Forest Statistics for the

Southern Coastal Plain of

North Carolina, 1999

United States

Department of

Agriculture

Forest Service

Southern

Research Station

Resource Bulletin

SRS–59

Roger C. Conner and Raymond M. Sheffield

PIEDMONT

SOUTHERN

COASTAL PLAIN

NORTHERN

COASTAL 

MOUNTAINS PLAIN
The Authors:

Roger C. Conner is a Research Forester and Raymond M.

Sheffield is a Supervisory Research Forester with the Forest

Inventory and Analysis Research Work Unit, Southern

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

Service, Asheville, NC 28802.

May 2001

Southern Research Station

P.O. Box 2680

Asheville, NC 28802
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This report highlights the principal findings of the seventh forest survey of the Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina.

Fieldwork began in January 1998 and was completed in February 1999. Six previous surveys, completed in 1937, 1952, 1962,

1973, 1983, and 1990, provide statistics for measuring changes and trends over the past 62 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. In the Southern United States, the Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work Unit (FIA) at the

Southern Research Station conducts these surveys in 13 Southern States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The FIA unit

operates out of two locations, one in Starkville, MS, and the other in Asheville, NC. 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:

Forest Inventory and Analysis

Southern Research Station

P.O. Box 2680

Asheville, NC 28802–2680

Telephone: 828–257–4350

Acknowledgements

The Southern Research Station gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the North Carolina Department of Environment and

Natural Resources, Division of Forest Resources. The research was made possible through the collaborative efforts of USDA

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

Appreciation is also expressed for the cooperation of other public agencies and private landowners in providing access to

measurement plots.

Foreword
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Highlights.................................................................................................................................................... 1

Inventory Methods...................................................................................................................................... 3

Statistical Reliability .................................................................................................................................. 4

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

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

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

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

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

 Tables 1–49a .............................................................................................................................................. 19

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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Table of Contents
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Figure 1—Forest survey regions in North Carolina.

Ashe Alleghany

Wilkes Watauga

Avery Mitchell Yancey Madison

Haywood Swain

Graham

Cherokee

Clay

Macon

Buncombe

Jackson Henderson Polk

Rutherford

McDowell

Caldwell

Burke

Alexander

Catawba

Lincoln ClevelandGaston

Surry

Yadkin

Iredell

Stokes

Forsyth

Rockingham Caswell Person

Davie

Mecklenburg

Rowan

Cabarrus

Union

Davidson

Guilford

Randolph

Stanly Montgomery

Anson

Alamance Orange Granville Durham VanceWarren Halifax

Richmond

Moore

Chatham

Lee

Wake

Franklin

Northampton

Hertford

Harnett

Scotland Hoke

Robeson

Cumberland

Johnston

Sampson

Columbus

Brunswick

Bladen Pender

Duplin

Nash

Wilson

Wayne

Edgecombe

Bertie

Martin

Pitt Beaufort

Greene

Lenoir

Jones

Onslow

Craven

Carteret

Pamlico

Hyde

Gates

Chowan Perqui- mans Pasquotank Camden Currituck

WashingtonTyrrellDare

New

Hanover

MOUNTAINS

Transylvania

PIEDMONT

SOUTHERNCOASTAL PLAIN

NORTHERN COASTALPLAIN
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Forest Statistics for the Southern

Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Roger C. Conner and Raymond M. Sheffield

Highlights

This report summarizes results from a 1999 inventory of the

forest resources of the Southern Coastal Plain of North

Carolina (fig. 1). Current estimates of forest area,

timberland area, related classifications such as ownership

and forest type, and timber volumes are presented and

compared with previous values. Average annual rates of

growth, removals, and mortality are summarized since the

previous inventory in 1990. Although the previous and

current inventories are similar in scope, they differ in

sampling design and intensity, standards and definitions,

and in methods used to determine key attributes such as

stocking, forest type, and stand-size class. Many of the

changes in methods, plot design, and sampling intensity

were necessary to increase national consistency between

Forest Inventory and Analysis Research Work Units (FIA).

These changes complicate the comparison of data between

the surveys and make detection of genuine resource trends

difficult. However, some general comparisons are possible

where differences between inventories can be reconciled or

are considered minimal. Resource data are presented in 49

tables and 9 graphs. A summary of major findings follows.

Timberland area—The area of timberland in this 21-

county region declined by 187,000 acres, to 5.0 million

acres (see table 1). In 1999, 61 percent of the Southern

Coastal Plain was forested. Land use changes involving

forests occurred on 484,000 acres, including 335,000 acres

diverted to other land uses. A total of 155,000 acres were

cleared for agriculture, and another 164,000 acres of

timberland were diverted to urban and other uses. On a

positive note, 149,000 acres were added to the timber base

through natural regeneration or planting on nonforest land.

Ownership—Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF)

landowners accounted for 75 percent of the timberland in

the region (see table 3). The NIPF owner group is composed

of individual and corporate timberland owners. Individual

ownership decreased 6 percent since 1990, from 3.2 to 3.0

million acres. Timberland under corporate ownership

increased substantially, from 508,000 to 797,000 acres.

Nearly 1 out of every 6 acres of timberland in the region

was under corporate ownership. Timberland owned by

forest industry declined 32 percent, from 1.0 million acres

in 1990 to 713,000 acres in 1999. Public ownership

increased by 62,000 acres to 540,000 acres.

Forest type—Area of timberland classed as a softwood

forest type declined by 414,000 acres to 1.9 million acres in

1999 (see table 8). Softwood forest types accounted for 38

percent of the timberland in North Carolina’s Southern

Coastal Plain in 1999, down from 44 percent in 1990. The

decline was evident in all pine forest types. The area

occupied by loblolly pine, the predominant softwood forest

type, declined by 26,000 acres to 1.6 million acres (see table

9). Area of longleaf pine continued to shrink, falling by

70,000 acres to the 1999 level of 166,000 acres. The area of

pond pine dropped to 125,000 acres, less than half its extent

in 1990. Some of the reductions in softwood types were due

to the reclassification of stands from a pine type to a mixed

pine-hardwood type. Timberland classified as an oak-pine

type climbed from 763,000 acres in 1990 to 1.0 million

acres in 1999. Many recently planted stands were classified

as an oak-pine forest type. Altogether, planted pine and oakpine stands totaled 1.1 million acres, or 23 percent of the

area of timberland. Area in the oak-hickory forest-type

group rose 20 percent to 1.0 million acres. The only decline

in area of hardwoods occurred in the oak-gum-cypress

forest-type group, which dropped 190,000 acres to 1.1

million acres. Sweet bay-blackgum-red maple forest types

still predominate, and occupied 624,000 acres, or 59 percent

of the area within the oak-gum-cypress group.

Stand size—A shift toward smaller stands was evident in

the distribution of timberland by stand-size class. The area

of both sawtimber and poletimber stands declined since

1990. Sawtimber stands decreased by one-third to 1.4

million acres, and poletimber stands were down 26 percent

to 967,000 acres (see table 11). Sapling-seedling stands
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occupied 2.6 million acres, an increase of 893,000 acres or

51 percent since 1990. These changes in stand size were

driven by increased timber cutting and major disturbances

such as hurricanes that impacted the region.

Stand treatment—Final harvest occurred on 98,000 acres

annually since 1990; 76 percent of the annual harvest

occurred on NIPF land (see table 47). Thirty-five percent of

the final harvest acres were natural pine, and another 23

percent were planted pine (see table 48). Hardwoods

combined accounted for 28 percent, or 27,000 acres, of the

area undergoing a final harvest. Partial harvests, seed tree

cutting, and commercial thinning occurred annually on an

additional 50,000 acres of timberland since 1990. New

stands were established on nearly 127,000 acres each year

since 1990 through reforestation and afforestation. Onethird of the regeneration was due to planting and two-thirds

were due to natural regeneration. Weather-related damage

occurred on 83,000 acres annually since the previous

survey. Much of this damage was due to high winds and

flooding from the hurricanes that struck the State during the

past 9 years. Hardwoods took the brunt of the weatherrelated damage, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the

affected area. Other natural disturbances, such as disease

and insects, combined, caused damage to an additional

35,000 acres each year since 1990.

Softwood volume—Merchantable volume of softwood live

trees declined from 3.8 billion cubic feet in 1990 to 3.6

billion cubic feet in 1999, a drop of 7 percent (see table 28).

Consistent with the reduction in forest industry acreage,

softwood volume on forest industry timberland fell 23

percent to 583.4 million cubic feet. Softwood live-tree

volume on NIPF land also declined since 1990, from 2.7 to

2.5 billion cubic feet in 1999. The reduction in softwood

volume occurred in all softwood species except loblolly

pine. Volume of loblolly pine rose 6 percent to 2.7 billion

cubic feet and accounted for 76 percent of the total

softwood volume (see table 19). Significant reductions in

the volume of slash pine and pond pine occurred during the

period, whereas the volume of longleaf pine remained

relatively stable, dropping only 3 percent. Planted stands

accounted for 34 percent of the softwood live tree inventory

compared with 24 percent in 1990.

