94,780 53,900 26,591 8,800 3,177 1,559 407 209 137 — — — — 

 Black walnut 1,566 — 451 239 463 109 133 135 36 — — — — 

 Sycamore 13,506 4,666 3,665 1,490 1,033 734 591 245 343 246 105 354 34 

 Black locust 2,442 888 946 269 102 135 — 33 34 35 — — — 

 Elm 88,195 44,810 22,098 8,971 5,757 2,871 1,887 870 514 175 35 207 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 550,481 358,799 112,964 41,977 19,922 8,292 3,711 2,241 1,003 807 456 273 36 

 Total hardwoods 5,069,906 2,872,186 999,823 458,871 276,140 178,968 111,692 69,834 45,626 24,741 14,111 16,388 1,526 

All species 4,333,203 8,774,853 1,845,510 1,109,387 655,863 351,046 202,049 120,663 73,459 39,224 20,731 21,988 1,730 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell.
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Table 19—Volume of live trees on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Million cubic feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 1,003.6 47.8 94.6 146.5 206.3 226.7 136.6 100.3 30.4 14.4 — 

 Slash pine 877.9 122.8 163.5 147.4 130.2 110.3 98.0 49.2 28.1 21.2 7.1 

 Shortleaf pine 1,243.1 91.8 160.4 237.0 245.4 219.2 144.8 78.2 30.0 36.3 — 

 Loblolly pine 8,967.5 1,286.9 1,843.6 1,493.1 1,172.8 928.4 789.0 614.3 387.6 417.7 34.1 

 Virginia pine 520.7 74.5 94.2 120.9 105.3 81.8 28.0 8.3 1.6 6.1 — 

 Spruce pine 235.5 7.5 12.1 14.0 12.6 18.3 41.1 19.6 37.5 72.7 — 

 Sand pine 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 2.1 — — — 0.8 — 1.3 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 9.6 1.4 1.3 3.6 2.2 1.1 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 219.3 6.7 8.7 11.6 25.6 23.2 21.1 5.8 20.9 87.0 8.6 

 Pondcypress 11.6 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.5 3.1 — 3.1 — 2.5 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 8.4 0.7 1.1 1.4 3.5 1.8 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 164.5 29.0 31.3 36.2 24.9 18.1 11.9 9.3 3.9 — — 

 Total softwoods 13,264.9 1,670.3 2,411.7 2,213.1 1,930.1 1,632.0 1,271.9 888.2 540.0 657.9 49.8 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 1,507.3 91.2 134.0 196.6 218.5 203.6 210.4 147.1 114.8 161.4 29.6 

 Select red oaks 653.7 22.2 33.0 51.1 60.0 55.8 75.8 59.6 85.9 144.3 66.2 

 Other white oaks 1,215.5 85.4 138.3 179.4 181.1 183.6 147.2 102.2 72.0 114.5 11.8 

 Other red oaks 4,034.2 280.4 379.1 489.9 502.2 508.4 454.6 352.5 297.8 541.5 227.8 

 Hickory 1,413.3 102.6 170.3 220.8 258.0 198.8 192.2 125.8 56.6 74.3 13.9 

 Hard maple 85.5 16.2 15.2 12.4 14.5 13.4 5.1 4.4 4.2 — — 

 Soft maple 610.2 121.2 111.1 96.6 82.8 56.6 37.2 34.9 17.1 32.5 20.2 

 Beech 215.7 10.4 13.1 18.7 18.9 22.1 20.2 30.0 19.1 54.0 9.3 

 Sweetgum 2,635.5 323.2 428.6 465.6 383.0 357.7 208.5 164.8 102.6 190.2 11.3 

 Tupelo and blackgum 1,384.4 124.1 181.7 215.8 241.3 198.0 181.6 91.9 70.6 59.9 19.4 

 Ash 422.0 43.4 58.2 70.1 59.4 52.8 40.4 36.8 25.3 35.6 — 

 Cottonwood 30.6 0.7 1.0 1.0 — 1.4 11.1 2.0 8.2 5.2 — 

 Basswood 65.8 4.8 5.4 8.7 6.8 8.4 12.7 7.4 4.3 7.4 — 

 Yellow-poplar 1,510.4 87.8 123.5 159.5 184.7 172.7 174.2 153.1 132.9 266.6 55.3 

 Bay and magnolia 568.7 73.2 89.1 93.6 97.7 74.1 57.9 38.8 19.3 25.0 — 

 Black cherry 142.7 43.8 35.7 29.0 10.5 11.3 9.0 — — 3.5 — 

 Black walnut 19.7 1.8 3.9 1.6 2.4 3.6 3.9 1.6 — 0.9 — 

 Sycamore 133.5 7.5 10.6 11.2 14.2 7.9 14.4 13.3 6.8 41.6 5.8 

 Black locust 13.3 1.5 1.6 3.4 — 2.6 1.4 2.6 — — — 

 Elm 264.9 37.7 45.6 41.4 46.3 29.8 23.8 12.4 4.2 23.6 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 934.2 241.7 216.0 149.9 95.3 73.8 43.7 48.1 30.1 27.5 8.0 

 Total hardwoods 17,860.9 1,720.8 2,194.8 2,516.2 2,477.7 2,236.4 1,925.5 1,429.5 1,072.0 1,809.4 478.4 

All species 3,391.1 31,125.9 4,606.6 4,729.3 4,407.7 3,868.4 3,197.4 2,317.7 1,612.0 2,467.4 528.3 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 20—Volume of growing-stock trees on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Million cubic feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 997.1 46.5 93.8 145.5 204.6 226.7 136.3 98.8 30.4 14.4 — 

 Slash pine 867.9 118.1 161.0 146.2 129.7 110.3 97.0 49.2 28.1 21.2 7.1 

 Shortleaf pine 1,214.9 87.2 156.0 233.0 241.7 216.8 142.0 78.2 23.5 36.3 — 

 Loblolly pine 8,554.0 1,229.3 1,760.6 1,408.1 1,116.4 900.1 759.5 595.5 366.4 390.3 27.9 

 Virginia pine 479.7 66.6 86.9 114.8 99.1 74.3 25.1 8.3 1.6 3.2 — 

 Spruce pine 225.4 6.6 11.6 12.9 12.2 17.2 39.7 19.6 37.5 68.1 — 

 Sand pine 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.2 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 2.1 — — — 0.8 — 1.3 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 8.8 1.3 1.0 3.2 2.2 1.1 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 209.2 5.7 8.3 10.2 25.1 22.0 21.1 5.8 20.1 85.4 5.5 

 Pondcypress 11.6 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.5 3.1 — 3.1 — 2.5 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 8.0 0.5 1.1 1.1 3.5 1.8 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 103.5 18.6 21.9 25.7 16.1 10.9 6.2 3.9 — — — 

 Total softwoods 12,683.2 1,581.3 2,303.0 2,102.2 1,851.9 1,584.3 1,228.3 862.5 507.5 621.7 40.6 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 1,368.3 79.3 120.2 183.4 201.1 184.4 200.2 133.2 97.6 154.9 14.1 

 Select red oaks 605.0 18.3 30.6 47.3 56.2 51.5 74.2 52.3 79.7 135.2 59.9 

 Other white oaks 1,017.2 70.0 118.6 150.2 151.0 161.8 126.0 89.3 50.2 89.8 10.2 

 Other red oaks 3,458.2 225.1 319.2 428.0 441.2 446.2 415.6 312.6 258.8 476.6 134.9 

 Hickory 1,279.4 88.9 154.3 205.0 238.9 177.3 181.8 119.4 50.9 56.1 6.9 

 Hard maple 63.7 11.6 10.7 10.4 10.7 12.0 3.4 1.9 2.9 — — 

 Soft maple 347.7 63.3 63.1 58.0 48.7 35.4 25.8 23.5 7.1 14.0 8.8 

 Beech 150.7 6.3 9.7 15.3 14.1 13.8 19.1 22.0 10.7 35.2 4.4 

 Sweetgum 2,388.1 278.5 384.8 424.5 349.6 330.0 195.2 144.9 94.7 174.8 11.3 

 Tupelo and blackgum 1,221.5 97.7 152.3 189.9 217.9 179.5 167.2 84.4 65.1 49.0 18.5 

 Ash 355.5 32.3 47.3 59.7 48.3 46.1 36.6 31.4 23.4 30.5 — 

 Cottonwood 29.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 — 1.4 11.1 2.0 8.2 5.2 — 

 Basswood 53.1 3.5 4.4 7.4 6.3 5.4 11.5 6.5 4.3 3.8 — 

 Yellow-poplar 1,435.8 81.5 116.1 149.2 176.9 163.9 168.4 149.0 130.9 257.4 42.5 

 Bay and magnolia 434.9 48.3 63.8 70.8 81.4 61.3 51.0 29.4 14.2 14.7 — 

 Black cherry 82.2 24.7 20.7 16.4 7.5 6.7 6.2 — — — — 

 Black walnut 10.9 0.7 2.8 1.3 2.0 2.9 1.3 — — — — 

 Sycamore 117.5 6.3 8.1 9.6 12.4 7.1 12.7 13.0 6.8 35.6 5.8 

 Black locust 6.8 0.8 0.5 1.6 — 0.9 1.4 1.6 — — — 

 Elm 202.1 24.8 34.7 33.5 35.0 23.2 18.9 7.9 2.3 21.9 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 535.5 101.7 112.5 86.5 60.4 54.0 32.7 36.0 23.6 22.7 5.5 

 Total hardwoods 15,164.0 1,264.0 1,775.2 2,148.5 2,159.5 1,964.9 1,760.3 1,260.2 931.4 1,577.3 322.8 

All species 2,845.3 27,847.3 4,078.2 4,250.7 4,011.4 3,549.3 2,988.6 2,122.7 1,438.9 2,199.0 363.4 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 21—Volume in the saw-log portion of sawtimber trees on timberland by species and diameter class,

Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Million cubic feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 796.5 120.2 187.0 215.7 132.3 96.9 30.0 14.3 — 

 Slash pine 539.8 118.0 117.8 105.1 94.5 48.6 27.8 21.0 7.1 

 Shortleaf pine 889.5 188.4 219.9 206.4 138.3 77.1 23.3 36.0 — 

 Loblolly pine 5,042.7 1,089.5 1,001.2 851.9 737.2 586.0 362.7 386.4 27.6 

 Virginia pine 287.0 92.4 88.9 69.2 23.9 8.0 1.5 3.1 — 

 Spruce pine 200.1 10.4 11.1 16.4 38.6 19.2 37.1 67.5 — 

 Sand pine 0.2 0.2 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 2.0 — 0.7 — 1.3 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 5.4 2.5 1.9 1.0 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 179.3 7.2 21.1 19.6 19.5 5.5 19.1 82.0 5.4 

 Pondcypress 9.8 1.0 0.5 2.8 — 3.0 — 2.5 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 5.7 0.9 3.1 1.7 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 55.1 20.7 14.5 10.2 5.9 3.8 — — — 

 Total softwoods 8,013.1 1,651.2 1,667.8 1,500.2 1,191.5 848.1 501.5 612.7 40.0 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 844.2 — 144.1 152.0 175.4 120.8 90.5 147.6 13.7 

 Select red oaks 450.9 — 39.2 41.3 63.8 46.3 73.4 127.9 59.0 

 Other white oaks 573.6 — 110.0 133.3 110.0 80.5 46.2 83.6 9.9 

 Other red oaks 2,141.1 — 319.9 366.8 361.9 281.3 237.2 445.3 128.7 

 Hickory 691.7 — 173.0 146.0 158.8 107.8 46.9 52.7 6.6 

 Hard maple 25.0 — 7.7 9.9 3.0 1.8 2.7 — — 

 Soft maple 131.4 — 33.3 28.0 21.9 20.6 6.4 12.9 8.4 

 Beech 102.8 — 10.3 11.2 16.3 19.3 9.6 31.9 4.1 

 Sweetgum 1,095.1 — 245.0 272.4 173.5 133.8 89.6 169.7 11.1 

 Tupelo and blackgum 641.4 — 152.5 145.4 144.6 75.5 59.5 45.9 17.9 

 Ash 181.6 — 34.1 37.5 31.5 28.5 21.0 29.0 — 

 Cottonwood 25.3 — — 1.1 9.7 1.8 7.7 5.0 — 

 Basswood 32.5 — 4.5 4.5 10.1 5.9 4.0 3.6 — 

 Yellow-poplar 960.0 — 122.7 134.7 149.3 137.5 124.1 249.7 42.1 

 Bay and magnolia 207.1 — 56.7 50.8 45.0 27.0 13.4 14.2 — 

 Black cherry 16.6 — 5.5 5.6 5.4 — — — — 

 Black walnut 4.8 — 1.4 2.3 1.1 — — — — 

 Sycamore 80.8 — 8.1 5.5 10.7 11.5 6.1 33.3 5.6 

 Black locust 3.3 — — 0.7 1.2 1.4 — — — 

 Elm 88.5 — 24.9 18.6 16.0 6.9 2.0 20.0 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 182.0 — 40.0 40.7 26.0 29.4 20.2 20.5 5.3 