Hardwood volume—There was a decline in hardwood livetree volume also, from 4.0 billion cubic feet in 1990 to 3.4

billion cubic feet in 1999. The decline was greatest on NIPF

land in terms of a cubic-foot reduction as hardwood

inventory fell 311.2 million cubic feet to 2.9 billion cubic

feet. Forest industry timberland experienced a 49 percent

reduction in volume of hardwood live trees, largely

attributable to the loss of forest industry acreage. Oak

species combined accounted for one-third of the decline as

oak volume fell from 1.0 billion cubic feet to 779.8 million

cubic feet. Volume of tupelo and blackgum live trees

decreased 25 percent to 643.2 million cubic feet. Yellowpoplar was one of the few hardwood species to see an

increase in inventory, up 21 percent to 385.0 million cubic

feet.

Growth—Net annual growth of softwood live trees increased 15 percent, from 220.9 million cubic feet to 253.5

million cubic feet (see table 42). Softwood net annual

growth on forest industry increased 12 percent to 63.3

million cubic feet, and was up 13 percent to 163.3 million

cubic feet per year on NIPF land. In 1999, planted stands

accounted for 54 percent of the softwood growth compared

with 40 percent in 1990. Net annual growth of hardwood

live trees decreased 34 percent to 82.0 million cubic feet. A

major factor in the reduced rate of hardwood growth was

the increased level of mortality for hardwoods (discussed in

Mortality section). Hardwood net growth reductions were

recorded for all ownerships.

Mortality—Major increases in tree mortality were recorded

for this inventory period due to damages from hurricanes

occurring in the region since 1990. Annual mortality of

softwood live trees increased 111 percent, from 25.6 to 53.9

million cubic feet (see table 40). Softwood mortality

increased on all ownerships, doubling on NIPF land from

17.8 to 35.7 million cubic feet per year, and up 30 percent

on forest industry land, from 5.6 to 7.3 million cubic feet

per year. The largest percentage increase in annual mortality

of softwoods occurred on public lands, a 402-percent

increase to 11.0 million cubic feet. Hardwood mortality in

the region was also up substantially, increasing 67 percent to

67.5 million cubic feet per year. Hardwood live-tree

mortality on NIPF land increased 73 percent to 57.0 million

cubic feet, and rose from 2.4 to 10.1 million cubic feet

annually on public timberland. The rate of hardwood

mortality was down 44 percent on forest industry timberland, from 6.6 to 3.7 million cubic feet per year.

Removals—Annual removals of softwood live-tree volume

increased 41 percent to 261.1 million cubic feet. Seventy

percent, or 183.7 million cubic feet, of the softwood

removals came from NIPF land. Forest industry timberland

contributed 23 percent, or 61.3 million cubic feet, of

softwood removals per year. Softwood removals on public
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timberland averaged 16.1 million cubic feet annually, 6

percent of the total softwood removals. More than 42

percent of the softwood removals came from planted stands

during the latest inventory period, compared with only 16

percent for the previous inventory. Removals of hardwood

live trees increased 21 percent to 124.7 million cubic feet

per year. NIPF owners also provided most of the hardwood

removals, accounting for 87 percent or 108.4 million cubic

feet. Hardwood removals from forest industry timberland

increased 59 percent to 14.3 million cubic feet per year.

Public timberland accounted for 2 percent, or 2.0 million

cubic feet, of the hardwood removals.

The Southern Research Station, FIA unit secured data on

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

A forest-nonforest classification using aerial photographs

was accomplished using points representing approximately

204 acres. These photo classifications were adjusted based

on ground observations at sample locations representing

approximately 3,431 acres. Finally, field measurements

were made at each of the sample locations where the plot

design (described later) sampled forest land.

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. Condition classes were defined by

six attributes: land use, forest type, stand origin, stand size,

forest density, and major ownership class. All trees tallied

were assigned to their respective condition class.

The cluster of four fixed plots sampled timberland at 1,169

ground sample locations in this unit. 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.

The equations were developed from detailed measurements

collected from standing trees throughout the region.

Estimates of growth, removals, and mortality were determined from the remeasurement of 987 permanent sample

plots established in the previous inventory. The plot design

for the previous inventory was based on a cluster of 10

points. Variable plots were systematically spaced within a

single forest condition at three to five 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.

Inventory Methods
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Statistical Reliability

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 for softwood

live-tree volume on forest industry land is computed as:

Thus, the sampling error is 10.80 percent, and the resulting

confidence interval (two times out of three) for softwood

live-tree inventory on forestry industry land is 583.4 ± 63.0

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.

= 10.80 . 583.4 

6,944.8 3.13 = SE s 

Sampling error increases as the area or volume considred

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.

, 

X s 

X t SE t = 

SE s

Item

 

Timberland (1,000 acres) 5,049.8 ± 29.3 0.58

Sample estimate

and

confidence interval

 Percent

Sampling

error

All live (M ft3 )

 Inventory 6,944.8 ± 217.4 3.13

 Net annual growth 335.5 ± 15.3 4.56

 Annual removals 385.8 ± 24.4 6.32

 Annual mortality 121.4 ± 9.0 7.40

Growing stock (M ft 3 )

 Inventory 6,387.8 ± 205.7 3.22

 Net annual growth 324.1 ± 14.7 4.53

 Annual removals 374.8 ± 23.9 6.37

 Annual mortality 107.9 ± 8.4 7.80

Sawtimber (M fbm )

 Inventory 21,570.3 ± 929.7 4.31

 Net annual growth 1,223.1 ± 62.1 5.08

 Annual removals 1,338.0 ± 98.1 7.33

 Annual mortality 368.6 ± 35.6 9.67
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Sampling errorsa by counties and survey unit for timberland, live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Counties and Timberland Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

survey unit area Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals Volume Growth Removals

Percent

Bladen 2.2 10.5 16.5 27.8 10.7 16.6 28.1 15.3 16.5 31.0 

Brunswick 1.7 11.4 16.7 18.7 11.7 16.7 18.8 16.5 16.6 25.9 

Columbus 2.4 10.6 11.8 18.8 11.3 12.1 19.0 14.7 15.1 21.2 

Cumberland 2.5 12.6 19.0 49.7 13.1 17.5 51.2 15.1 16.2 49.7 

Duplin 2.1 16.7 77.0 26.0 16.9 73.1 26.1 24.0 112.1 27.7 

Greene 3.5 23.2 43.6 41.3 24.4 46.8 41.7 30.8 43.6 41.6 

Harnett 3.0 15.2 20.8 23.2 16.2 22.3 23.2 22.6 32.3 25.5 

Hoke 4.7 11.6 16.7 53.9 12.5 16.5 54.2 14.9 17.4 54.3 

Johnston 2.4 16.7 20.9 26.6 17.7 20.4 26.4 22.9 21.3 28.8 

Jones 2.7 11.3 20.7 20.7 11.5 19.7 20.9 15.5 19.5 24.2 

Lee 3.6 15.4 17.2 46.1 15.5 17.4 47.9 22.4 20.0 51.7 

Lenoir 2.9 19.2 35.1 60.9 18.9 33.2 61.0 27.7 52.0 58.0 

Moore 2.8 11.2 10.8 28.5 11.5 11.2 28.9 15.0 14.0 33.4 

New Hanover 2.0 30.5 35.1 63.7 32.9 39.4 59.9 42.6 63.9 58.2 

Onslow 2.8 13.0 48.1 26.4 13.3 44.9 26.3 20.9 51.1 29.5 

Pender 1.6 12.3 13.1 21.6 12.2 12.5 21.7 16.0 16.7 23.7 

Richmond 3.5 16.7 13.8 25.6 17.7 13.9 26.0 23.4 20.3 28.7 

Robeson 1.9 10.6 16.5 23.0 10.9 16.6 23.2 14.1 15.4 26.7 

Sampson 2.2 15.3 16.1 24.6 15.9 14.8 25.1 20.3 19.1 27.7 

Scotland 3.9 19.3 24.2 54.8 20.7 24.7 55.5 26.1 27.9 67.2 

Wayne 3.1 22.1 41.4 39.7 23.5 41.9 39.7 29.2 45.8 44.9 

 Survey unit 0.6 3.1 4.6 6.3 3.2 4.5 6.4 4.3 5.1 7.3 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. Bottom-land 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 or forest

industry-leased 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,
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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.

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.

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.

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 merchant-able.

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 saw- log

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.
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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.

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990 and 1999.

Figure 2—Distribution of timberland by ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999.

Graphs

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Forest-type group

Million acres

 Natural

 Planted

1990

1990

1999

1999

1999 1990

1990

1999

1990

1999

1990

1999

Loblolly-

 shortleaf

OakpineOakhickoryOak-gumcypressElm-ashcottonwoodNonstockedLongleafslash

1999 1990

Nonindustrial

 private

75%

National

 forest

1%

Forest

 industry

14%

Other

public

10%

5.0 Million acres
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Figure 4—Area of timberland by stand-size class and stand origin, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990 and 1999.

Figure 5—Volume of live trees on timberland by species group and stand origin, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina,

1990 and 1999.

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Stand-size class

Million acres

 Natural

 Planted

1990

1990

1990

1999

1999

Sawtimber Poletimber Sapling-seedling Nonstocked

1990

1999

1999

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.5

Billion cubic feet

 Natural

 Planted

1990 1999 1990 1999

Softwood Hardwood
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Figure 6—Distribution of softwood live tree volume by ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999.

Figure 7—Distribution of hardwood live tree volume by ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999.

Other 

public

13%

Nonindustrial 

private

70%

National

 forest

 1%

Forest

 industry

16%

3.6 Billion cubic feet

Forest

 industry

9%

Other

 public

5%

Nonindustrial

private

85%

National

forest

1%

 3.4 Billion cubic feet
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Figure 8—Volume of softwood live trees on timberland by diameter class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina,

1990 and 1999.

Figure 9—Volume of hardwood live trees on timberland by diameter class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina,

1990 and 1999.

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20+

Diameter class (inches)

Million cubic feet

1990

1999

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20+

Diameter class (inches)

Million cubic feet

1990

1999
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Figure 10—Average net annual growth and removals of live trees on timberland by species group and stand origin,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1982–1989 and 1990–1998.

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Million cubic feet

 Natural

 Planted

Softwood

Hardwood

 Net growth Removals

1982– 

1989

1990– 

1998

1990– 

1998

1982– 

1989

1990– 

1998

1982– 

1989

1990–

1998

1982–

1989

 Net growth Removals
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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

class 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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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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest land

 Total land Total Productive Other

County areaa forest Timberland reserved Other landb

 Thousand acres

Bladen 560.0 393.1 390.2 2.9 — 166.9 

Brunswick 547.1 422.0 422.0 — — 125.1 

Columbus 599.6 395.1 393.4 1.8 — 204.4 

Cumberland 418.0 200.0 197.7 2.3 — 218.0 

Duplin 523.4 279.9 279.9 — — 243.5 

Greene 169.9 65.8 65.8 — — 104.1 

Harnett 380.8 210.0 206.4 3.5 — 170.9 

Hoke 250.4 171.0 171.0 — — 79.4 

Johnston 506.9 244.7 244.7 — — 262.2 

Jones 302.9 219.1 209.9 9.2 — 83.8 

Lee 164.7 107.6 107.6 — — 57.0 

Lenoir 255.9 101.7 101.7 — — 154.2 

Moore 447.2 342.2 341.3 0.9 — 105.0 

New Hanover 127.3 52.2 51.8 0.4 — 75.1 

Onslow 490.8 326.1 326.1 0.0 — 164.7 

Pender 557.3 420.8 420.7 0.1 — 136.5 

Richmond 303.4 233.6 233.6 — — 69.8 

Robeson 607.3 277.2 273.3 3.9 — 330.1 

Sampson 605.1 334.2 334.2 — — 270.9 

Scotland 204.3 137.6 137.0 0.6 — 66.7 

Wayne 353.7 142.4 141.6 0.9 — 211.2 

 Total 8,375.9 5,076.4 5,049.8 26.6 — 3,299.5 

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.

a From the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990.

b Includes 30.1 thousand acres of water according to Forest Inventory and Analysis standards of area 

classification, but defined by the Bureau of Census as land.
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Table 2—Area of forest land by forest-type group and ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Ownership class

 All National Miscellaneous County and Forest Nonindustrial

Forest-type group classes forest Federal State municipal industry private

Thousand acres

Longleaf-slash pine 227.2 — 68.6 47.1 — 8.1 103.4 

Loblolly-shortleaf pine 1,691.6 14.9 43.9 78.1 18.8 380.9 1,155.0 

Oak-pine 1,042.3 14.8 46.7 60.6 11.8 131.5 776.9 

Oak-hickory 1,018.5 5.3 22.0 14.6 17.0 55.4 904.1 

Oak-gum-cypress 1,062.1 2.6 51.2 43.3 4.8 115.3 844.8 

Elm-ash-cottonwood 20.6 — — — — 7.5 13.0 

Nonstocked 14.1 — — — — 14.1 — 

 Total 5,076.4 37.7 232.4 243.8 52.5 712.8 3,797.2 

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.

Table 3—Area of timberland by county and ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Ownership class

 All National Miscellaneous County and Forest Nonindustrial private

County classes forest Federal State municipal industry

Thousand acres

Bladen 390.2 — — 29.1 — 36.4 163.7 161.1 

Brunswick 422.0 — 10.4 — — 157.1 90.8 163.7 

Columbus 393.4 — — — — 134.7 29.4 229.3 

Cumberland 197.7 — 16.5 5.9 4.7 9.4 18.8 142.3 

Duplin 279.9 — — 5.5 7.7 16.6 58.6 191.5 

Greene 65.8 — — — — — — 65.8 

Harnett 206.4 — 5.3 1.3 — 5.3 27.8 166.7 

Hoke 171.0 — 87.0 4.4 2.5 — 15.7 61.3 

Johnston 244.7 — — — — 4.5 34.4 205.7 

Jones 209.9 28.4 — 23.8 — 48.8 15.8 93.0 

Lee 107.6 — — — 5.1 — 15.2 87.4 

Lenoir 101.7 — — — — 8.5 4.3 88.9 

Moore 341.3 — 10.0 15.0 5.0 62.6 21.0 227.7 

New Hanover 51.8 — — 5.0 0.5 — 19.2 27.0 

Onslow 326.1 — 98.4 42.7 23.3 16.8 43.8 101.0 

Pender 420.7 — — 42.3 — 118.4 39.4 220.7 

Richmond 233.6 — 4.7 18.8 3.5 55.5 17.7 133.3 

Robeson 273.3 — — — — 20.9 44.7 207.8 

Sampson 334.2 — — 6.1 — 12.1 78.9 237.1 

Scotland 137.0 — — 21.9 — 5.1 35.4 74.6 

Wayne 141.6 — — 4.6 — — 22.1 114.9 

 Total 5,049.8 28.4 232.4 226.5 52.5 712.8 796.7 3,000.5 

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.

Corporate Individual
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Table 4—Area of timberland by county and forest-type group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest-type group

All Oak- Elm-ashCounty groups pine cottonwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Bladen 390.2 26.7 155.9 63.4 29.7 114.5 — — 

Brunswick 422.0 29.6 146.4 120.5 94.4 31.1 — — 

Columbus 393.4 — 137.9 73.3 55.1 118.2 — 8.8 

Cumberland 197.7 11.8 76.4 44.1 35.8 29.6 — — 

Duplin 279.9 — 77.6 53.6 71.4 72.2 5.1 — 

Greene 65.8 — 20.1 5.0 23.6 17.1 — — 

Harnett 206.4 — 65.7 44.1 67.8 28.9 — — 

Hoke 171.0 41.9 47.9 27.9 27.8 25.5 — — 

Johnston 244.7 — 81.9 53.3 52.0 57.4 — — 

Jones 209.9 — 97.8 20.4 58.7 27.7 — 5.3 

Lee 107.6 — 37.5 12.2 53.1 4.9 — — 

Lenoir 101.7 — 45.7 15.6 9.4 26.9 4.2 — 

Moore 341.3 44.8 111.3 57.7 104.8 18.9 3.8 — 

New Hanover 51.8 5.2 13.4 10.8 3.9 18.5 — — 

Onslow 326.1 12.8 101.6 93.0 41.4 77.2 — — 

Pender 420.7 15.9 136.5 114.9 5.6 147.8 — — 

Richmond 233.6 22.8 60.5 58.7 75.0 12.7 3.8 — 

Robeson 273.3 — 72.8 60.6 37.7 101.2 1.0 — 

Sampson 334.2 — 101.8 51.2 87.8 91.9 1.5 — 

Scotland 137.0 10.9 42.2 32.1 38.0 13.8 — — 

Wayne 141.6 — 56.5 20.2 44.5 19.1 1.2 — 

 Total 5,049.8 222.4 1,687.2 1,032.6 1,017.6 1,055.2 20.6 14.1 

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.

Oak-gumcypress Loblolly-

 shortleaf

Longleafslash Oak-

 hickory
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Table 5—Area of timberland by county and stand-size class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Stand-size class

 All SaplingCounty classes Sawtimber Poletimber seedling

Thousand acres

Bladen 390.2 103.6 94.8 191.8 — 

Brunswick 422.0 117.2 93.7 211.1 — 

Columbus 393.4 126.8 70.3 187.5 8.8 

Cumberland 197.7 90.7 18.5 88.5 — 

Duplin 279.9 47.3 41.0 191.7 — 

Greene 65.8 11.3 18.8 35.7 — 

Harnett 206.4 65.6 38.8 102.0 — 

Hoke 171.0 61.1 27.3 82.5 — 

Johnston 244.7 87.7 45.0 112.0 — 

Jones 209.9 75.1 36.2 93.3 5.3 

Lee 107.6 33.7 32.6 41.3 — 

Lenoir 101.7 25.1 30.8 45.8 — 

Moore 341.3 126.2 72.2 142.9 — 

New Hanover 51.8 8.6 11.1 32.1 — 

Onslow 326.1 54.4 68.7 203.0 — 

Pender 420.7 72.7 97.8 250.2 — 

Richmond 233.6 75.8 38.7 119.1 — 

Robeson 273.3 108.1 34.5 130.7 — 

Sampson 334.2 59.7 72.7 201.8 — 

Scotland 137.0 39.3 7.7 90.0 — 

Wayne 141.6 42.8 15.6 83.2 — 

 Total 5,049.8 1,433.0 966.6 2,636.1 14.1 

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.