 Total hardwoods 8,479.6 — 1,532.8 1,608.1 1,535.3 1,137.7 860.3 1,493.0 312.4 

All species 16,492.7 1,651.2 3,200.7 3,108.3 2,726.8 1,985.8 1,361.7 2,105.7 352.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 22—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 2000

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

All 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Million board feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 4,471.3 590.3 982.9 1,214.9 788.8 602.6 193.0 98.8 — 

 Slash pine 2,958.1 548.4 597.5 580.6 556.0 300.7 180.2 142.7 52.0 

 Shortleaf pine 4,728.0 875.4 1,100.2 1,114.2 793.8 464.1 145.5 234.9 — 

 Loblolly pine 27,818.6 5,048.8 5,032.4 4,660.8 4,307.4 3,597.9 2,327.4 2,640.8 203.1 

 Virginia pine 1,387.2 417.0 423.8 348.3 127.1 44.1 8.6 18.2 — 

 Spruce pine 1,195.4 52.9 57.9 89.5 221.1 113.6 226.4 434.1 — 

 Sand pine 0.8 0.8 — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 10.8 — 3.5 — 7.3 — — — — 

 Eastern hemlock 25.7 11.1 9.2 5.5 — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 992.5 30.2 95.2 95.1 101.3 29.6 108.8 497.9 34.4 

 Pondcypress 51.1 4.2 2.1 13.7 — 16.4 — 14.7 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 29.2 4.1 15.8 9.4 — — — — — 

 Redcedars 295.6 104.2 76.8 57.1 34.5 23.0 — — — 

 Total softwoods 43,964.5 7,687.2 8,397.3 8,189.2 6,937.3 5,191.9 3,190.0 4,082.1 289.5 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 4,384.5 — 689.0 739.9 886.0 634.6 492.8 857.8 84.4 

 Select red oaks 2,605.3 — 188.4 203.8 334.5 250.8 424.4 788.2 415.3 

 Other white oaks 2,913.8 — 521.5 641.4 553.7 419.8 250.0 460.8 66.5 

 Other red oaks 11,926.4 — 1,650.5 1,897.9 1,928.5 1,554.4 1,365.8 2,680.3 848.9 

 Hickory 3,567.3 — 825.9 720.4 821.2 582.6 263.6 312.2 41.5 

 Hard maple 126.0 — 39.8 48.9 14.6 8.7 13.8 — — 

 Soft maple 667.1 — 159.4 134.1 108.9 106.2 34.0 72.9 51.6 

 Beech 473.9 — 51.8 52.6 74.5 87.4 43.4 145.2 19.0 

 Sweetgum 6,020.3 — 1,248.2 1,411.5 940.0 756.5 526.1 1,058.0 80.0 

 Tupelo and blackgum 3,130.8 — 657.0 663.5 702.6 391.8 321.8 268.3 125.6 

 Ash 924.4 — 159.0 178.0 157.9 148.0 116.2 165.2 — 

 Cottonwood 141.9 — — 5.7 51.2 10.0 43.8 31.1 — 

 Basswood 164.4 — 21.2 21.6 50.0 30.6 20.9 20.1 — 

 Yellow-poplar 5,604.8 — 632.7 711.4 827.3 796.3 750.1 1,595.5 291.5 

 Bay and magnolia 995.7 — 272.0 236.4 213.0 132.3 66.3 75.8 — 

 Black cherry 83.2 — 26.2 28.0 29.0 — — — — 

 Black walnut 22.1 — 6.7 10.4 5.0 — — — — 

 Sycamore 445.8 — 39.6 27.3 54.7 61.0 33.4 195.5 34.2 

 Black locust 15.0 — — 3.2 5.5 6.3 — — — 

 Elm 452.6 — 121.0 91.2 80.6 35.9 11.0 112.9 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 1,014.4 — 209.1 218.6 147.4 173.4 119.3 119.3 27.5 

 Total hardwoods 45,679.6 — 7,519.2 8,045.7 7,986.0 6,186.6 4,896.9 8,959.2 2,085.9 

All species 89,644.1 7,687.2 15,916.5 16,234.9 14,923.4 11,378.6 8,086.8 13,041.3 2,375.4 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 23—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species, size class, and tree grade, Alabama, 2000

All size classes Trees 15.0 inches d.b.h.

All Tree grade All Tree grade

Species grades 1 2 3 4 5 grades 1 2 3 4 5

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 4,471.3 1,299.4 1,314.3 1,847.3 — 10.3 1,683.2 538.4 618.8 526.0 — — 

 Slash pine 2,958.1 1,349.0 595.5 958.0 — 55.6 1,231.7 699.0 245.2 270.0 — 17.5 

 Shortleaf pine 4,728.0 2,266.1 961.3 1,476.5 — 24.1 1,638.2 931.8 281.4 407.3 — 17.7 

 Loblolly pine 27,818.6 8,016.4 5,275.8 14,097.4 — 429.0 13,076.6 5,359.1 3,185.1 4,229.1 — 303.2 

 Virginia pine 1,387.2 24.0 152.8 1,201.0 — 9.4 198.0 — 35.3 162.8 — — 

 Spruce pine 1,195.4 337.2 242.1 614.2 — 1.9 995.1 315.4 205.7 474.1 — — 

 Sand pine 0.8 — — 0.8 — — — — — — — — 

 Eastern white pine 10.8 — — 10.8 — — 7.3 — — 7.3 — — 

 Eastern hemlock 25.7 — 7.2 17.0 — 1.5 — — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 992.5 482.7 266.6 243.2 — — 772.1 447.4 207.5 117.2 — — 

 Pondcypress 51.1 37.2 9.3 4.6 — — 31.1 31.1 — — — — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 29.2 6.0 — 23.2 — — — — — — — — 

 Redcedars 295.6 4.0 41.3 247.0 — 3.4 57.5 — 12.3 45.2 — — 

 Total softwoods 43,964.5 13,822.1 8,866.2 20,741.0 — 535.2 19,690.8 8,322.2 4,791.2 6,239.0 — 338.5 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 4,384.5 947.1 1,337.2 1,476.7 413.2 210.4 2,955.7 947.1 1,044.6 610.5 173.3 180.1 

 Select red oaks 2,605.3 1,150.6 748.3 418.4 209.2 78.8 2,213.1 1,150.6 687.1 209.0 111.2 55.1 

 Other white oaks 2,913.8 462.8 707.6 1,194.3 375.4 173.7 1,750.8 462.8 462.5 546.6 140.5 138.4 

 Other red oaks 11,926.4 1,945.9 2,359.1 3,951.4 2,845.1 824.8 8,377.9 1,945.9 1,894.9 2,302.4 1,578.3 656.4 

 Hickory 3,567.3 494.2 997.2 1,480.4 467.3 128.3 2,021.1 494.2 713.5 544.0 196.9 72.5 

 Hard maple 126.0 — 3.4 56.4 58.0 8.1 37.2 — — 22.6 14.6 — 

 Soft maple 667.1 48.9 65.0 300.8 179.1 73.3 373.6 48.9 46.5 167.2 54.8 56.3 

 Beech 473.9 — 103.8 94.9 240.0 35.2 369.5 — 103.8 69.7 178.4 17.6 

 Sweetgum 6,020.3 1,253.9 1,675.7 2,106.0 580.6 404.1 3,360.6 1,253.9 939.1 682.0 223.5 262.2 

 Tupelo and blackgum 3,130.8 636.3 1,102.6 1,095.5 92.2 204.1 1,810.3 636.3 706.2 299.2 16.0 152.6 

 Ash 924.4 261.7 245.6 285.3 46.7 85.1 587.4 261.7 144.6 83.7 27.2 70.2 

 Cottonwood 141.9 85.5 25.2 9.5 — 21.6 136.2 85.5 19.5 9.5 — 21.6 

 Basswood 164.4 35.0 58.6 64.8 1.7 4.3 121.6 35.0 48.0 38.6 — — 

 Yellow-poplar 5,604.8 1,272.6 1,242.1 1,510.8 1,157.9 421.4 4,260.7 1,272.6 989.9 848.8 795.2 354.1 

 Bay and magnolia 995.7 54.5 178.4 429.4 208.5 124.9 487.3 54.5 92.1 121.8 136.4 82.5 

 Black cherry 83.2 — 23.0 37.9 13.9 8.4 29.0 — 14.2 14.8 — — 

 Black walnut 22.1 5.0 5.5 11.6 — — 5.0 5.0 — — — — 

 Sycamore 445.8 106.9 47.8 213.4 59.7 18.0 378.9 106.9 31.2 165.8 56.9 18.0 

 Black locust 15.0 5.5 6.3 3.2 — — 11.8 5.5 6.3 — — — 

 Elm 452.6 55.6 93.4 167.4 102.0 34.3 240.5 55.6 63.4 46.2 46.5 28.7 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 1,014.4 95.5 235.7 419.5 193.7 70.0 586.8 95.5 159.1 185.2 106.6 40.4 

 Total hardwoods 45,679.6 8,917.4 11,261.5 15,327.5 7,244.3 2,928.9 30,114.7 8,917.4 8,166.4 6,967.5 3,856.4 2,206.8 

All species 89,644.1 22,739.4 20,127.7 36,068.5 7,244.3 3,464.1 49,805.5 17,239.6 12,957.6 13,206.5 3,856.4 2,545.3 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

Million board feet
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Table 24—Volume of growing stock on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 266.1 120.6 120.0 0.6 145.6 73.2 72.3 

Baldwin 715.6 409.6 377.5 32.1 306.0 221.8 84.2 

Barbour 481.6 255.5 254.9 0.6 226.2 107.9 118.3 

Bibb 554.6 302.6 300.3 2.3 251.9 99.8 152.1 

Blount 323.2 116.0 115.9 0.2 207.2 67.7 139.5 

Bullock 270.8 135.2 135.0 0.2 135.6 73.1 62.6 

Butler 434.1 275.7 272.4 3.3 158.4 94.6 63.8 

Calhoun 308.4 122.3 122.3 — 186.1 51.2 134.9 

Chambers 365.5 223.6 222.9 0.7 141.9 79.4 62.4 

Cherokee 261.1 96.7 96.5 0.1 164.4 48.9 115.5 

Chilton 248.6 78.5 78.3 0.2 170.2 57.5 112.7 

Choctaw 840.3 516.7 487.8 28.9 323.6 175.0 148.6 

Clarke 1,145.1 643.2 609.0 34.2 501.9 306.0 195.9 

Clay 329.1 162.9 162.6 0.3 166.2 59.3 106.8 

Cleburne 447.5 244.1 244.1 — 203.4 48.3 155.2 

Coffee 247.1 142.9 141.6 1.3 104.2 51.0 53.2 

Colbert 267.8 54.6 54.6 — 213.2 67.8 145.3 

Conecuh 509.7 286.2 285.2 1.0 223.5 113.2 110.3 

Coosa 409.1 226.0 226.0 — 183.1 64.7 118.4 

Covington 505.8 326.5 325.0 1.5 179.3 106.7 72.7 

Crenshaw 431.7 187.8 186.7 1.1 243.9 143.3 100.6 

Cullman 298.7 88.9 88.6 0.4 209.7 95.2 114.5 

Dale 393.6 169.3 168.5 0.8 224.3 103.1 121.2 

Dallas 523.6 205.6 200.2 5.4 318.0 143.2 174.9 

De Kalb 299.5 110.3 110.3 — 189.2 45.4 143.8 

Elmore 326.9 115.5 101.6 13.9 211.4 91.8 119.6 

Escambia 559.1 361.2 354.8 6.4 197.8 137.8 60.0 

Etowah 272.9 55.1 55.1 — 217.8 87.6 130.2 

Fayette 355.9 141.8 141.7 0.1 214.1 137.8 76.2 

Franklin 260.2 55.3 48.0 7.3 204.8 71.7 133.1 

Geneva 237.1 106.4 103.9 2.5 130.6 66.9 63.8 

Greene 465.7 139.6 129.9 9.7 326.1 167.3 158.9 

Hale 318.0 123.9 120.9 3.0 194.2 77.1 117.1 

Henry 235.9 105.8 105.8 — 130.2 72.5 57.7 

Houston 262.7 95.6 91.4 4.2 167.0 104.8 62.3 

Jackson 668.2 63.1 46.6 16.5 605.1 185.7 419.4 

Jefferson 466.7 224.2 224.1 0.0 242.6 107.6 135.0 

Lamar 356.1 124.7 107.4 17.3 231.4 146.8 84.6 

Lauderdale 228.8 33.5 32.3 1.1 195.3 45.7 149.6 

Lawrence 340.8 105.0 92.0 12.9 235.8 67.7 168.1 

Lee 303.4 149.8 149.8 — 153.5 94.4 59.1 

Limestone 206.9 9.1 8.9 0.3 197.8 63.6 134.1 

Lowndes 290.7 130.8 129.2 1.5 159.9 99.5 60.4 

Macon 373.5 159.6 159.4 0.1 213.9 94.0 119.9 

Madison 313.6 50.9 41.5 9.4 262.8 112.4 150.4 

continued
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Table 24—Volume of growing stock on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 602.0 294.8 279.9 14.9 307.2 159.0 148.2 