Nonstocked
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Table 6—Area of timberland by county and site class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 All Site class (cubic feet/acre/year)

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

Thousand acres

Bladen 390.2 80.0 155.0 111.0 38.9 5.2 

Brunswick 422.0 124.3 145.0 124.2 28.6 — 

Columbus 393.4 23.9 129.9 145.1 79.3 15.1 

Cumberland 197.7 43.4 48.1 77.6 28.6 — 

Duplin 279.9 22.1 117.6 120.9 19.3 — 

Greene 65.8 7.5 37.0 16.3 5.0 — 

Harnett 206.4 17.0 104.1 57.0 20.4 8.0 

Hoke 171.0 28.5 101.0 34.1 7.4 — 

Johnston 244.7 23.1 74.4 79.2 55.3 12.7 

Jones 209.9 24.8 66.0 66.3 51.6 1.2 

Lee 107.6 17.0 44.9 28.3 17.4 — 

Lenoir 101.7 1.4 31.6 55.2 9.2 4.3 

Moore 341.3 48.8 190.2 73.5 27.5 1.3 

New Hanover 51.8 16.2 22.7 6.8 1.3 4.8 

Onslow 326.1 77.6 141.8 95.3 11.4 — 

Pender 420.7 133.8 150.9 115.3 15.5 5.3 

Richmond 233.6 66.0 74.9 73.8 18.8 — 

Robeson 273.3 13.7 115.6 105.7 27.1 11.2 

Sampson 334.2 68.0 192.0 62.0 12.1 — 

Scotland 137.0 28.0 60.3 40.0 8.7 — 

Wayne 141.6 12.8 63.2 50.8 14.8 — 

 Total 5,049.8 877.9 2,066.0 1,538.5 498.4 69.0 

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, 

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 All Stocking class (percent ) 

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

Thousand acres

Bladen 390.2 14.0 39.8 75.0 146.2 115.2 

Brunswick 422.0 6.8 46.6 93.7 166.2 108.8 

Columbus 393.4 26.7 25.6 110.7 156.8 73.5 

Cumberland 197.7 2.8 22.2 69.3 44.6 58.8 

Duplin 279.9 5.7 31.7 75.5 130.6 36.4 

Greene 65.8 0.1 12.1 — 34.9 18.7 

Harnett 206.4 10.0 20.1 65.9 61.6 48.9 

Hoke 171.0 1.8 32.3 64.9 35.1 36.8 

Johnston 244.7 4.9 36.9 77.5 66.8 58.6 

Jones 209.9 9.2 13.1 31.9 64.5 91.1 

Lee 107.6 1.8 8.0 35.9 39.6 22.4 

Lenoir 101.7 0.6 9.6 36.0 34.9 20.6 

Moore 341.3 9.3 31.1 90.8 137.2 72.9 

New Hanover 51.8 4.8 3.3 14.2 13.1 16.5 

Onslow 326.1 2.9 48.8 61.4 117.4 95.5 

Pender 420.7 11.4 18.5 70.0 158.6 162.2 

Richmond 233.6 6.4 30.1 54.9 90.1 52.0 

Robeson 273.3 3.1 22.0 71.9 88.3 88.0 

Sampson 334.2 12.0 48.6 68.9 137.6 67.1 

Scotland 137.0 16.7 8.7 52.7 38.6 20.3 

Wayne 141.6 10.6 24.0 45.0 44.1 17.9 

 Total 5,049.8 161.7 532.9 1,266.2 1,806.7 1,282.2 

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,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Ownership class

Forest-type group All Other Forest Nonindustrial

and stand origin classes public industry private

Thousand acres

Softwood types

 Longleaf-slash pine

 Planted 73.1 — 23.5 5.2 44.4 

 Natural 149.3 — 87.4 2.9 59.0 

 Total 222.4 — 111.0 8.1 103.4 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

 Planted 833.3 10.2 63.0 340.7 419.4 

 Natural 853.9 4.7 73.4 40.2 735.6 

 Total 1,687.2 14.9 136.3 380.9 1,155.0 

 Total softwoods 1,909.6 14.9 247.3 389.0 1,258.4 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Planted 230.3 1.2 23.7 84.2 121.2 

 Natural 802.3 4.4 95.0 47.3 655.7 

 Total 1,032.6 5.6 118.7 131.5 776.9 

 Oak-hickory 1,017.6 5.3 52.8 55.4 904.1 

 Oak-gum-cypress 1,055.2 2.6 92.5 115.3 844.8 

 Elm-ash-cottonwood 20.6 — — 7.5 13.0 

 Total hardwoods 3,126.1 13.5 264.0 309.7 2,538.8 

Nonstocked — 14.1 — 14.1 — 

All groups 28.4 5,049.8 511.3 712.8 3,797.2 

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.

National

forest
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Table 9—Area of timberland by forest-type group, detailed forest type, and ownership class,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 166.3 — 96.1 — 70.2 

 Slash pine 56.1 — 14.9 8.1 33.2 

 Total 222.4 — 111.0 8.1 103.4 

 Loblolly-shortleaf

 Loblolly pine 1,554.0 10.2 104.6 368.1 1,071.1 

 Shortleaf pine 8.2 — 5.1 — 3.1 

 Pond pine 125.0 4.7 26.6 12.8 80.8 

 Total 1,687.2 14.9 136.3 380.9 1,155.0 

 Total softwoods 1,909.6 14.9 247.3 389.0 1,258.4 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Longleaf pine-scrub oak 114.7 — 37.1 — 77.6 

 Shortleaf pine-oak 4.1 — — — 4.1 

 Virginia pine-s. red oak 4.7 — — — 4.7 

 Loblolly pine-hardwood 777.1 3.2 43.8 109.3 620.8 

 Slash pine-hardwood 13.0 — — 10.3 2.6 

 Other oak-pine 119.1 2.4 37.8 11.8 67.1 

 Total 1,032.6 5.6 118.7 131.5 776.9 

 Oak-hickory

 Post oak-black oak 3.7 — — — 3.7 

 White oak-red oak-hickory 56.4 — 6.2 5.0 45.1 

 White oak 3.8 — — — 3.8 

 Yellow-poplar-white oak-n. red oak 11.3 — — — 11.3 

 Southern scrub oak 107.4 — 16.1 4.7 86.5 

 Sweetgum-yellow-poplar 374.4 0.6 18.3 21.4 334.0 

 Mixed hardwood 460.8 4.7 12.1 24.2 419.7 

 Total 1,017.6 5.3 52.8 55.4 904.1 

 Oak-gum-cypress

 Swamp chestnut oak-cherrybark oak 12.8 — — — 12.8 

 Sweetgum-water oak-willow oak 283.0 — 8.4 11.1 263.4 

 Sugarberry-elm-green ash 59.9 2.4 — 13.3 44.2 

 Atlantic white cedar 10.1 — 6.5 — 3.6 

 Cypress-water tupelo 65.7 — 5.0 5.2 55.5 

 Sweetbay-blackgum-red maple 623.7 0.3 72.6 85.7 465.1 

 Total 1,055.2 2.6 92.5 115.3 844.8 

 Elm-ash-cottonwood

 River birch-sycamore 8.0 — — 2.6 5.4 

 Willow 8.8 — — 1.2 7.7 

 Sycamore-pecan-elm 3.8 — — 3.8 — 

 Total 20.6 — — 7.5 13.0 

 Total hardwoods 3,126.1 13.5 264.0 309.7 2,538.8 

Nonstocked — 14.1 — 14.1 — 

All groups 28.4 5,049.8 511.3 712.8 3,797.2 

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 10—Area of timberland by ownership and stocking class of growing-stock trees,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 All Stocking class (percent ) 

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

Thousand acres

National forest 28.4 — 1.2 0.3 11.2 15.8 

Other public 511.3 8.3 58.1 162.2 159.4 123.3 

Forest industry 712.8 18.6 36.3 164.9 289.7 203.4 

Nonindustrial private 3,797.2 134.8 437.4 938.9 1,346.4 939.8 

 All ownerships 5,049.8 161.7 532.9 1,266.2 1,806.7 1,282.2 

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.