Marion 339.3 171.1 170.8 0.3 168.2 35.4 132.8 

Marshall 266.7 71.7 65.6 6.2 195.0 49.2 145.8 

Mobile 536.9 381.5 355.7 25.8 155.4 120.7 34.7 

Monroe 775.6 438.0 415.8 22.2 337.5 173.3 164.2 

Montgomery 311.9 99.6 99.6 — 212.3 126.3 86.0 

Morgan 331.8 96.3 95.1 1.3 235.5 95.9 139.6 

Perry 382.1 210.3 208.9 1.4 171.8 99.1 72.7 

Pickens 596.7 290.3 284.5 5.8 306.4 132.5 174.0 

Pike 225.9 107.1 106.3 0.8 118.8 61.5 57.3 

Randolph 267.1 135.6 135.6 — 131.4 66.2 65.2 

Russell 310.2 102.9 102.9 — 207.4 133.0 74.4 

Shelby 419.6 174.4 174.4 — 245.2 79.8 165.4 

St. Clair 369.0 144.6 144.0 0.6 224.3 73.8 150.5 

Sumter 561.5 267.4 255.0 12.3 294.1 127.2 166.9 

Talladega 345.7 174.6 174.2 0.4 171.1 49.7 121.4 

Tallapoosa 413.6 194.6 194.6 — 219.0 115.3 103.7 

Tuscaloosa 802.2 320.9 318.2 2.6 481.3 232.2 249.2 

Walker 419.2 190.3 190.3 0.1 228.9 73.3 155.6 

Washington 776.6 451.4 435.9 15.6 325.1 213.7 111.4 

Wilcox 640.4 325.5 321.2 4.4 314.9 130.7 184.2 

Winston 431.9 188.3 183.5 4.8 243.6 68.5 175.2 

 Total 27,847.3 12,683.2 12,342.2 341.1 15,164.0 6,946.6 8,217.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 25—Volume of live trees on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 287.5 126.0 125.4 0.6 161.5 78.9 82.6 

Baldwin 825.7 415.9 380.9 35.0 409.7 289.2 120.5 

Barbour 570.8 296.4 294.6 1.8 274.4 131.1 143.2 

Bibb 587.4 307.8 305.4 2.4 279.6 108.4 171.3 

Blount 352.8 118.3 117.7 0.6 234.5 87.1 147.4 

Bullock 337.8 163.5 163.3 0.2 174.3 94.1 80.2 

Butler 497.6 294.4 289.0 5.4 203.2 111.7 91.5 

Calhoun 344.3 124.9 124.8 0.1 219.4 61.0 158.4 

Chambers 441.9 256.6 255.8 0.7 185.4 99.3 86.1 

Cherokee 303.0 108.7 108.1 0.6 194.2 61.5 132.7 

Chilton 276.9 82.9 82.2 0.8 194.0 65.7 128.3 

Choctaw 882.3 524.8 494.0 30.8 357.6 189.3 168.3 

Clarke 1,233.6 655.2 617.4 37.8 578.4 336.2 242.2 

Clay 372.1 164.0 163.6 0.4 208.0 75.1 133.0 

Cleburne 488.1 246.2 246.2 — 241.9 60.6 181.3 

Coffee 273.1 147.6 146.3 1.3 125.5 59.0 66.4 

Colbert 308.8 56.4 56.4 — 252.4 83.0 169.4 

Conecuh 568.3 296.3 292.5 3.8 272.0 134.4 137.6 

Coosa 427.8 227.4 227.1 0.2 200.4 72.7 127.7 

Covington 543.3 335.2 333.5 1.6 208.1 115.9 92.2 

Crenshaw 464.6 191.1 189.7 1.4 273.5 160.5 113.0 

Cullman 338.6 91.7 91.1 0.6 246.9 104.1 142.8 

Dale 429.8 172.2 171.3 0.8 257.6 116.9 140.7 

Dallas 583.7 213.9 207.2 6.7 369.8 172.0 197.8 

De Kalb 355.8 129.5 129.5 0.0 226.2 62.4 163.8 

Elmore 345.4 116.3 102.2 14.1 229.1 99.9 129.2 

Escambia 582.0 362.2 355.6 6.5 219.8 148.4 71.4 

Etowah 327.5 61.6 61.6 — 265.9 105.0 160.9 

Fayette 383.1 143.5 143.1 0.4 239.6 150.5 89.1 

Franklin 295.7 60.1 51.9 8.3 235.6 87.1 148.4 

Geneva 276.0 115.4 112.9 2.5 160.6 77.4 83.2 

Greene 527.3 151.7 140.3 11.4 375.6 191.0 184.6 

Hale 348.8 126.3 123.3 3.0 222.6 90.9 131.7 

Henry 254.4 108.4 108.4 — 145.9 81.1 64.9 

Houston 291.2 97.0 92.8 4.2 194.2 116.9 77.3 

Jackson 786.3 80.5 53.0 27.5 705.8 216.8 489.0 

Jefferson 513.4 228.4 228.0 0.4 285.0 123.8 161.2 

Lamar 396.0 128.9 110.9 18.0 267.1 173.5 93.6 

Lauderdale 259.9 36.9 35.1 1.8 223.0 62.1 160.8 

Lawrence 384.1 112.4 97.0 15.4 271.7 79.6 192.1 

Lee 373.3 180.7 180.0 0.7 192.6 119.4 73.2 

Limestone 233.9 9.2 8.9 0.4 224.7 75.6 149.1 

Lowndes 347.0 134.7 133.0 1.7 212.2 118.6 93.6 

Macon 429.3 168.1 167.9 0.1 261.2 119.7 141.5 

Madison 363.1 54.5 41.5 13.0 308.6 136.1 172.5 

continued
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Table 25—Volume of live trees on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

 Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 647.0 303.1 283.8 19.3 343.9 177.0 166.9 

Marion 382.5 179.4 179.1 0.3 203.1 49.5 153.6 

Marshall 306.1 75.1 67.1 8.0 231.0 64.9 166.1 

Mobile 625.8 389.9 362.9 27.0 235.9 164.4 71.5 

Monroe 864.1 444.9 422.2 22.7 419.2 210.7 208.4 

Montgomery 382.6 115.4 114.9 0.4 267.2 152.1 115.2 

Morgan 367.5 100.4 97.5 2.9 267.2 108.1 159.0 

Perry 437.0 220.9 214.7 6.2 216.1 113.0 103.1 

Pickens 649.0 295.3 288.3 7.0 353.7 146.9 206.8 

Pike 292.6 127.4 126.3 1.1 165.1 85.4 79.7 

Randolph 317.6 143.8 143.1 0.7 173.8 83.4 90.4 

Russell 370.7 130.1 130.1 — 240.6 146.3 94.3 

Shelby 458.9 176.7 176.5 0.2 282.2 93.7 188.4 

St. Clair 405.3 148.8 147.8 1.0 256.5 85.7 170.9 

Sumter 619.2 287.7 267.7 20.0 331.5 147.3 184.2 

Talladega 370.1 177.0 176.6 0.4 193.1 57.9 135.2 

Tallapoosa 445.2 195.8 195.8 0.0 249.4 127.2 122.2 

Tuscaloosa 882.4 331.0 326.9 4.1 551.5 255.5 295.9 

Walker 457.6 198.8 198.7 0.1 258.8 81.1 177.8 

Washington 870.5 462.9 446.5 16.4 407.6 263.9 143.8 

Wilcox 684.9 338.1 331.2 6.9 346.8 147.5 199.4 

Winston 475.9 198.6 193.0 5.5 277.3 74.9 202.4 

 Total 31,125.9 13,264.9 12,851.5 413.4 17,860.9 8,139.9 9,721.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 26—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Autauga 754.9 315.9 313.5 2.4 439.0 196.7 242.3 

Baldwin 2,465.4 1,495.2 1,345.3 149.9 970.2 701.8 268.4 

Barbour 1,791.6 1,116.8 1,115.0 1.8 674.7 263.6 411.1 

Bibb 1,830.1 1,021.8 1,013.1 8.6 808.3 294.0 514.3 

Blount 1,183.3 424.4 424.4 — 758.9 223.8 535.2 

Bullock 901.4 519.7 519.7 — 381.7 183.0 198.7 

Butler 1,261.3 765.6 761.1 4.6 495.7 284.9 210.8 

Calhoun 988.0 527.4 527.4 — 460.6 102.4 358.2 

Chambers 1,026.7 627.3 626.0 1.4 399.3 204.2 195.1 

Cherokee 731.4 270.5 270.5 — 460.8 157.1 303.8 

Chilton 784.0 295.1 295.1 — 488.9 141.8 347.1 

Choctaw 2,999.9 2,123.5 1,958.0 165.5 876.4 424.6 451.9 

Clarke 4,156.7 2,665.0 2,504.1 160.9 1,491.7 923.2 568.5 

Clay 936.1 583.4 582.1 1.4 352.7 127.9 224.7 

Cleburne 1,444.3 915.3 915.3 — 529.0 114.4 414.6 

Coffee 657.1 476.6 471.6 5.0 180.5 88.5 92.0 

Colbert 815.1 207.1 207.1 — 608.1 179.9 428.1 

Conecuh 1,364.7 754.3 750.5 3.8 610.4 238.7 371.8 

Coosa 988.8 555.7 555.7 — 433.1 127.1 306.0 

Covington 1,505.7 1,044.0 1,040.0 4.0 461.7 286.4 175.2 

Crenshaw 1,312.3 572.4 569.1 3.3 739.9 424.4 315.5 

Cullman 920.9 276.0 274.4 1.6 644.9 282.1 362.8 

Dale 1,390.3 753.5 753.5 — 636.9 211.6 425.3 

Dallas 1,569.8 635.7 616.5 19.2 934.1 298.7 635.5 

De Kalb 827.7 364.6 364.6 — 463.1 96.5 366.6 

Elmore 1,010.5 363.7 308.3 55.5 646.8 247.6 399.2 

Escambia 2,021.8 1,427.7 1,403.4 24.3 594.1 428.2 165.9 

Etowah 890.6 182.3 182.3 — 708.3 325.9 382.5 

Fayette 980.8 405.4 405.4 — 575.4 377.4 198.1 

Franklin 780.2 134.7 110.7 24.0 645.5 234.6 410.9 

Geneva 761.0 347.7 341.0 6.7 413.3 172.2 241.1 

Greene 1,821.6 548.9 504.8 44.1 1,272.8 606.3 666.5 

Hale 987.6 411.1 399.2 12.0 576.4 184.7 391.7 

Henry 786.8 426.8 426.8 — 360.1 210.0 150.1 

Houston 804.3 313.3 306.7 6.6 490.9 291.8 199.2 

Jackson 2,096.0 176.3 142.1 34.2 1,919.7 576.0 1,343.7 

Jefferson 1,496.1 736.6 736.6 — 759.4 334.3 425.1 

Lamar 975.8 372.4 295.9 76.4 603.4 367.8 235.6 

Lauderdale 761.7 149.6 144.5 5.1 612.1 134.5 477.6 

Lawrence 1,207.7 440.0 388.4 51.5 767.7 230.4 537.3 

Lee 758.6 344.0 344.0 — 414.6 243.9 170.6 

Limestone 793.9 49.6 48.6 1.0 744.3 199.8 544.4 

Lowndes 800.0 291.9 285.2 6.6 508.2 293.1 215.0 

Macon 1,219.6 443.5 443.5 — 776.1 326.0 450.1 

Madison 1,165.7 276.9 243.0 33.9 888.8 385.5 503.3 

continued
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Table 26—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group, Alabama, 2000 (continued)

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Marengo 2,203.0 1,181.2 1,111.4 69.8 1,021.7 454.6 567.1 