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Stand-size class

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

Thousand acres

Softwood types

 Longleaf-slash pine

 Planted 73.1 13.9 33.4 25.8 — 

 Natural 149.3 83.3 12.7 53.3 — 

 Total 222.4 97.2 46.2 79.1 — 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

 Planted 833.3 219.8 303.0 310.4 — 

 Natural 853.9 341.0 162.3 350.6 — 

 Total 1,687.2 560.9 465.3 661.0 — 

 Total softwoods 1,909.6 658.1 511.5 740.0 — 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Planted 230.3 12.2 4.4 213.7 — 

 Natural 802.3 162.0 119.2 521.1 — 

 Total 1,032.6 174.2 123.6 734.8 — 

 Oak-hickory 1,017.6 253.1 152.4 612.1 — 

 Oak-gum-cypress 1,055.2 341.2 174.9 539.1 — 

 Elm-ash-cottonwood 20.6 6.4 4.2 10.0 — 

 Total hardwoods 3,126.1 774.9 455.1 1,896.1 — 

Nonstocked — 14.1 — — 14.1 

All groups 1,433.0 5,049.8 966.6 2,636.1 14.1 

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest management type

Stand-age All Natural Oak- Upland Lowland 

class types pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0–10 1,146.0 184.1 142.7 267.6 303.5 234.0 14.1 

11–20 1,128.7 396.3 183.3 249.3 148.8 151.1 — 

21–30 626.8 197.3 121.5 117.2 101.6 89.2 — 

31–40 595.5 115.4 157.0 106.9 105.4 110.8 — 

41–50 463.4 8.1 128.8 119.2 98.4 108.9 — 

51–60 418.2 — 91.8 89.0 91.5 145.9 — 

61–70 318.7 5.2 94.0 60.4 79.8 79.3 — 

71–80 142.6 — 49.4 15.5 33.3 44.4 — 

81+ 209.9 — 34.8 7.5 55.3 112.2 — 

 All classes 5,049.8 906.4 1,003.2 1,032.6 1,017.6 1,075.8 14.1 

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.

Pine

plantation

Table 13—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, public ownerships,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest management type

Stand-age All Natural Oak- Upland Lowland 

class types pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0–10 69.9 11.5 8.3 14.4 15.1 20.6 — 

11–20 98.9 27.6 9.1 27.9 9.8 24.5 — 

21–30 83.6 30.4 21.8 13.5 11.6 6.2 — 

31–40 60.2 22.3 11.1 8.8 13.2 4.8 — 

41–50 37.3 4.8 3.7 21.4 — 7.4 — 

51–60 47.6 — 38.0 6.0 — 3.6 — 

61–70 64.8 — 37.1 25.3 2.4 — — 

71–80 35.1 — 21.0 0.7 — 13.4 — 

81+ 42.4 — 15.4 6.4 6.0 14.6 — 

 All classes 539.8 96.7 165.6 124.3 58.1 95.1 — 

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.

Pine

plantation
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Table 14—Area of timberland by stand-age class and forest management type, forest industry

ownerships, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest management type

Stand-age All Natural Oak- Upland Lowland 

class types pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0–10 195.7 63.6 2.9 57.5 30.9 26.8 14.1 

11–20 247.6 171.0 19.6 39.6 6.3 11.0 — 

21–30 110.2 80.6 4.8 12.3 2.1 10.3 — 

31–40 50.3 30.7 7.1 7.8 — 4.7 — 

41–50 30.8 — 5.7 5.4 4.6 15.1 — 

51–60 43.8 — 1.7 8.8 6.4 26.8 — 

61–70 11.6 — 1.3 — 5.0 5.3 — 

71–80 — — — — — — — 

81+ 22.7 — — — — 22.7 — 

 All classes 712.8 345.9 43.1 131.5 55.4 122.9 14.1 

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.

Pine

plantation

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

ownerships, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

Forest management type

Stand-age All Natural Oak- Upland Lowland 

class types pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Years Thousand acres

0–10 880.4 109.0 131.5 195.7 257.5 186.6 — 

11–20 782.2 197.7 154.6 181.8 132.6 115.6 — 

21–30 433.0 86.3 94.9 91.3 87.9 72.7 — 

31–40 485.0 62.4 138.8 90.3 92.2 101.2 — 

41–50 395.3 3.3 119.3 92.5 93.9 86.4 — 

51–60 326.7 — 52.1 74.2 85.0 115.4 — 

61–70 242.3 5.2 55.6 35.1 72.5 74.0 — 

71–80 107.5 — 28.4 14.8 33.3 31.0 — 

81+ 144.8 — 19.4 1.2 49.4 74.9 — 

 All classes 3,797.2 463.8 794.6 776.9 904.1 857.8 — 

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.

Pine

plantation
30

Table 16—Area of nonindustrial private timberland by ownership, forested tract-size class, and

forest management type, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 27.0 243.7 84.7 49.3 51.6 31.2 — 

11–50 812.4 65.1 193.3 182.6 240.5 130.9 — 

51–100 780.6 71.8 159.5 164.6 178.3 206.5 — 

101–200 602.4 64.0 150.1 94.1 159.8 134.3 — 

201–500 345.6 43.6 80.2 65.0 79.7 77.1 — 

501 25.9 215.8 32.5 49.4 53.7 54.2 — 

 Total 3,000.5 297.4 700.4 605.1 763.5 634.1 — 

Corporate

 10 3.6 6.5 — 0.8 0.9 1.2 — 

11–50 50.8 12.3 4.8 15.4 10.5 7.7 — 

51–100 98.4 30.2 11.9 25.5 11.1 19.7 — 

101–200 168.6 41.7 19.2 40.6 15.9 51.3 — 

201–500 129.4 15.6 15.4 34.0 25.2 39.2 — 

501 343.0 63.1 42.9 55.5 76.9 104.6 — 

 Total 796.7 166.4 94.2 171.8 140.6 223.7 — 

All nonindustrial private

 10 250.2 30.6 84.7 50.1 52.5 32.4 — 

11–50 863.2 77.3 198.2 198.0 251.0 138.6 — 

51–100 879.0 102.0 171.5 190.1 189.3 226.1 — 

101–200 771.0 105.7 169.3 134.7 175.7 185.6 — 

201–500 475.0 59.1 95.6 99.0 105.0 116.2 — 

501 89.0 558.8 75.4 104.9 130.7 158.8 — 

 Total 3,797.2 463.8 794.6 776.9 904.1 857.8 — 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 51,822 13,532 10,842 8,171 6,371 4,083 4,055 2,433 1,495 689 61 90 — 

 Slash pine 28,425 15,736 4,346 2,942 2,661 1,883 582 156 89 30 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 5,743 1,500 1,240 924 896 517 273 181 122 90 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 748,851 318,307 151,782 112,782 77,280 41,370 21,669 12,849 6,849 3,510 1,342 1,029 82 

 Pond pine 65,310 25,701 16,756 8,186 6,414 3,955 2,207 1,387 304 231 25 144 — 

 Virginia pine 2,369 1,488 375 178 112 125 35 28 28 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 7,668 3,563 363 455 805 396 479 517 397 252 152 259 30 

 Pondcypress 4,973 626 1,428 318 493 524 442 514 241 86 119 152 30 

 Atlantic white-cedar 5,878 3,813 1,271 372 175 126 — 92 29 — — — — 

 Redcedars 3,310 1,500 1,104 294 178 88 116 — — 30 — — — 

 Total softwoods 924,349 385,766 189,507 134,622 95,385 53,067 29,858 18,157 9,554 4,918 1,699 1,674 142 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 50,341 25,812 10,536 3,951 3,553 2,132 1,619 1,090 856 297 122 313 60 

 Select red oaks 9,065 5,353 1,548 729 622 122 187 155 32 162 95 60 — 

 Other white oaks 34,209 21,167 6,012 2,742 1,961 1,215 468 231 121 178 58 25 31 

 Other red oaks 335,421 234,549 52,945 19,362 11,421 7,293 4,668 2,237 1,439 524 288 610 85 

 Hickory 38,870 24,491 7,960 2,466 1,687 930 529 203 333 91 62 88 30 

 Hard maple 966 749 — 62 — 32 63 30 30 — — — — 

 Soft maple 566,038 433,995 78,930 25,586 12,481 6,744 3,231 2,220 1,219 851 361 420 — 

 Beech 5,486 1,470 2,830 357 205 203 126 59 89 59 30 58 — 

 Sweetgum 511,601 381,748 72,654 23,707 13,491 7,573 5,048 3,499 1,881 946 497 557 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 146,770 240,283 40,685 15,953 12,826 8,906 6,243 3,688 2,589 1,448 767 347 61 

 Ash 52,461 35,160 10,737 2,564 1,628 813 727 329 234 118 32 119 — 

 Cottonwood 3,321 3,024 177 30 — 30 30 — — 30 — — — 

 Basswood 464 375 — 60 29 — — — — — — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 77,537 47,491 10,590 5,697 4,379 2,769 1,491 1,530 885 1,049 846 749 61 

 Bay and magnolia 222,103 183,359 29,901 5,262 2,473 697 225 75 54 28 — 29 — 

 Black cherry 28,582 22,998 2,349 2,045 732 251 60 119 28 — — — — 

 Black walnut 570 414 — 32 — — 32 32 32 28 — — — 

 Sycamore 1,196 633 — 91 151 36 64 32 — 35 — 124 30 

 Black locust 116 — — 58 58 — — — — — — — — 

 Elm 9,162 6,653 — 818 600 437 154 117 207 62 56 58 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 610,193 490,880 77,557 24,924 9,455 4,365 1,275 782 467 279 119 29 61 

 Total hardwoods 2, 2,067,091 797,985 405,411 136,496 77,752 44,548 26,240 16,428 10,496 6,185 3,333 3,586 419 

All species 2,452,857 3,722,334 594,918 271,118 173,137 97,615 56,098 34,585 20,050 11,103 5,032 5,260 561 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 49,257 12,408 9,755 7,992 6,311 4,027 4,027 2,433 1,464 689 61 90 — 