Marion 676.5 268.4 267.3 1.0 408.2 70.5 337.7 

Marshall 942.8 284.1 275.4 8.6 658.7 145.0 513.7 

Mobile 1,679.3 1,310.0 1,194.9 115.1 369.3 328.7 40.6 

Monroe 2,921.0 1,767.3 1,652.8 114.4 1,153.8 504.0 649.7 

Montgomery 1,093.3 448.6 448.6 — 644.7 328.6 316.1 

Morgan 1,207.8 420.1 415.2 4.9 787.8 314.4 473.3 

Perry 1,059.0 523.5 520.6 3.0 535.4 269.0 266.4 

Pickens 2,242.9 1,210.0 1,184.1 25.9 1,032.9 367.8 665.1 

Pike 603.7 310.4 310.4 — 293.2 110.8 182.4 

Randolph 560.3 305.8 305.8 — 254.5 124.4 130.1 

Russell 957.8 298.7 298.7 — 659.1 420.2 238.9 

Shelby 1,245.8 567.7 567.7 — 678.0 218.5 459.5 

St. Clair 1,191.8 538.9 536.7 2.2 652.9 209.4 443.5 

Sumter 2,039.6 923.2 878.1 45.1 1,116.4 367.4 749.0 

Talladega 1,030.6 604.9 603.8 1.1 425.6 80.9 344.7 

Tallapoosa 1,143.0 551.2 551.2 — 591.8 308.7 283.1 

Tuscaloosa 2,665.2 1,160.0 1,153.8 6.1 1,505.2 722.3 782.9 

Walker 1,283.6 611.8 611.8 — 671.8 192.3 479.5 

Washington 2,575.4 1,687.8 1,626.0 61.7 887.6 558.6 329.0 

Wilcox 2,246.7 1,154.2 1,144.4 9.8 1,092.5 383.4 709.1 

Winston 1,347.0 687.5 677.4 10.0 659.5 218.8 440.7 

 Total 89,644.1 43,964.5 42,570.3 1,394.2 45,679.6 19,445.7 26,233.9 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 27—Volume of timber on timberland by class of timber and species group, Alabama, 2000

 Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Class of timber species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Sawtimber trees

 Saw-log portion 16,492.7 8,013.1 7,757.7 255.3 8,479.6 3,606.2 4,873.4 

 Upper-stem portiona 785.9 2,282.6 759.7 26.2 1,496.7 668.3 828.4 

 Total 18,775.3 8,799.0 8,517.4 281.6 9,976.4 4,274.6 5,701.8 

Poletimber trees 3,884.3 9,072.0 3,824.8 59.5 5,187.7 2,672.0 2,515.7 

 All growing-stock trees 27,847.3 12,683.2 12,342.2 341.1 15,164.0 6,946.6 8,217.5 

Rough trees

 Sawtimber size 1,716.1 383.2 333.5 49.7 1,333.0 520.9 812.0 

 Poletimber size 1,424.1 197.4 175.7 21.8 1,226.7 613.7 613.0 

 Total 3,140.2 580.6 509.1 71.5 2,559.6 1,134.6 1,425.1 

Rotten trees

 Sawtimber size 120.5 0.8 — 0.8 119.7 50.6 69.1 

 Poletimber size 17.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 17.6 8.2 9.4 

 Total 138.3 1.1 0.2 0.9 137.2 58.7 78.5 

Salvable dead trees

 Sawtimber size 222.3 125.9 120.3 5.6 96.4 32.4 64.0 

 Poletimber size 54.9 31.8 30.0 1.8 23.1 6.5 16.6 

 Total 277.2 157.7 150.2 7.4 119.6 39.0 80.6 

All classes 13,422.6 31,403.1 13,001.7 420.9 17,980.5 8,178.8 9,801.7 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

a

 Includes cull sections in the saw-log portion.
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Table 28—Volume of live and growing-stock trees on timberland by ownership class and species group,

Alabama, 2000

 Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Ownership class species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Live trees (million cubic feet)

National forest 1,235.4 637.6 626.1 11.5 597.9 169.2 428.6 

Other public 1,268.1 473.4 460.4 13.0 794.7 289.1 505.7 

Forest industry 4,111.1 2,424.8 2,379.9 44.9 1,686.3 882.0 804.3 

Nonindustrial private 24,511.1 9,729.2 9,385.2 344.0 14,782.0 6,799.6 7,982.4 

 All classes 31,125.9 13,264.9 12,851.5 413.4 17,860.9 8,139.9 9,721.1 

Growing-stock trees (million cubic feet)

National forest 1,164.2 630.6 619.7 10.9 533.6 155.6 378.0 

Other public 1,137.4 451.4 442.7 8.7 686.0 244.6 441.4 

Forest industry 3,789.3 2,354.7 2,315.2 39.4 1,434.6 766.5 668.2 

Nonindustrial private 21,756.4 9,246.6 8,964.5 282.1 12,509.9 5,779.9 6,729.9 

 All classes 27,847.3 12,683.2 12,342.2 341.1 15,164.0 6,946.6 8,217.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

Table 29—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by ownership class, species group, and size class,

Alabama, 2000

Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Ownership class species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

All size classes (million board feet)

National forest 4,546.1 2,987.7 2,948.1 39.6 1,558.4 453.4 1,105.1 

Other public 4,513.8 2,079.6 2,045.2 34.4 2,434.2 731.5 1,702.8 

Forest industry 9,804.7 5,722.8 5,552.6 170.2 4,081.9 2,198.3 1,883.6 

Nonindustrial private 70,779.5 33,174.4 32,024.4 1,150.0 37,605.0 16,062.5 21,542.5

 All classes 89,644.1 43,964.5 42,570.3 1,394.2 45,679.6 19,445.7 26,233.9

Trees  15.0 inches d.b.h. (million board feet)

National forest 2,670.3 1,651.3 1,631.6 19.7 1,019.0 299.7 719.3 

Other public 2,999.9 1,202.3 1,180.6 21.8 1,797.5 469.1 1,328.5 

Forest industry 4,528.7 1,873.4 1,758.1 115.3 2,655.3 1,468.7 1,186.6 

Nonindustrial private 39,606.6 14,963.8 14,259.8 704.0 24,642.8 10,067.5 14,575.2

 All classes 49,805.5 19,690.8 18,830.1 860.7 30,114.7 12,305.0 17,809.6

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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Table 30—Volume of growing stock on timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and species group,

Alabama, 2000

Softwoods Hardwoods

Forest-type group All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

and stand origin species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash pine

 Planted 352.2 336.5 336.3 0.2 15.7 5.5 10.2 

 Natural 1,036.7 941.5 940.0 1.6 95.2 32.9 62.3 

 Total 1,388.9 1,278.0 1,276.3 1.8 110.9 38.4 72.5 

 Loblolly–shortleaf pine

 Planted 3,845.9 3,642.9 3,640.9 2.0 203.1 117.3 85.8 

 Natural 4,292.2 3,548.5 3,530.4 18.1 743.7 373.8 369.9 

 Total 8,138.1 7,191.3 7,171.2 20.1 946.8 491.1 455.7 

 Total softwoods 9,527.0 8,469.4 8,447.5 21.9 1,057.7 529.5 528.2 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 Planted 490.2 378.1 377.7 0.5 112.1 67.7 44.4 

 Natural 4,237.1 2,356.6 2,313.4 43.2 1,880.5 769.4 1,111.1 

 Total 4,727.3 2,734.8 2,691.0 43.7 1,992.6 837.1 1,155.5 

 Oak–hickory 8,414.5 973.7 928.3 45.4 7,440.8 2,489.1 4,951.7 

 Oak–gum–cypress 5,001.2 501.2 273.5 227.7 4,500.0 2,951.4 1,548.6 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood 176.9 4.2 1.8 2.3 172.7 139.3 33.5 

 Total hardwoods 18,320.0 4,213.9 3,894.7 319.2 14,106.1 6,416.8 7,689.3 

Nonstocked — 0.3 — — 0.3 0.3 — 

All groups 12,683.2 27,847.3 12,342.2 341.1 15,164.0 6,946.6 8,217.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

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Table 31—Average basal area of live trees per acre on timberland by ownership class, 

species group, and d.b.h., Alabama, 2000

Ownership class All tree D.b.h. (inches)

and species group sizes 1.0-4.9 5.0-10.9 11.0-14.9 15.0

Square feet/acre

National forest

 Softwood 44.5 4.2 14.0 12.4 13.9 

 Hardwood 51.4 11.6 18.5 9.5 11.9 

 Total 95.9 15.7 32.5 21.9 25.8 

Other public

 Softwood 34.2 4.0 9.6 8.1 12.5 

 Hardwood 66.4 13.6 22.4 11.1 19.3 

 Total 100.6 17.6 32.0 19.2 31.8 

Forest industry

 Softwood 38.1 6.7 24.2 4.5 2.8 

 Hardwood 35.6 11.2 11.8 5.6 7.0 

 Total 73.7 17.9 36.0 10.1 9.8 

Nonindustrial private

 Softwood 29.3 4.6 13.6 5.7 5.5 

 Hardwood 50.7 12.6 17.6 9.2 11.3 

 Total 80.1 17.1 31.2 14.9 16.8 

All classes

 Softwood 31.5 4.9 15.2 5.9 5.6 

 Hardwood 48.9 12.3 16.9 8.7 10.9 

 Total 80.4 17.2 32.0 14.6 16.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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Table 32—Average net annual growth of growing stock on timberland by county and 

species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 18.6 15.5 15.5 — 3.1 1.3 1.8 

Baldwin 37.5 25.6 24.2 1.4 11.9 7.9 4.0 

Barbour 21.4 12.1 12.1 — 9.2 4.9 4.3 

Bibb 24.7 17.3 17.3 0.0 7.4 2.6 4.8 

Blount 14.7 7.4 7.4 — 7.3 3.1 4.2 

Bullock 16.2 10.3 10.2 0.1 5.9 4.2 1.7 

Butler 37.3 30.7 30.5 0.1 6.7 3.7 2.9 

Calhoun 12.5 6.3 6.3 — 6.3 2.9 3.3 

Chambers 26.6 20.8 20.9 -0.1 5.8 3.8 2.0 

Cherokee 10.7 7.1 7.1 — 3.6 0.7 2.9 

Chilton 10.4 4.4 4.4 — 5.9 1.9 4.1 

Choctaw 51.7 35.8 35.5 0.3 15.9 9.0 6.9 

Clarke 62.8 37.8 36.5 1.3 24.9 14.3 10.6 

Clay 16.9 9.8 9.8 0.1 7.0 2.8 4.2 

Cleburne 22.8 13.4 13.4 — 9.5 3.1 6.4 

Coffee 17.1 10.9 11.0 -0.1 6.2 2.4 3.8 

Colbert 7.9 1.6 1.5 0.0 6.3 2.4 3.9 

Conecuh 36.2 28.7 28.7 — 7.5 4.0 3.5 

Coosa 26.1 17.8 17.8 — 8.3 4.2 4.0 

Covington 19.7 15.1 15.1 0.0 4.5 3.0 1.5 

Crenshaw 27.7 18.2 17.6 0.5 9.6 5.6 3.9 

Cullman 14.4 5.1 5.1 — 9.4 5.0 4.4 

Dale 16.9 8.0 8.0 0.0 8.9 4.0 4.9 

Dallas 28.4 13.4 13.4 0.1 15.0 7.0 8.0 

De Kalb 10.6 2.3 2.3 — 8.3 2.2 6.1 

Elmore 17.6 7.4 7.3 0.1 10.2 3.6 6.6 

Escambia 27.7 21.5 20.8 0.7 6.2 4.3 1.9 

Etowah 9.1 1.6 1.6 — 7.5 2.5 5.0 

Fayette 26.9 16.3 16.3 — 10.5 6.3 4.3 

Franklin 20.6 7.9 7.8 0.0 12.8 6.8 6.0 

Geneva 11.9 7.3 7.3 0.0 4.6 2.6 2.1 

Greene 20.2 11.3 11.0 0.3 8.9 4.3 4.6 

Hale 15.1 8.3 8.3 0.0 6.8 2.9 3.9 

Henry 10.7 7.4 7.5 -0.1 3.3 1.0 2.3 

Houston 10.5 6.3 6.3 — 4.3 2.2 2.0 

Jackson 23.2 3.5 2.8 0.6 19.7 7.3 12.4 

Jefferson 26.4 12.3 12.3 0.0 14.1 5.8 8.3 

Lamar 22.2 11.0 10.8 0.3 11.1 5.5 5.6 

Lauderdale 10.4 2.7 2.7 — 7.7 1.6 6.2 

Lawrence 12.6 4.8 4.4 0.4 7.8 2.8 5.0 

Lee 22.4 14.0 13.9 0.1 8.5 6.7 1.8 

Limestone 5.4 0.4 0.4 — 5.0 2.1 3.0 

Lowndes 16.7 12.5 12.3 0.2 4.2 2.3 1.9 

Macon 16.8 9.3 9.3 — 7.5 2.8 4.7 

Madison 12.9 3.6 2.9 0.7 9.3 4.5 4.8 

continued
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Table 32—Average net annual growth of growing stock on timberland by county and 

species group, Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 37.8 23.5 22.8 0.7 14.3 7.0 7.2 