 Slash pine 27,491 15,736 3,618 2,825 2,602 1,853 582 156 89 30 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 5,158 1,125 1,240 774 836 517 273 181 122 90 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 702,110 288,893 141,514 109,338 75,788 40,180 21,031 12,729 6,731 3,481 1,342 1,001 82 

 Pond pine 57,550 19,180 16,756 7,430 6,146 3,740 2,207 1,387 304 231 25 144 — 

 Virginia pine 1,936 1,113 375 148 84 125 35 28 28 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 6,779 3,250 — 455 713 335 479 517 397 252 152 229 — 

 Pondcypress 4,943 626 1,428 318 493 524 442 514 241 86 89 152 30 

 Atlantic white-cedar 4,974 3,091 1,271 249 116 126 — 92 29 — — — — 

 Redcedars 1,622 375 729 252 148 58 30 — — 30 — — — 

 Total softwoods 861,820 345,797 176,686 129,781 93,237 51,485 29,106 18,037 9,405 4,889 1,669 1,616 112 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 34,240 12,882 8,672 3,472 3,276 1,923 1,562 1,029 790 297 94 213 30 

 Select red oaks 5,315 1,911 1,548 574 592 94 122 155 32 132 95 60 — 

 Other white oaks 20,376 10,620 4,467 1,997 1,636 851 287 166 121 148 58 25 — 

 Other red oaks 198,188 124,186 34,160 15,569 9,829 6,301 3,996 1,841 1,140 437 232 443 54 

 Hickory 19,577 9,303 5,334 1,828 1,285 778 359 203 247 60 62 88 30 

 Hard maple 122 — — 32 — 32 28 30 — — — — — 

 Soft maple 250,033 170,380 43,417 16,954 8,583 5,222 2,116 1,575 817 582 174 213 — 

 Beech 2,656 414 1,285 269 119 174 126 59 89 59 30 32 — 

 Sweetgum 381,994 277,362 54,629 20,292 11,824 6,867 4,461 3,030 1,724 851 433 521 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 135,414 63,444 28,394 12,481 10,650 7,417 5,479 3,233 2,288 1,085 710 233 — 

 Ash 19,196 7,420 6,891 1,497 1,352 689 576 329 205 118 — 119 — 

 Cottonwood 2,766 2,646 — 30 — 30 30 — — 30 — — — 

 Basswood 58 — — 29 29 — — — — — — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 67,373 40,215 9,667 4,868 4,000 2,429 1,334 1,442 828 992 816 749 33 

 Bay and magnolia 103,216 79,257 17,922 3,399 1,853 516 136 50 54 — — 29 — 

 Black cherry 10,256 8,079 816 751 404 86 60 32 28 — — — — 

 Black walnut 474 414 — — — — — 32 — 28 — — — 

 Sycamore 811 280 — 91 151 36 64 32 — 35 — 92 30 

 Black locust 87 — — 29 58 — — — — — — — — 

 Elm 3,819 1,594 — 753 534 408 94 85 207 62 56 26 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 172,992 125,579 23,536 13,330 5,873 2,645 875 441 286 247 119 29 32 

 Total hardwoods 1, 935,986 428,963 240,738 98,245 62,048 36,498 21,705 13,764 8,856 5,163 2,879 2,872 209 

All species 1,281,783 2,290,783 417,424 228,026 155,285 87,983 50,811 31,801 18,261 10,052 4,548 4,488 321 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 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 360.4 20.8 41.5 52.0 74.6 67.9 56.0 34.3 4.3 9.0 — 

 Slash pine 62.5 6.4 15.9 20.8 10.2 4.0 3.6 1.7 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 37.5 2.6 5.5 6.7 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.8 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 2,716.1 251.3 449.5 485.9 434.5 390.6 287.0 196.0 97.2 107.5 16.6 

 Pond pine 207.6 16.9 35.3 43.4 39.1 36.5 10.5 11.0 2.2 12.7 — 

 Virginia pine 5.6 0.6 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.5 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 101.9 1.4 5.8 4.3 10.2 14.7 13.7 13.6 9.7 23.3 5.1 

 Pondcypress 70.8 1.0 3.8 6.3 8.2 13.0 8.6 3.8 6.0 14.0 6.2 

 Atlantic white-cedar 6.6 1.2 1.2 1.2 — 2.5 0.6 — — — — 

 Redcedars 4.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.5 — — 1.0 — — — 

 Total softwoods 3,573.8 302.9 560.1 622.5 584.9 535.6 386.8 267.3 119.4 166.5 27.8 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 212.2 11.3 22.4 24.5 30.4 30.0 32.1 15.3 7.0 24.8 14.5 

 Select red oaks 34.8 2.3 4.2 1.4 2.8 4.1 1.1 8.5 6.0 4.5 — 

 Other white oaks 59.5 6.5 10.8 11.6 6.6 4.3 3.9 7.2 2.4 1.9 4.4 

 Other red oaks 473.3 51.9 68.5 76.1 81.0 51.4 46.1 24.4 15.4 44.2 14.2 

 Hickory 70.9 5.9 8.9 9.8 9.4 5.1 11.3 4.2 3.8 8.1 4.4 

 Hard maple 3.3 0.1 — 0.2 1.3 0.5 1.1 — — — — 

 Soft maple 428.6 72.2 70.5 68.1 49.8 48.7 35.2 36.3 16.3 31.6 — 

 Beech 20.0 0.8 1.2 2.2 1.8 1.6 3.1 2.3 1.5 5.5 — 

 Sweetgum 628.2 53.7 82.4 93.1 96.9 99.6 72.6 49.0 31.2 49.8 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 643.2 42.8 80.7 103.2 113.8 92.2 86.8 55.3 42.0 21.9 4.5 

 Ash 77.0 7.5 10.4 9.4 14.1 10.5 8.1 5.7 1.0 10.3 — 

 Cottonwood 2.6 0.1 — 0.4 0.5 — — 1.7 — — — 

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

 Yellow-poplar 385.0 14.9 28.6 32.2 28.1 42.9 36.0 55.3 58.8 74.3 14.0 

 Bay and magnolia 40.9 13.2 12.7 7.1 3.2 1.4 1.7 0.3 — 1.4 — 

 Black cherry 13.4 3.9 3.3 2.1 0.8 2.4 0.8 — — — — 

 Black walnut 3.0 0.0 — — 0.5 0.8 0.8 1.0 — — — 

 Sycamore 26.0 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.8 — 2.0 — 14.4 5.7 

 Black locust 0.3 0.1 0.2 — — — — — — — — 

 Elm 36.1 1.9 3.6 5.0 2.1 3.3 6.9 2.8 3.7 6.8 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 212.2 54.6 44.5 38.4 17.3 14.2 14.5 11.6 7.9 3.0 6.3 

 Total hardwoods 3,371.0 344.2 453.8 485.2 461.8 413.7 362.1 282.7 197.0 302.4 68.0 

All species 647.1 6,944.8 1,013.8 1,107.7 1,046.7 949.3 748.9 550.0 316.5 469.0 95.8 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 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 358.2 20.5 41.1 51.4 74.3 67.9 55.3 34.3 4.3 9.0 — 

 Slash pine 61.7 6.2 15.6 20.5 10.2 4.0 3.6 1.7 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 36.6 2.0 5.2 6.7 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.8 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 2,670.2 244.6 441.3 475.4 424.0 387.9 283.3 194.6 97.2 105.4 16.6 

 Pond pine 203.4 15.8 34.1 41.4 39.1 36.5 10.5 11.0 2.2 12.7 — 

 Virginia pine 5.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.5 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 95.4 1.4 5.5 3.7 10.2 14.7 13.7 13.6 9.7 22.7 — 

 Pondcypress 69.7 1.0 3.8 6.3 8.2 13.0 8.6 3.8 4.9 14.0 6.2 

 Atlantic white-cedar 6.0 0.9 0.8 1.2 — 2.5 0.6 — — — — 

 Redcedars 3.3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 — — 1.0 — — — 

 Total softwoods 3,509.7 293.5 548.7 608.4 573.1 532.9 382.3 265.8 118.3 163.8 22.8 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 189.1 10.2 21.0 22.3 29.5 28.8 30.2 15.3 6.2 20.2 5.3 

 Select red oaks 32.1 1.8 4.0 1.1 2.3 4.1 1.1 7.1 6.0 4.5 — 

 Other white oaks 45.9 5.2 9.4 9.0 4.9 3.4 3.9 5.9 2.4 1.9 — 

 Other red oaks 405.4 43.3 60.9 67.4 70.8 45.0 39.1 21.2 13.1 34.0 10.6 

 Hickory 61.0 4.6 7.1 8.5 7.0 5.1 9.7 2.7 3.8 8.1 4.4 

 Hard maple 1.3 0.1 — 0.2 0.4 0.5 — — — — — 

 Soft maple 306.1 50.9 51.0 56.2 34.7 36.1 24.2 26.3 9.4 17.3 — 

 Beech 16.7 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 3.1 2.3 1.5 3.1 — 

 Sweetgum 577.0 48.2 74.5 86.5 88.3 88.9 68.1 44.2 29.2 49.1 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 569.5 35.1 69.3 90.0 103.9 83.5 81.8 48.3 41.1 16.7 — 

 Ash 69.0 4.9 9.1 8.8 11.7 10.5 8.1 5.7 — 10.3 — 

 Cottonwood 2.6 0.1 — 0.4 0.5 — — 1.7 — — — 

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

 Yellow-poplar 361.1 13.1 26.5 29.1 26.3 41.5 33.5 52.9 57.5 74.3 6.4 

 Bay and magnolia 30.9 9.2 9.9 5.5 2.2 1.1 1.7 — — 1.4 — 

 Black cherry 6.7 1.7 2.1 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 — — — — 

 Black walnut 1.7 — — — — 0.8 — 1.0 — — — 

 Sycamore 24.1 0.3 0.9 0.4 1.4 0.8 — 2.0 — 12.5 5.7 

 Black locust 0.2 0.1 0.2 — — — — — — — — 

 Elm 29.8 1.8 3.3 4.7 1.6 2.2 6.9 2.8 3.7 2.6 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 147.5 33.1 29.9 25.7 12.7 10.4 9.5 10.6 7.9 3.0 4.6 

 Total hardwoods 2,878.0 264.4 380.0 418.4 401.1 365.0 321.8 249.8 181.8 258.8 37.0 

All species 558.0 6,387.8 928.7 1,026.8 974.2 897.9 704.0 515.6 300.1 422.6 59.8 

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,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 275.9 42.9 67.9 64.7 53.6 33.7 4.2 8.9 — 

 Slash pine 34.4 16.3 9.2 3.8 3.5 1.6 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 27.2 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.7 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 1,801.5 369.7 381.2 367.3 274.9 191.4 96.3 104.3 16.4 

 Pond pine 140.0 33.6 35.7 34.8 10.2 10.9 2.2 12.6 — 

 Virginia pine 3.8 1.0 0.5 0.8 1.4 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 81.1 2.6 8.7 13.3 12.7 12.8 9.2 21.8 — 

 Pondcypress 60.0 4.8 7.2 12.0 8.0 3.6 4.7 13.5 6.1 

 Atlantic white-cedar 3.9 0.9 — 2.4 0.6 — — — — 

 Redcedars 1.8 0.4 0.5 — — 0.9 — — — 

 Total softwoods 2,429.6 477.9 516.4 504.3 370.1 260.7 116.6 161.2 22.4 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 115.4 — 21.0 23.6 26.5 14.0 5.7 19.5 5.2 

 Select red oaks 22.0 — 1.7 3.3 1.0 6.4 5.5 4.1 — 

 Other white oaks 19.1 — 3.6 2.8 3.4 5.3 2.3 1.7 — 

 Other red oaks 195.0 — 51.3 36.9 34.0 19.1 12.0 31.7 10.1 

 Hickory 35.6 — 5.1 4.1 8.6 2.5 3.5 7.6 4.2 

 Hard maple 0.7 — 0.3 0.4 — — — — — 

 Soft maple 120.3 — 23.7 28.6 20.5 23.1 8.4 15.9 — 

 Beech 11.3 — 1.2 1.3 2.6 2.0 1.3 2.9 — 

 Sweetgum 311.5 — 61.6 73.4 60.5 40.9 27.7 47.4 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 310.4 — 74.8 67.9 71.1 43.4 37.6 15.6 — 

 Ash 38.7 — 8.2 8.5 7.0 5.2 — 9.8 — 

 Cottonwood 1.9 — 0.4 — — 1.5 — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 264.0 — 18.3 34.3 29.7 48.9 54.5 72.1 6.3 

 Bay and magnolia 5.2 — 1.5 0.9 1.5 — — 1.3 — 

 Black cherry 1.8 — 0.6 0.5 0.7 — — — — 

 Black walnut 1.4 — — 0.6 — 0.8 — — — 

 Sycamore 20.5 — 1.0 0.6 — 1.8 — 11.7 5.4 

 Elm 17.0 — 1.2 1.8 5.9 2.4 3.3 2.4 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 38.0 — 7.9 6.9 6.3 7.3 5.2 1.8 2.8 

 Total hardwoods 1,530.0 — 283.3 296.4 279.2 224.6 167.0 245.6 34.0 

All species 477.9 3,959.6 799.7 800.7 649.3 485.3 283.5 406.8 56.4 

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 22—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species and diameter class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 1,549.4 211.3 356.5 365.2 319.1 209.6 27.3 60.4 — 

 Slash pine 173.1 75.6 46.1 20.5 20.8 10.2 — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 145.9 25.7 27.6 28.6 29.4 34.5 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 9,875.2 1,716.2 1,921.9 2,010.3 1,605.1 1,174.3 616.4 710.3 120.7 

 Pond pine 742.0 156.1 178.0 187.7 58.5 65.2 13.6 83.0 — 

 Virginia pine 19.0 4.6 2.6 4.3 7.5 — — — — 

 Baldcypress 437.1 11.0 39.5 65.1 66.0 70.3 52.6 132.5 — 

 Pondcypress 318.2 19.8 32.3 58.2 41.4 19.7 26.3 80.9 39.7 

 Atlantic white-cedar 20.5 4.1 — 13.0 3.4 — — — — 

 Redcedars 10.3 2.2 2.5 — — 5.6 — — — 

 Total softwoods 13,290.7 2,226.5 2,607.1 2,752.8 2,151.2 1,589.3 736.2 1,067.2 160.4 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 602.6 — 100.3 114.6 134.0 74.4 31.0 116.8 31.3 

 Select red oaks 120.5 — 8.1 16.1 5.6 34.6 31.8 24.3 — 

 Other white oaks 102.2 — 17.8 14.3 17.9 29.5 12.9 9.8 — 

 Other red oaks 1,071.8 — 266.6 191.5 182.7 107.2 69.4 190.6 63.8 

 Hickory 193.7 — 24.5 20.1 44.9 13.5 19.6 44.6 26.4 

 Hard maple 3.4 — 1.5 1.9 — — — — — 

 Soft maple 605.7 — 113.5 137.2 102.0 119.2 44.7 89.2 — 

 Beech 52.7 — 6.6 6.0 11.9 9.2 6.0 13.0 — 

 Sweetgum 1,708.1 — 313.9 380.6 327.6 231.9 162.7 291.5 — 

 Tupelo and blackgum 1,544.2 — 344.0 318.0 357.5 229.3 204.9 90.5 — 

 Ash 197.0 — 38.0 40.6 35.0 26.8 — 56.4 — 

 Cottonwood 10.3 — 1.8 — — 8.5 — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 1,557.9 — 94.6 181.6 164.0 283.8 328.7 461.0 44.1 

 Bay and magnolia 25.8 — 7.2 4.3 7.1 — — 7.2 — 

 Black cherry 9.3 — 3.0 2.8 3.5 — — — — 

 Black walnut 6.6 — — 2.8 — 3.8 — — — 

 Sycamore 120.1 — 4.8 3.1 — 9.5 — 69.4 33.3 

 Elm 88.1 — 5.7 8.7 29.8 12.5 17.9 13.5 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 259.8 — 43.3 42.0 41.7 49.9 39.4 16.5 27.0 

 Total hardwoods 8,279.6 — 1,395.1 1,486.2 1,465.1 1,243.8 969.1 1,494.3 225.9 

All species 2,226.5 21,570.3 4,002.2 4,239.1 3,616.3 2,833.1 1,705.4 2,561.5 386.3 

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 23—Volume of sawtimber on timberland by species, size class, and tree grade, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 1,549.4 283.2 308.8 936.5 — 20.9 616.4 96.1 164.3 340.8 — 15.3 

 Slash pine 173.1 5.5 6.0 161.6 — — 31.0 — 4.9 26.1 — — 

 Shortleaf pine 145.9 61.8 42.1 41.9 — — 63.9 29.3 27.8 6.8 — — 

 Loblolly pine 9,875.2 2,596.8 1,691.2 5,566.2 — 21.0 4,226.8 1,691.5 831.5 1,696.3 — 7.4 

 Pond pine 742.0 70.7 119.7 551.6 — — 220.2 45.2 48.4 126.6 — — 

 Virginia pine 19.0 1.7 — 17.2 — — 7.5 — — 7.5 — — 

 Baldcypress 437.1 227.4 125.8 83.9 — — 321.4 195.8 93.3 32.3 — — 

 Pondcypress 318.2 210.7 52.4 55.2 — — 208.0 160.6 32.9 14.5 — — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 20.5 4.9 9.2 6.5 — — 3.4 — — 3.4 — — 

 Redcedars 10.3 — 2.5 7.8 — — 5.6 — — 5.6 — — 

 Total softwoods 13, 3,462.7 290.7 2,357.8 7,428.4 — 41.9 5,704.3 2,218.6 1,203.0 2,259.9 — 22.7 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 602.6 135.3 176.7 262.7 27.9 — 387.6 135.3 152.9 95.5 3.9 — 

 Select red oaks 120.5 41.4 44.9 24.4 — 9.8 96.4 41.4 34.6 10.6 — 9.8 

 Other white oaks 102.2 7.1 47.3 40.8 7.0 — 70.2 7.1 43.0 20.1 — — 

 Other red oaks 1,071.8 123.1 201.2 497.2 211.0 39.2 613.7 123.1 178.3 199.8 80.0 32.5 