Marion 29.8 20.3 20.2 0.1 9.5 2.8 6.7 

Marshall 9.3 2.8 2.5 0.3 6.5 2.5 4.0 

Mobile 24.3 17.9 17.3 0.6 6.4 4.4 2.0 

Monroe 42.5 28.5 28.2 0.3 14.0 6.3 7.7 

Montgomery 13.1 4.5 4.5 0.1 8.5 5.5 3.1 

Morgan 13.6 5.6 5.6 0.0 8.0 3.7 4.3 

Perry 27.1 19.4 19.4 -0.1 7.7 3.6 4.2 

Pickens 37.1 23.6 23.5 0.1 13.5 6.9 6.7 

Pike 18.5 12.3 12.3 — 6.2 2.1 4.1 

Randolph 14.9 7.6 7.6 — 7.3 4.1 3.2 

Russell 18.5 10.9 10.9 — 7.6 4.1 3.5 

Shelby 18.7 10.9 10.9 — 7.8 2.8 5.0 

St. Clair 17.7 8.9 8.9 — 8.8 2.5 6.3 

Sumter 31.0 21.1 20.2 1.0 9.9 5.1 4.7 

Talladega 13.5 7.2 7.2 — 6.3 2.2 4.1 

Tallapoosa 35.8 23.9 23.8 0.2 11.9 5.9 6.0 

Tuscaloosa 33.1 20.1 20.1 0.0 12.9 5.8 7.1 

Walker 22.3 12.6 12.6 — 9.8 3.9 5.9 

Washington 39.1 23.0 22.1 0.9 16.1 10.5 5.7 

Wilcox 36.2 24.8 24.5 0.3 11.4 4.5 7.0 

Winston 17.4 9.9 9.7 0.2 7.5 2.2 5.3 

 Total 1,480.3 884.1 872.1 12.0 596.2 282.2 314.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 33—Average net annual growth of live trees on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 20.1 16.4 16.4 — 3.8 1.2 2.6 

Baldwin 41.6 26.3 25.1 1.2 15.3 10.0 5.3 

Barbour 25.1 14.0 14.0 0.1 11.0 5.6 5.4 

Bibb 25.7 17.3 17.3 0.0 8.4 3.4 5.0 

Blount 15.7 7.6 7.5 0.1 8.1 3.7 4.4 

Bullock 20.5 13.5 13.5 0.1 7.0 4.8 2.2 

Butler 40.8 32.2 31.9 0.3 8.7 4.6 4.1 

Calhoun 12.9 6.2 6.2 — 6.7 3.1 3.6 

Chambers 30.3 22.5 22.6 -0.1 7.8 4.8 3.0 

Cherokee 12.0 7.2 7.2 0.0 4.8 1.6 3.2 

Chilton 11.4 4.8 4.8 — 6.5 2.0 4.5 

Choctaw 53.2 36.3 36.0 0.3 17.0 9.8 7.2 

Clarke 71.5 38.7 37.2 1.6 32.8 15.4 17.4 

Clay 18.6 9.8 9.7 0.1 8.8 3.2 5.6 

Cleburne 23.7 13.5 13.5 — 10.2 3.4 6.8 

Coffee 17.5 11.5 11.6 -0.1 6.0 2.1 4.0 

Colbert 9.2 1.5 1.5 0.0 7.6 3.2 4.5 

Conecuh 38.7 29.1 29.1 — 9.6 5.3 4.3 

Coosa 26.9 17.8 17.8 — 9.0 4.5 4.5 

Covington 24.0 18.7 18.5 0.2 5.3 3.2 2.1 

Crenshaw 28.2 18.2 17.5 0.6 10.1 6.3 3.8 

Cullman 15.8 5.0 5.0 — 10.8 6.3 4.5 

Dale 17.2 7.7 7.7 0.0 9.5 4.3 5.3 

Dallas 30.6 14.4 14.4 0.1 16.2 7.9 8.3 

De Kalb 12.6 2.8 2.7 0.1 9.7 3.2 6.5 

Elmore 18.7 7.5 7.3 0.1 11.2 3.9 7.3 

Escambia 28.7 21.5 20.9 0.7 7.1 4.9 2.2 

Etowah 10.4 2.0 2.0 — 8.4 3.1 5.3 

Fayette 28.6 16.8 16.8 — 11.8 7.2 4.6 

Franklin 22.9 8.2 8.2 0.0 14.6 8.2 6.4 

Geneva 13.0 7.4 7.4 0.0 5.6 3.5 2.1 

Greene 21.8 12.0 11.7 0.3 9.8 4.6 5.2 

Hale 16.3 8.8 8.8 0.0 7.5 3.1 4.4 

Henry 11.0 7.7 7.7 -0.1 3.4 1.1 2.3 

Houston 11.0 6.4 6.4 — 4.6 2.5 2.1 

Jackson 25.3 3.7 2.8 0.8 21.6 8.2 13.4 

Jefferson 29.3 13.2 13.1 0.0 16.2 6.1 10.1 

Lamar 23.3 11.2 11.0 0.2 12.1 5.9 6.1 

Lauderdale 11.0 3.2 3.2 — 7.8 1.9 6.0 

Lawrence 14.3 4.6 4.1 0.5 9.7 3.1 6.5 

Lee 26.5 15.7 15.6 0.1 10.8 8.7 2.1 

Limestone 5.5 0.4 0.4 — 5.1 2.1 3.0 

Lowndes 18.3 13.1 12.9 0.2 5.2 2.8 2.4 

Macon 18.7 9.8 9.8 — 8.9 3.5 5.4 

Madison 15.6 3.9 2.9 1.0 11.7 5.4 6.4 

continued
57

Table 33—Average net annual growth of live trees on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 39.4 24.0 23.1 0.9 15.5 8.2 7.2 

Marion 32.2 20.6 20.5 0.1 11.6 4.1 7.5 

Marshall 10.1 2.8 2.5 0.3 7.3 2.6 4.7 

Mobile 28.1 18.7 18.1 0.6 9.4 5.8 3.6 

Monroe 44.9 28.8 28.5 0.3 16.1 7.4 8.7 

Montgomery 14.4 4.6 4.5 0.1 9.8 6.4 3.4 

Morgan 13.9 5.6 5.6 0.0 8.3 3.7 4.6 

Perry 29.7 19.9 19.9 0.0 9.8 4.4 5.4 

Pickens 38.6 23.7 23.6 0.1 15.0 7.8 7.2 

Pike 22.6 14.7 14.7 — 7.9 3.2 4.7 

Randolph 18.4 9.0 9.0 — 9.4 5.0 4.4 

Russell 22.2 13.4 13.4 — 8.8 4.4 4.4 

Shelby 19.9 10.9 10.9 0.0 9.0 3.9 5.1 

St. Clair 19.5 9.2 9.2 — 10.3 3.2 7.1 

Sumter 33.3 22.2 21.0 1.1 11.1 6.0 5.1 

Talladega 15.0 7.3 7.3 — 7.7 2.7 5.0 

Tallapoosa 39.1 25.0 24.8 0.2 14.1 6.6 7.5 

Tuscaloosa 35.5 20.7 20.7 0.0 14.9 6.5 8.4 

Walker 23.9 13.1 13.1 — 10.8 4.2 6.6 

Washington 43.4 24.2 23.2 1.0 19.2 12.7 6.5 

Wilcox 36.5 24.7 24.5 0.3 11.7 4.6 7.1 

Winston 18.8 10.1 9.9 0.2 8.7 2.7 6.0 

 Total 1,613.5 923.4 909.7 13.7 690.1 328.6 361.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 34—Average net annual growth of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Autauga 46.1 35.3 35.3 — 10.8 6.1 4.7 

Baldwin 124.5 80.7 73.5 7.2 43.8 30.0 13.8 

Barbour 94.6 61.1 61.1 — 33.5 13.8 19.7 

Bibb 85.5 57.7 57.6 0.1 27.8 9.5 18.2 

Blount 47.4 21.4 21.4 — 25.9 9.9 16.0 

Bullock 49.2 30.2 30.0 0.2 19.0 8.8 10.2 

Butler 118.4 99.1 99.1 — 19.3 12.2 7.1 

Calhoun 64.1 36.7 36.7 — 27.4 11.1 16.3 

Chambers 91.6 71.2 71.6 -0.4 20.4 13.6 6.8 

Cherokee 27.8 17.2 17.2 — 10.5 1.9 8.7 

Chilton 38.5 19.0 19.0 — 19.5 4.9 14.6 

Choctaw 203.1 147.0 145.4 1.7 56.1 26.7 29.3 

Clarke 246.7 159.5 153.5 6.0 87.2 48.0 39.3 

Clay 41.7 20.9 20.3 0.6 20.8 6.8 14.0 

Cleburne 92.8 60.4 60.4 — 32.4 10.5 21.9 

Coffee 43.9 31.5 31.5 — 12.4 6.0 6.4 

Colbert 35.5 12.4 12.2 0.2 23.1 5.5 17.6 

Conecuh 107.8 81.3 81.3 — 26.5 11.7 14.8 

Coosa 56.9 40.0 40.0 — 16.9 6.9 10.0 

Covington 55.3 44.9 44.9 0.1 10.4 6.0 4.4 

Crenshaw 78.3 49.5 47.4 2.1 28.8 16.5 12.4 

Cullman 52.9 23.3 23.3 — 29.7 11.9 17.8 

Dale 57.0 32.9 32.8 0.2 24.0 6.9 17.1 

Dallas 95.8 47.7 47.7 — 48.1 19.9 28.2 

De Kalb 42.4 14.8 14.8 — 27.5 6.4 21.1 

Elmore 56.5 19.3 18.7 0.6 37.2 12.6 24.6 

Escambia 116.3 96.0 94.5 1.5 20.3 13.8 6.4 

Etowah 42.8 14.4 14.4 — 28.4 9.2 19.3 

Fayette 79.6 47.3 47.3 — 32.3 19.4 12.8 

Franklin 56.4 13.0 12.9 0.1 43.4 22.0 21.4 

Geneva 45.3 28.5 28.3 0.2 16.8 6.8 10.0 

Greene 75.4 36.5 34.3 2.2 39.0 16.6 22.4 

Hale 62.5 32.7 32.2 0.5 29.8 10.5 19.3 

Henry 48.7 35.3 35.3 — 13.4 6.0 7.4 

Houston 29.6 12.3 12.3 — 17.3 9.7 7.6 

Jackson 82.4 11.9 9.8 2.1 70.5 19.0 51.5 

Jefferson 90.3 40.8 40.8 — 49.5 18.6 30.8 

Lamar 79.3 33.4 31.7 1.7 45.9 21.6 24.2 

Lauderdale 44.8 12.9 12.9 — 31.9 6.4 25.5 

Lawrence 55.0 22.5 20.5 2.0 32.5 10.8 21.8 

Lee 56.5 33.7 33.0 0.8 22.8 16.5 6.3 

Limestone 28.1 2.4 2.4 — 25.7 10.2 15.4 

Lowndes 52.2 33.4 32.2 1.3 18.7 10.2 8.6 

Macon 58.0 25.4 25.4 — 32.6 11.1 21.6 

Madison 56.9 17.7 14.0 3.7 39.1 18.0 21.2 

continued
59

Table 34—Average net annual growth of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Marengo 150.7 93.5 90.8 2.7 57.2 22.6 34.7 

Marion 59.2 37.1 36.6 0.5 22.0 7.5 14.5 

Marshall 47.2 20.9 20.2 0.7 26.4 11.3 15.1 

Mobile 74.7 55.7 52.6 3.2 18.9 16.5 2.4 

Monroe 166.8 118.6 116.7 1.9 48.2 19.2 29.0 

Montgomery 53.4 27.6 27.2 0.4 25.8 14.9 10.9 

Morgan 71.2 31.6 31.6 0.1 39.6 20.0 19.5 

Perry 76.0 48.4 48.3 0.1 27.6 10.4 17.3 

Pickens 168.4 115.5 115.4 0.1 52.9 25.2 27.7 

Pike 43.3 27.7 27.7 — 15.5 5.7 9.8 

Randolph 46.1 22.9 22.9 — 23.1 14.8 8.4 

Russell 58.8 27.4 27.4 — 31.4 15.2 16.2 

Shelby 62.9 40.7 40.7 — 22.1 7.7 14.4 

St. Clair 67.4 34.5 34.5 — 32.9 8.7 24.2 

Sumter 108.3 67.9 66.7 1.2 40.4 13.9 26.6 

Talladega 43.6 26.9 26.9 — 16.7 3.0 13.7 

Tallapoosa 92.2 64.4 63.9 0.4 27.8 13.7 14.1 

Tuscaloosa 140.9 86.4 86.4 — 54.5 22.4 32.1 

Walker 75.1 43.3 43.3 — 31.8 11.8 20.0 

Washington 135.6 88.8 86.2 2.5 46.8 29.1 17.7 

Wilcox 129.2 93.8 93.1 0.8 35.4 8.8 26.6 

Winston 56.3 29.7 29.3 0.4 26.6 6.8 19.8 

 Total 5,141.2 3,068.6 3,019.4 49.3 2,072.6 889.5 1,183.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 35—Average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 20.7 18.2 18.2 — 2.5 1.0 1.5 

Baldwin 27.6 18.6 18.2 0.4 8.9 6.5 2.4 

Barbour 28.5 18.1 18.1 — 10.4 5.4 5.0 

Bibb 8.2 6.9 6.9 — 1.3 0.1 1.2 

Blount 10.8 5.2 5.2 — 5.6 1.3 4.2 

Bullock 19.7 15.8 15.8 — 3.9 2.5 1.4 

Butler 52.8 43.0 42.9 0.1 9.7 4.5 5.3 

Calhoun 10.6 8.3 8.3 — 2.3 0.7 1.6 

Chambers 24.4 17.6 17.6 0.1 6.7 4.3 2.5 

Cherokee 8.8 5.9 5.9 — 2.9 0.5 2.4 

Chilton 21.1 11.5 11.5 — 9.6 3.8 5.8 

Choctaw 36.0 26.7 26.7 — 9.3 4.0 5.3 

Clarke 57.5 36.6 36.5 0.1 20.9 11.5 9.4 

Clay 8.6 5.0 5.0 — 3.5 1.5 2.0 

Cleburne 13.3 9.1 9.1 — 4.2 2.6 1.6 

Coffee 11.9 8.2 8.2 — 3.6 2.2 1.4 

Colbert 9.5 3.6 3.4 0.2 6.0 2.1 3.9 

Conecuh 36.8 33.1 33.1 — 3.7 1.4 2.3 

Coosa 13.6 9.1 9.1 — 4.4 1.1 3.3 

Covington 21.1 16.2 16.2 — 4.9 2.1 2.8 

Crenshaw 25.6 20.5 20.5 — 5.1 2.2 2.9 

Cullman 20.5 15.3 15.3 — 5.2 1.9 3.4 

Dale 9.8 3.6 3.6 — 6.3 3.1 3.1 

Dallas 23.3 16.8 16.8 — 6.5 2.6 3.9 

De Kalb 6.2 3.8 3.8 — 2.3 1.0 1.3 

Elmore 10.4 5.6 5.6 — 4.8 2.3 2.5 

Escambia 36.3 33.3 33.3 — 2.9 1.1 1.8 

Etowah 14.6 10.1 10.1 — 4.5 1.7 2.8 

Fayette 23.7 13.9 13.9 — 9.7 3.2 6.5 

Franklin 19.3 10.2 10.2 — 9.1 2.7 6.4 

Geneva 6.4 2.2 2.2 — 4.2 3.2 1.0 

Greene 16.8 10.1 10.1 — 6.7 3.0 3.7 

Hale 15.7 9.7 9.7 — 5.9 1.7 4.2 

Henry 8.4 5.0 5.0 — 3.4 1.2 2.3 

Houston 3.6 2.6 2.6 — 1.0 0.7 0.3 

Jackson 8.8 3.6 3.6 — 5.2 0.6 4.6 

Jefferson 21.7 14.4 14.3 0.1 7.3 1.8 5.5 

Lamar 25.2 12.3 12.3 — 12.9 4.2 8.7 

Lauderdale 5.9 5.3 5.3 — 0.6 — 0.6 

Lawrence 5.5 3.0 3.0 — 2.5 0.9 1.6 

Lee 20.4 14.5 14.5 — 5.9 4.1 1.8 

Limestone 1.4 0.5 0.5 — 1.0 0.4 0.6 

Lowndes 18.5 12.8 12.8 — 5.7 3.1 2.5 

Macon 6.2 5.6 5.6 — 0.6 0.2 0.4 

Madison 8.6 7.9 7.9 — 0.7 0.7 — 

continued
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Table 35—Average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 23.5 16.7 16.4 0.3 6.8 4.5 2.3 

Marion 23.8 12.0 12.0 — 11.8 3.5 8.3 

Marshall 8.4 5.0 5.0 — 3.4 0.8 2.6 

Mobile 16.3 10.5 10.4 0.1 5.8 4.6 1.2 

Monroe 34.4 24.8 24.7 0.1 9.6 4.1 5.5 

Montgomery 11.6 7.7 7.7 — 3.9 2.3 1.6 

Morgan 6.1 3.5 3.5 — 2.6 0.5 2.0 

Perry 24.4 17.5 17.5 — 6.9 4.1 2.8 

Pickens 50.7 36.0 35.9 0.1 14.7 7.2 7.5 

Pike 15.3 7.5 7.5 — 7.7 2.7 5.0 

Randolph 12.4 5.2 5.2 — 7.2 3.2 4.0 

Russell 10.0 7.2 7.2 — 2.8 1.8 0.9 

Shelby 13.7 10.3 10.3 — 3.4 1.1 2.3 

St. Clair 12.8 6.1 6.1 — 6.7 1.3 5.4 

Sumter 31.6 19.3 18.8 0.6 12.3 6.3 5.9 

Talladega 12.8 9.6 9.6 — 3.3 1.3 2.0 

Tallapoosa 34.3 25.0 24.8 0.2 9.3 3.4 5.8 

Tuscaloosa 46.3 34.3 34.2 0.1 12.0 4.6 7.5 

Walker 18.9 11.0 11.0 — 7.9 1.1 6.8 

Washington 31.3 20.7 20.7 — 10.7 6.2 4.5 

Wilcox 34.6 28.5 27.9 0.6 6.1 2.8 3.3 

Winston 19.8 12.1 12.1 — 7.7 2.8 4.9 

 Total 1,297.0 890.2 887.1 3.1 406.8 177.3 229.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 36—Average annual removals of live trees on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Autauga 21.1 18.3 18.3 — 2.8 1.2 1.7 

Baldwin 30.9 18.8 18.4 0.4 12.1 8.9 3.1 

Barbour 30.0 18.7 18.7 — 11.3 5.5 5.8 

Bibb 8.6 6.9 6.9 — 1.6 0.2 1.4 

Blount 11.5 5.2 5.2 — 6.3 1.5 4.8 

Bullock 20.3 15.9 15.9 — 4.4 2.7 1.7 

Butler 54.3 44.2 44.1 0.1 10.1 4.7 5.4 

Calhoun 12.2 8.4 8.4 — 3.8 1.2 2.7 

Chambers 26.1 18.4 18.3 0.1 7.7 5.0 2.7 

Cherokee 9.8 6.1 6.1 — 3.6 0.5 3.2 

Chilton 23.6 12.5 12.5 — 11.2 4.6 6.5 

Choctaw 38.8 27.8 27.8 — 11.0 4.6 6.4 

Clarke 60.4 37.2 37.0 0.2 23.2 12.2 11.0 

Clay 9.6 5.2 5.2 — 4.4 1.8 2.7 

Cleburne 14.0 9.3 9.3 — 4.7 2.6 2.1 

Coffee 13.5 9.5 9.5 — 4.1 2.3 1.7 

Colbert 12.0 4.0 3.8 0.2 7.9 2.3 5.6 

Conecuh 38.1 33.6 33.6 — 4.5 2.0 2.6 

Coosa 13.8 9.1 9.1 — 4.6 1.2 3.4 

Covington 21.5 16.2 16.2 — 5.3 2.1 3.2 

Crenshaw 26.9 21.0 21.0 — 5.8 2.4 3.4 

Cullman 21.2 15.3 15.3 — 6.0 2.2 3.8 

Dale 11.5 3.6 3.6 — 8.0 3.9 4.1 

Dallas 24.5 17.2 17.2 — 7.3 2.9 4.4 

De Kalb 6.7 4.0 3.9 0.1 2.6 1.3 1.3 

Elmore 11.1 5.6 5.6 — 5.5 2.6 2.9 

Escambia 37.2 33.9 33.9 — 3.3 1.2 2.1 

Etowah 15.5 10.3 10.3 — 5.1 2.0 3.2 

Fayette 25.0 14.3 14.3 — 10.7 3.8 6.9 

Franklin 21.0 10.5 10.5 — 10.5 3.4 7.1 

Geneva 7.6 2.6 2.6 — 5.0 3.6 1.4 

Greene 18.5 10.7 10.7 — 7.8 3.2 4.6 

Hale 17.6 10.3 10.3 — 7.3 2.0 5.3 

Henry 9.2 5.2 5.2 — 4.0 1.2 2.8 

Houston 3.9 2.8 2.8 — 1.1 0.7 0.4 

Jackson 9.2 3.6 3.6 — 5.5 0.8 4.8 

Jefferson 24.1 15.6 15.6 0.1 8.5 2.0 6.5 

Lamar 27.3 12.6 12.6 — 14.7 4.8 9.9 

Lauderdale 6.3 5.6 5.6 — 0.7 — 0.7 

Lawrence 5.7 3.0 3.0 — 2.7 0.9 1.8 

Lee 21.3 14.7 14.7 — 6.6 4.7 1.9 

Limestone 1.5 0.5 0.5 — 1.1 0.5 0.6 

Lowndes 19.8 13.6 13.6 — 6.2 3.4 2.8 

Macon 6.5 5.9 5.9 — 0.6 0.2 0.4 

Madison 8.9 7.9 7.9 — 1.0 0.7 0.3 

continued
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Table 36—Average annual removals of live trees on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Marengo 24.9 17.2 16.9 0.3 7.7 5.0 2.7 

Marion 24.8 12.1 12.1 — 12.7 3.7 9.1 

Marshall 8.5 5.0 5.0 — 3.5 0.9 2.6 

Mobile 17.4 10.5 10.4 0.1 6.9 5.6 1.3 

Monroe 36.4 25.2 25.1 0.1 11.2 4.5 6.7 

Montgomery 11.9 7.7 7.7 — 4.2 2.6 1.6 

Morgan 6.2 3.6 3.6 — 2.7 0.5 2.2 

Perry 25.6 18.0 18.0 — 7.5 4.5 3.0 

Pickens 53.4 36.8 36.6 0.1 16.6 7.8 8.8 

Pike 18.1 8.8 8.8 — 9.3 3.1 6.3 

Randolph 13.8 5.7 5.7 — 8.2 3.5 4.7 

Russell 10.2 7.3 7.3 — 2.8 1.9 0.9 

Shelby 14.8 10.5 10.4 0.1 4.3 1.6 2.7 

St. Clair 13.5 6.3 6.3 — 7.1 1.4 5.7 

Sumter 33.1 20.2 19.6 0.6 12.9 6.4 6.5 

Talladega 14.1 9.6 9.6 — 4.6 2.1 2.5 

Tallapoosa 36.9 26.5 26.2 0.3 10.5 3.9 6.6 

Tuscaloosa 47.4 34.4 34.3 0.1 13.1 4.9 8.2 

Walker 20.2 11.0 11.0 — 9.2 1.2 8.0 

Washington 33.2 21.0 21.0 — 12.2 6.9 5.2 

Wilcox 35.4 28.8 28.2 0.6 6.6 2.8 3.8 

Winston 20.9 12.1 12.1 — 8.8 2.9 5.9 

 Total 1,378.7 914.0 910.5 3.5 464.8 199.1 265.6 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 37—Average annual removals of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Autauga 70.7 64.9 64.9 — 5.7 2.8 2.9 

Baldwin 81.8 56.5 56.5 — 25.3 15.2 10.1 

Barbour 113.5 91.2 91.2 — 22.3 9.3 13.0 

Bibb 25.2 23.7 23.7 — 1.5 — 1.5 

Blount 29.1 15.5 15.5 — 13.6 1.8 11.8 

Bullock 68.8 57.6 57.6 — 11.2 7.2 4.1 

Butler 158.4 133.1 133.1 — 25.3 10.0 15.3 

Calhoun 40.2 36.4 36.4 — 3.8 0.9 2.8 

Chambers 84.5 70.1 70.1 — 14.4 9.7 4.6 

Cherokee 22.8 12.3 12.3 — 10.5 0.6 10.0 

Chilton 66.4 41.1 41.1 — 25.3 8.9 16.4 

Choctaw 128.0 96.8 96.8 — 31.2 9.4 21.8 

Clarke 213.8 144.3 143.7 0.5 69.5 37.6 31.8 

Clay 20.4 13.0 13.0 — 7.4 3.6 3.8 

Cleburne 44.1 34.9 34.9 — 9.2 6.0 3.2 

Coffee 36.8 29.0 29.0 — 7.7 5.1 2.7 

Colbert 23.9 9.3 8.3 0.9 14.6 4.6 10.1 

Conecuh 108.0 98.4 98.4 — 9.7 5.3 4.4 

Coosa 31.3 25.4 25.4 — 5.9 1.6 4.3 

Covington 48.3 35.3 35.3 — 13.0 5.6 7.4 

Crenshaw 76.8 64.5 64.5 — 12.2 4.6 7.6 

Cullman 83.4 65.4 65.4 — 17.9 6.5 11.5 

Dale 32.8 15.2 15.2 — 17.7 8.3 9.3 

Dallas 88.1 70.3 70.3 — 17.8 6.1 11.7 

De Kalb 25.4 14.3 14.3 — 11.1 4.8 6.3 

Elmore 28.8 16.4 16.4 — 12.4 5.5 7.0 

Escambia 137.4 130.4 130.4 — 7.0 2.5 4.6 

Etowah 65.1 52.1 52.1 — 12.9 5.3 7.6 

Fayette 64.9 39.0 39.0 — 26.0 9.7 16.3 

Franklin 40.1 17.4 17.4 — 22.7 3.9 18.8 

Geneva 19.7 7.6 7.6 — 12.1 8.6 3.5 

Greene 54.4 38.7 38.7 — 15.7 7.0 8.8 

Hale 57.3 37.1 37.1 — 20.2 4.4 15.7 

Henry 30.0 18.7 18.7 — 11.4 3.4 8.0 

Houston 10.4 6.0 6.0 — 4.3 3.5 0.9 

Jackson 33.0 14.3 14.3 — 18.7 2.2 16.5 

Jefferson 57.8 41.1 41.1 — 16.6 3.7 12.9 

Lamar 76.4 48.4 48.4 — 27.9 4.2 23.7 

Lauderdale 19.2 16.4 16.4 — 2.7 — 2.7 

Lawrence 21.1 11.9 11.9 — 9.1 4.0 5.2 

Lee 69.9 46.9 46.9 — 23.0 18.3 4.7 

Limestone 6.1 2.1 2.1 — 3.9 1.6 2.4 

Lowndes 62.8 50.5 50.5 — 12.3 6.1 6.2 

Macon 15.9 13.1 13.1 — 2.8 1.2 1.6 

Madison 37.2 33.4 33.4 — 3.8 3.8 — 

continued
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Table 37—Average annual removals of sawtimber on timberland by county and species group,

Alabama, 1990–1999 (continued)

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Marengo 73.6 53.2 53.2 — 20.4 12.9 7.5 

Marion 62.4 39.7 39.7 — 22.7 7.4 15.3 

Marshall 31.5 21.9 21.9 — 9.6 0.7 8.9 

Mobile 45.7 31.2 30.7 0.5 14.5 13.3 1.2 

Monroe 114.8 89.2 89.2 — 25.7 10.9 14.8 

Montgomery 47.2 36.1 36.1 — 11.1 6.4 4.7 

Morgan 19.3 13.9 13.9 — 5.4 0.7 4.7 

Perry 73.5 55.7 55.7 — 17.8 8.6 9.2 

Pickens 182.8 147.8 147.8 — 35.0 17.8 17.2 

Pike 47.2 34.1 34.1 — 13.1 4.3 8.8 

Randolph 39.8 19.8 19.8 — 20.0 9.4 10.6 

Russell 29.9 24.1 24.1 — 5.8 4.2 1.6 

Shelby 49.8 42.8 42.8 — 6.9 2.4 4.5 

St. Clair 42.9 23.6 23.6 — 19.3 3.5 15.8 

Sumter 122.4 82.0 82.0 — 40.5 16.0 24.4 

Talladega 44.4 38.0 38.0 — 6.4 3.8 2.6 

Tallapoosa 90.7 70.1 70.1 — 20.6 4.8 15.8 

Tuscaloosa 163.4 127.4 127.4 — 36.0 15.6 20.4 

Walker 59.9 35.8 35.8 — 24.1 3.6 20.5 

Washington 101.3 70.8 70.8 — 30.5 15.8 14.7 

Wilcox 122.2 113.8 112.3 1.5 8.4 1.5 6.9 

Winston 62.1 46.0 46.0 — 16.1 8.4 7.7 

 Total 4,256.5 3,177.3 3,173.8 3.5 1,079.1 446.0 633.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 38—Average net annual growth and average annual removals of live trees, growing stock, 

and sawtimber on timberland by species, Alabama, 1990–1999

Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

 Net Net Net

 annual Annual annual Annual annual Annual

Species growth removals growth removals growth removals

Million cubic feet Million board feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 38.8 54.7 38.7 54.6 198.8 239.2 

 Slash pine 55.5 60.9 54.8 59.8 183.8 157.9 

 Shortleaf pine 47.3 109.0 46.2 106.4 252.5 397.4 

 Loblolly pine 738.1 638.3 703.8 620.5 2,258.6 2,236.0 

 Virginia pine 21.6 37.5 20.3 36.1 73.3 93.3 

 Spruce pine 7.9 10.0 7.7 9.6 48.4 49.7 

 Sand pine 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 

 Eastern white pine 0.5 — 0.5 — 3.7 — 

 Eastern hemlock 0.3 — 0.3 — 1.0 — 

 Baldcypress 6.5 0.5 6.5 0.5 30.0 0.5 

 Pondcypress 0.3 — 0.3 — 1.6 — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 0.3 — 0.3 — 2.2 — 

 Redcedars 6.2 2.9 4.4 2.6 14.5 3.0 

 Total softwoods 923.4 914.0 884.1 890.2 3,068.6 3,177.3 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 58.9 39.4 55.0 36.8 204.5 102.1 

 Select red oaks 17.7 13.6 16.4 12.4 93.2 45.9 

 Other white oaks 46.4 35.3 40.4 30.1 145.5 72.6 

 Other red oaks 165.0 125.9 150.4 115.8 587.9 335.0 

 Hickory 37.6 32.3 35.5 29.7 123.3 72.6 

 Hard maple 2.8 0.7 2.1 0.7 4.3 0.9 

 Soft maple 27.0 12.0 15.7 7.8 29.2 9.3 

 Beech 5.7 2.3 4.4 1.3 13.7 2.4 

 Sweetgum 117.1 85.3 104.5 80.3 274.1 169.8 

 Tupelo and blackgum 34.4 24.3 30.2 19.7 110.6 46.1 

 Ash 18.3 6.3 15.1 5.4 48.7 15.3 

 Cottonwood 0.6 — 0.6 — 3.9 — 

 Basswood 3.0 0.5 2.6 0.5 10.1 2.3 

 Yellow-poplar 77.8 40.1 74.8 38.7 303.5 144.3 

 Bay and magnolia 18.9 10.6 13.8 8.4 41.2 15.5 

 Black cherry 7.7 3.3 5.6 2.4 4.2 3.3 

 Black walnut 0.9 — 0.6 — 2.2 — 

 Sycamore 7.3 2.0 6.8 2.0 27.8 7.6 

 Black locust 0.6 — 0.2 — 0.5 — 

 Elm 7.2 4.6 5.1 3.3 10.8 8.6 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 35.1 26.2 16.4 11.6 33.3 25.4 

 Total hardwoods 690.1 464.8 596.2 406.8 2,072.6 1,079.1 

All species 1,378.7 1,613.5 1,480.3 1,297.0 5,141.2 4,256.5 

Numbers in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 39—Average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by species and diameter class, Alabama, 1990–1999

Diameter class (inches at breast height)

 All 5.0- 7.0- 9.0- 11.0- 13.0- 15.0- 17.0- 19.0- 21.0- 29.0 and

Species classes 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9 larger

Million cubic feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 54.6 2.8 5.5 10.1 10.3 11.3 6.5 5.6 1.4 1.1 — 

 Slash pine 59.8 9.1 17.9 11.1 5.8 6.9 4.4 2.4 1.3 1.0 — 

 Shortleaf pine 106.4 8.2 15.2 21.5 22.2 18.0 12.8 5.3 2.4 0.8 — 

 Loblolly pine 620.5 68.8 103.5 114.8 91.5 78.8 61.3 40.6 29.8 30.6 0.8 

 Virginia pine 36.1 5.7 8.4 8.0 5.6 5.4 2.1 0.6 0.2 — — 

 Spruce pine 9.6 0.1 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.9 0.2 

 Sand pine 0.1 — — 0.1 — — — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 0.5 0.2 0.2 — 0.1 — — — — — — 

 Redcedars 2.6 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.1 — — — — — — 

 Total softwoods 890.2 96.5 152.0 166.6 136.8 121.3 88.2 56.1 36.3 35.5 1.1 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 36.8 4.3 3.6 5.7 4.4 5.1 5.3 3.2 2.2 2.4 0.5 

 Select red oaks 12.4 1.0 0.6 1.1 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.5 1.4 1.7 0.2 

 Other white oaks 30.1 2.7 4.6 5.8 3.7 5.6 2.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 0.4 

 Other red oaks 115.8 10.8 12.9 19.8 16.7 15.4 12.1 8.5 6.3 11.1 2.2 

 Hickory 29.7 2.3 4.5 5.6 4.8 5.1 3.6 2.0 1.0 0.8 — 

 Hard maple 0.7 0.1 0.3 — 0.3 — — — — — — 

 Soft maple 7.8 2.0 2.3 1.2 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 — 

 Beech 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 — — 0.1 0.2 — 

 Sweetgum 80.3 11.9 14.5 15.7 13.6 10.7 4.1 3.8 2.3 3.3 0.2 

 Tupelo and blackgum 19.7 1.3 2.7 4.2 3.7 3.1 1.6 1.8 0.4 0.9 — 

 Ash 5.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 — 0.3 

 Basswood 0.5 — — — 0.1 — 0.3 — — 0.2 — 

 Yellow-poplar 38.7 1.9 3.8 4.8 3.0 6.7 5.6 4.2 2.7 5.2 0.9 

 Bay and magnolia 8.4 1.2 1.8 1.5 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.1 — 

 Black cherry 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.2 — — — — 

 Sycamore 2.0 — 0.2 0.1 — 0.4 0.6 — — 0.5 0.1 

 Elm 3.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.6 — — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 11.6 2.8 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.6 0.8 1.0 0.2 0.7 — 

 Total hardwoods 406.8 44.2 54.7 68.8 56.6 58.7 40.9 29.8 19.6 28.6 5.0 

All species 140.6 1,297.0 206.6 235.4 193.4 180.1 129.0 85.9 55.9 64.0 6.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 40—Average annual mortality of live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber on timberland

by species, Alabama, 1990–1999

Species Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

 Million cubic feet Million board feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 8.6 8.3 37.5 

 Slash pine 10.8 10.3 30.8 

 Shortleaf pine 28.4 26.3 86.5 

 Loblolly pine 97.6 90.1 299.4 

 Virginia pine 13.6 12.6 27.3 

 Spruce pine 5.6 4.8 22.8 

 Eastern white pine 0.1 0.1 — 

 Eastern hemlock 0.1 0.1 0.6 

 Baldcypress 0.7 0.5 2.4 

 Atlantic white-cedar 0.1 0.1 0.6 

 Redcedars 1.2 1.1 2.2 

 Total softwoods 166.9 154.3 510.0 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 7.4 5.8 24.5 

 Select red oaks 6.7 6.1 25.1 

 Other white oaks 8.1 5.7 15.1 

 Other red oaks 50.3 37.8 132.9 

 Hickory 13.0 10.4 26.7 

 Hard maple 0.5 0.3 1.3 

 Soft maple 6.4 3.0 5.9 

 Beech 1.3 0.4 1.7 

 Sweetgum 21.0 17.5 49.6 

 Tupelo and blackgum 9.2 7.1 14.4 

 Ash 4.2 3.1 8.8 

 Cottonwood 0.4 0.4 2.3 

 Basswood 1.1 0.8 2.3 

 Yellow-poplar 7.3 6.3 23.4 

 Bay and magnolia 6.0 3.5 9.2 

 Black cherry 0.3 0.1 — 

 Sycamore 0.9 0.8 2.0 

 Black locust 0.0 — — 

 Elm 5.1 4.0 14.6 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 18.6 8.7 19.0 

 Total hardwoods 167.8 122.0 378.9 

All species 276.2 334.7 888.9 

Numbers in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 41—Average net annual growth and average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by

ownership class and species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Ownership class species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Average net annual growth (million cubic feet)

National forest 43.0 24.4 23.9 0.5 18.6 7.6 11.0 

Other public 40.0 17.0 16.2 0.8 23.0 10.0 13.0 

Forest industry 323.2 263.0 260.3 2.7 60.2 30.1 30.0 

Nonindustrial private 1,074.1 579.7 571.6 8.0 494.5 234.5 260.0 

 All classes 1,480.3 884.1 872.1 12.0 596.2 282.2 314.1 

Average annual removals (million cubic feet)

National forest 20.4 17.2 17.2 — 3.2 0.9 2.3 

Other public 17.7 12.2 12.2 — 5.4 0.9 4.5 

Forest industry 340.1 267.7 266.8 0.9 72.3 34.5 37.8 

Nonindustrial private 918.9 593.0 590.8 2.2 325.9 141.0 184.8 

 All classes 1,297.0 890.2 887.1 3.1 406.8 177.3 229.5 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

Table 42—Average net annual growth and average annual removals of live trees on timberland by

ownership class and species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Ownership class species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Average net annual growth (million cubic feet)

National forest 43.6 24.0 23.5 0.5 19.6 7.8 11.8 

Other public 42.3 17.7 16.9 0.8 24.6 10.3 14.3 

Forest industry 338.2 269.2 266.5 2.7 68.9 34.4 34.5 

Nonindustrial private 1,189.4 612.5 602.9 9.6 576.9 276.1 300.8 

 All classes 1,613.5 923.4 909.7 13.7 690.1 328.6 361.5 

Average annual removals (million cubic feet)

National forest 20.9 17.2 17.2 — 3.7 0.9 2.7 

Other public 18.8 12.5 12.5 — 6.3 1.1 5.2 

Forest industry 357.4 274.1 273.0 1.1 83.3 39.3 43.9 

Nonindustrial private 981.7 610.2 607.8 2.4 371.5 157.8 213.8 

 All classes 1,378.7 914.0 910.5 3.5 464.8 199.1 265.6 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 43—Average net annual growth and average annual removals of sawtimber on timberland by

ownership class and species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

Ownership class species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Average net annual growth (million board feet)

National forest 201.0 130.3 128.1 2.2 70.7 27.9 42.8 

Other public 182.5 84.8 81.1 3.7 97.7 35.8 61.9 

Forest industry 907.7 717.8 707.7 10.1 189.9 98.2 91.8 

Nonindustrial private 3,850.0 2,135.8 2,102.4 33.3 1,714.3 727.6 986.7 

 All classes 5,141.2 3,068.6 3,019.4 49.3 2,072.6 889.5 1,183.1 

Average annual removals (million board feet)

National forest 81.8 78.4 78.4 — 3.4 0.7 2.7 

Other public 67.8 51.7 51.7 — 16.1 2.0 14.1 

Forest industry 986.5 806.6 806.1 0.5 179.9 82.0 97.9 

Nonindustrial private 3,120.4 2,240.7 2,237.7 3.0 879.7 361.3 518.4 

 All classes 4,256.5 3,177.3 3,173.8 3.5 1,079.1 446.0 633.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.
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Table 44—Average net annual growth of growing stock on timberland by forest-type group, stand origin,

and species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

Forest-type group All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

and stand origina species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash pine

 Planted 36.0 33.6 33.6 — 2.4 2.0 0.4 

 Natural 46.6 39.2 39.2 0.0 7.4 2.7 4.7 

 Total 82.6 72.8 72.7 0.0 9.8 4.7 5.1 

 Loblolly–shortleaf pine

 Planted 407.4 387.6 387.4 0.2 19.9 13.6 6.3 

 Natural 267.1 210.7 209.1 1.6 56.5 30.8 25.7 

 Total 674.6 598.2 596.5 1.8 76.3 44.4 32.0 

 Total softwoods 757.1 671.0 669.2 1.8 86.1 49.0 37.1 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 Planted 28.0 21.8 21.8 — 6.2 3.6 2.6 

 Natural 210.6 109.2 107.7 1.5 101.4 40.6 60.8 

 Total 238.6 131.0 129.5 1.5 107.5 44.2 63.3 

 Oak–hickory 325.6 61.0 58.8 2.3 264.6 101.8 162.8 

 Oak–gum–cypress 153.0 20.5 14.1 6.4 132.5 82.3 50.3 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood 5.5 0.5 0.5 — 5.0 4.9 0.1 

 Tropical hardwood 0.5 0.0 0.0 — 0.4 — 0.4 

 Total hardwoods 723.2 213.1 202.9 10.2 510.1 233.1 277.0 

Nonstocked — 0.0 — — 0.0 0.0 — 

All groups 884.1 1,480.3 872.1 12.0 596.2 282.2 314.1 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

a

 Classifications at the beginning of the remeasurement period.
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Table 45—Average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by forest-type group, stand origin,

and species group, Alabama, 1990–1999

Softwoods Hardwoods

Forest-type group All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

and stand origina species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Softwood types

 Longleaf–slash pine

 Planted 25.9 24.2 24.2 — 1.7 1.0 0.7 

 Natural 62.0 56.5 56.5 — 5.5 2.4 3.0 

 Total 87.9 80.7 80.7 — 7.2 3.5 3.7 

 Loblolly–shortleaf pine

 Planted 247.4 234.8 234.6 0.2 12.6 6.4 6.2 

 Natural 315.8 274.7 273.2 1.5 41.1 21.8 19.3 

 Total 563.2 509.4 507.8 1.7 53.7 28.2 25.5 

 Total softwoods 651.1 590.1 588.5 1.7 61.0 31.7 29.2 

Hardwood types

 Oak–pine

 Planted 13.8 10.7 10.7 — 3.1 1.7 1.4 

 Natural 293.7 194.8 194.4 0.5 98.8 39.3 59.6 

 Total 307.5 205.6 205.1 0.5 101.9 41.0 60.9 

 Oak–hickory 240.7 73.7 73.4 0.3 166.9 55.3 111.7 

 Oak–gum–cypress 93.0 18.6 18.0 0.6 74.3 46.8 27.5 

 Elm–ash–cottonwood 4.8 2.2 2.2 — 2.7 2.5 0.1 

 Total hardwoods 646.0 300.1 298.7 1.4 345.9 145.6 200.3 

Nonstocked — — — — — — — 

All groups 890.2 1,297.0 887.1 3.1 406.8 177.3 229.5 
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Table 46—Fresh weight of live trees on timberland by ownership class, species group, and tree component, Alabama, 2000

 Component

Growing-stock trees Cull trees

 Stumps, Stumps,

Ownership class All All live tops, and tops, and

and species group components saplings Total Boles limbs Total Boles limbs

Thousand tons

National forest

 Softwood 28,761.3 1,091.6 27,351.7 23,814.4 3,537.3 318.0 266.6 51.5 

 Hardwood 35,180.7 4,542.3 27,197.5 21,883.7 5,313.8 3,441.0 2,599.6 841.4 

 Total 63,941.9 5,633.8 54,549.2 45,698.1 8,851.1 3,759.0 2,866.2 892.8 

Other public

 Softwood 21,195.6 855.4 19,377.1 16,804.5 2,572.7 963.1 809.4 153.8 

 Hardwood 45,581.5 4,887.3 35,087.5 28,529.0 6,558.5 5,606.7 4,325.7 1,281.0 

 Total 66,777.0 5,742.7 54,464.6 45,333.5 9,131.2 6,569.8 5,135.1 1,434.7 

Forest industry

 Softwood 118,652.6 10,100.6 105,352.6 86,675.9 18,676.7 3,199.5 2,596.9 602.6 

 Hardwood 103,146.0 20,853.6 69,283.5 56,020.1 13,263.4 13,008.9 9,929.7 3,079.2 

 Total 221,798.5 30,954.2 174,636.0 142,695.9 31,940.1 16,208.4 12,526.6 3,681.8 

Nonindustrial private

 Softwood 460,034.8 34,608.0 403,634.6 341,504.7 62,129.9 21,792.2 17,986.0 3,806.2 

 Hardwood 857,143.1 124,223.9 617,175.4 498,643.0 118,532.4 115,743.8 89,460.1 26,283.7 

 Total 1,317,177.9 158,831.9 1,020,810.0 840,147.7 180,662.3 137,536.0 107,446.1 30,089.9 

All ownerships

 Softwood 628,644.1 46,655.5 555,715.9 468,799.4 86,916.6 26,272.8 21,658.8 4,614.0 

 Hardwood 1,041,051.1 154,507.1 748,743.8 605,075.7 143,668.1 137,800.3 106,315.1 31,485.2 

 Total 1,669,695.3 201,162.5 1,304,459.8 1,073,875.1 230,584.7 164,073.0 127,973.8 36,099.2 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.
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Table 47—Area of timberland treated or disturbed annually and retained in timberland by

treatment or disturbance and ownership class, Alabama, 1990 to 2000

Ownership class

Treatment or All Forest Nonindustrial

disturbance classes Public industry private

Thousand acres

Final harvest 451.4 9.2 122.0 320.2 

Partial harvesta 6.6 207.1 19.5 181.1 

Seed tree/shelterwood 28.1 0.4 4.4 23.3 

Commercial thinning 132.5 3.3 28.6 100.6 

Other stand improvement 36.3 2.8 13.2 20.3 

Site preparation 243.9 4.0 103.6 136.4 

Artificial regenerationb 4.0 255.1 99.7 151.4 

Natural regenerationb 8.7 394.3 34.3 351.4 

Other treatment 126.5 7.4 13.6 105.6 

Natural disturbance

 Disease 52.3 0.3 14.9 37.0 

 Insects 24.5 1.8 3.3 19.4 

 Fire 48.1 3.5 8.7 35.8 

 Weather 87.5 8.8 8.7 70.1 

 Animals 29.5 1.2 4.7 23.7 

Other disturbances

 Grazing 25.8 0.4 — 25.4 

 Other human-caused disturbance 32.4 1.6 3.2 27.5 

Since some acres experience more than one treatment or disturbance, there are no column totals. Numbers in

rows may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

a

 Includes high-grading and some selective cutting.

b

 Includes establishment of trees for timber production on forest and nonforest land.
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Table 48—Area of timberland treated or disturbed annually and retained in timberland by treatment or

disturbance and forest management type, Alabama, 1990 to 2000

Forest management typea

Treatment or All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland

disturbance types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Final harvest 451.4 70.7 111.3 131.6 110.0 27.8 — 

Partial harvestb 7.9 207.1 50.8 61.2 61.1 25.6 0.4 

Seed tree/shelterwood 28.1 2.7 20.0 3.5 1.3 0.6 — 

Commercial thinning 132.5 74.7 44.5 9.9 1.4 2.0 — 

Other stand improvement 36.3 15.6 8.2 6.6 5.0 0.8 — 

Site preparation 243.9 69.0 65.7 63.2 39.2 6.9 — 

Other treatment 126.5 13.7 41.3 25.7 35.0 10.9 — 

Natural disturbance

 Disease 52.3 41.3 4.5 3.8 2.1 0.6 — 

 Insects 24.5 3.5 5.8 13.0 2.3 — — 

 Fire 48.1 10.9 16.2 10.8 7.7 2.6 — 

 Weather 87.5 5.0 23.1 16.4 20.4 22.6 — 

 Animals 29.5 4.3 0.4 2.5 5.0 16.9 0.5 

Other disturbance

 Grazing 25.8 0.4 1.9 6.0 13.6 3.9 — 

 Other human-caused disturbance 32.4 2.6 6.0 9.1 11.3 3.2 — 

Since some acres experience more than one treatment or disturbance, there are no column totals. Numbers in rows may not sum

to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

a Classification before treatment or disturbance.

b

 Includes high-grading and some selective cutting.
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Table 49—Area of timberland regenerated annually by type of regeneration and forest management type,

Alabama, 1990 to 2000

Forest management typea

Type of All Pine Natural Oak– Upland Lowland 

regeneration types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Artificial regeneration

 following harvest 177.4 119.5 — 48.0 9.5 0.3 — 

Natural regeneration

 following harvest 200.1 0.4 27.0 33.7 116.9 21.5 0.7 

Other artificial regeneration

 on forest land 36.3 23.8 — 7.1 4.7 0.7 — 

Other natural regeneration

 on forest land 108.0 2.2 24.2 27.9 43.9 9.9 — 

Artificial regeneration on

 former nonforest land 50.7 43.4 — 5.6 0.9 0.6 0.2 

Natural reversion of

 former nonforest land 78.0 — 22.9 15.2 26.6 12.7 0.5 

 Total 650.6 189.3 74.1 137.4 202.6 45.6 1.4 

Numbers in rows and columns may not sum to totals due to rounding.

A dash (—) indicates no sample for the cell; 0.0 indicates a value of >0.0 but <0.05 for the cell.

a

 Classification after regeneration.
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Hartsell, Andrew J.; Brown, Mark J. 2002. Forest statistics for

Alabama, 2000. Resour. Bull. SRS–67. Asheville, NC: U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research

Station. 76 p.

This report summarizes a 2000 inventory of the forest resources of

Alabama. Major findings are highlighted in text and graphics;

detailed data are presented in 49 tables.

Keywords: Forest ownership, timberland, timber growth, timber

removals, timber volume.

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