 Hickory 193.7 21.4 92.6 57.6 4.2 17.9 149.1 21.4 82.9 28.9 — 15.9 

 Hard maple 3.4 — — 3.4 — — — — — — — — 

 Soft maple 605.7 58.0 111.7 312.8 93.5 29.7 355.1 58.0 81.2 140.0 54.8 21.1 

 Beech 52.7 — — 24.1 13.6 15.0 40.1 — — 16.3 10.7 13.0 

 Sweetgum 1,708.1 466.9 465.7 684.0 57.7 33.9 1,013.6 466.9 291.1 207.3 27.9 20.4 

 Tupelo and blackgum 1,544.2 387.2 491.7 624.9 8.6 31.7 882.2 387.2 328.8 150.4 — 15.9 

 Ash 197.0 32.2 69.9 62.2 28.1 4.6 118.3 32.2 51.7 7.5 23.7 3.2 

 Cottonwood 10.3 — 8.5 1.8 — — 8.5 — 8.5 — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 1,557.9 591.3 399.5 337.9 193.5 35.7 1,281.7 591.3 312.9 187.1 159.2 31.2 

 Bay and magnolia 25.8 — 10.7 15.1 — — 14.3 — 10.7 3.6 — — 

 Black cherry 9.3 — 3.5 2.8 — 3.0 3.5 — 3.5 — — — 

 Black walnut 6.6 3.8 — 2.8 — — 3.8 3.8 — — — — 

 Sycamore 120.1 102.7 3.1 4.8 — 9.5 112.2 102.7 — — — 9.5 

 Elm 88.1 4.9 52.4 27.7 3.2 — 73.6 4.9 52.4 13.2 3.2 — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 259.8 11.7 88.8 122.6 29.7 7.0 174.5 11.7 71.3 70.7 13.9 7.0 

 Total hardwoods 8,279.6 1,986.9 2,268.2 3,109.6 677.9 237.0 5,398.2 1,986.9 1,703.7 1,150.8 377.2 179.5 

All species 5,449.6 21,570.3 4,625.9 10,538.0 677.9 278.9 11,102.5 4,205.5 2,906.8 3,410.7 377.2 202.2 

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.

Million board feet
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Table 24—Volume of growing stock on timberland by county and species group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 474.5 289.2 262.9 26.3 185.4 136.9 48.4 

Brunswick 458.5 305.3 294.5 10.8 153.2 129.5 23.6 

Columbus 565.1 264.7 240.9 23.8 300.4 226.1 74.3 

Cumberland 329.4 198.4 189.9 8.5 131.0 87.1 43.9 

Duplin 242.4 91.7 91.7 — 150.7 113.5 37.2 

Greene 66.4 28.8 27.4 1.4 37.6 25.7 11.9 

Harnett 270.3 159.4 159.4 — 110.8 63.2 47.6 

Hoke 230.3 163.3 163.3 — 67.1 49.7 17.4 

Johnston 334.6 138.3 138.3 — 196.3 128.3 67.9 

Jones 305.4 218.9 215.0 3.9 86.5 65.9 20.7 

Lee 195.5 87.1 85.7 1.4 108.4 62.2 46.1 

Lenoir 136.1 58.1 52.3 5.9 78.0 50.8 27.2 

Moore 559.3 336.3 312.9 23.4 223.0 121.3 101.7 

New Hanover 44.5 28.1 20.2 7.9 16.4 9.7 6.7 

Onslow 324.8 173.6 171.3 2.2 151.2 122.4 28.8 

Pender 466.7 266.6 226.8 39.8 200.1 165.3 34.8 

Richmond 300.6 189.5 189.1 0.4 111.1 75.8 35.2 

Robeson 459.8 208.5 194.5 14.0 251.3 194.6 56.8 

Sampson 324.1 120.3 115.6 4.7 203.7 161.6 42.1 

Scotland 133.1 94.7 94.7 — 38.3 28.2 10.2 

Wayne 166.5 88.8 88.8 — 77.7 48.8 28.9 

 Total 6,387.8 3,509.7 3,335.4 174.4 2,878.0 2,066.6 811.4 

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 25—Volume of live trees on timberland by county and species group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 Softwoods Hardwoods

All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 517.0 294.0 267.3 26.7 223.0 161.6 61.4 

Brunswick 493.1 309.2 298.4 10.8 183.9 150.9 33.0 

Columbus 647.7 283.3 252.5 30.8 364.4 279.7 84.7 

Cumberland 348.3 199.6 191.1 8.5 148.7 97.1 51.6 

Duplin 269.0 92.5 92.5 — 176.4 131.3 45.2 

Greene 70.2 29.0 27.5 1.5 41.2 27.9 13.3 

Harnett 289.9 160.3 160.3 — 129.7 76.3 53.3 

Hoke 256.2 165.9 165.9 — 90.4 60.3 30.0 

Johnston 375.2 139.3 139.3 — 236.0 152.5 83.4 

Jones 317.5 220.5 216.5 4.0 97.0 75.0 21.9 

Lee 208.2 89.3 87.8 1.6 118.9 69.6 49.3 

Lenoir 149.7 59.3 53.5 5.9 90.4 59.8 30.5 

Moore 611.1 343.8 319.8 24.0 267.2 140.7 126.5 

New Hanover 49.4 28.9 20.7 8.2 20.5 11.0 9.5 

Onslow 350.1 176.3 173.7 2.6 173.7 141.5 32.3 

Pender 480.4 268.0 228.2 39.9 212.4 176.1 36.3 

Richmond 328.2 196.4 195.4 1.0 131.8 88.6 43.2 

Robeson 501.6 210.3 196.4 14.0 291.3 221.5 69.8 

Sampson 341.4 122.0 117.1 4.8 219.5 170.3 49.1 

Scotland 147.9 96.5 96.5 — 51.4 31.7 19.7 

Wayne 192.6 89.4 89.4 — 103.2 66.3 36.9 

 Total 6,944.8 3,573.8 3,389.7 184.1 3,371.0 2,389.9 981.1 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Bladen 1,355.6 908.9 805.3 103.6 446.7 343.2 103.6 

Brunswick 1,279.2 953.8 916.2 37.7 325.4 295.0 30.4 

Columbus 1,914.7 1,041.1 944.5 96.6 873.6 652.3 221.3 

Cumberland 1,153.5 845.6 813.1 32.5 307.9 222.8 85.1 

Duplin 840.3 338.7 338.7 — 501.6 396.3 105.3 

Greene 171.7 79.6 73.0 6.6 92.1 72.8 19.3 

Harnett 927.0 594.9 594.9 — 332.1 202.4 129.7 

Hoke 951.6 768.1 768.1 — 183.5 157.2 26.3 

Johnston 1,145.8 544.9 544.9 — 601.0 408.8 192.2 

Jones 993.7 748.1 734.7 13.4 245.6 181.5 64.1 

Lee 658.8 355.1 349.5 5.6 303.8 163.0 140.8 

Lenoir 463.5 233.7 201.5 32.3 229.7 126.9 102.8 

Moore 2,021.0 1,393.9 1,262.7 131.2 627.0 365.5 261.6 

New Hanover 145.6 117.0 73.5 43.5 28.6 13.0 15.6 

Onslow 1,064.8 584.7 576.5 8.2 480.1 387.2 92.9 

Pender 1,454.1 932.0 741.6 190.4 522.1 414.5 107.6 

Richmond 1,078.3 738.2 737.1 1.2 340.1 230.5 109.6 

Robeson 1,654.4 902.5 838.8 63.7 751.9 577.0 174.9 

Sampson 1,044.5 350.5 330.5 20.0 694.0 593.9 100.1 

Scotland 558.4 443.1 443.1 — 115.3 98.5 16.8 

Wayne 693.9 416.3 416.3 — 277.6 180.6 97.0 

 Total 21,570.3 13,290.7 12,504.5 786.2 8,279.6 6,082.8 2,196.7 

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 27—Volume of timber on timberland by class of timber and species group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 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 3,959.6 2,429.6 2,282.8 146.8 1,530.0 1,122.1 407.9 

 Upper-stem portiona 237.9 523.1 224.9 13.0 285.2 208.3 77.0 

 Total 4,482.7 2,667.5 2,507.7 159.8 1,815.2 1,330.4 484.8 

Poletimber trees 842.3 1,905.1 827.6 14.6 1,062.8 736.3 326.5 

 All growing-stock trees 6,387.8 3,509.7 3,335.4 174.4 2,878.0 2,066.6 811.4 

Rough trees

 Sawtimber size 292.7 43.2 34.8 8.4 249.5 162.3 87.3 

 Poletimber size 237.7 20.7 19.5 1.2 217.0 138.0 79.0 

 Total 530.4 63.9 54.3 9.6 466.6 300.3 166.3 

Rotten trees

 Sawtimber size 23.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 23.1 20.1 3.0 

 Poletimber size 3.4 0.0 0.0 — 3.4 2.9 0.5 

 Total 26.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 26.4 22.9 3.5 

Salvable dead trees

 Sawtimber size 15.8 4.9 4.9 — 10.9 5.1 5.8 

 Poletimber size 3.3 2.5 2.5 — 0.8 — 0.8 

 Total 19.1 7.4 7.4 — 11.7 5.1 6.6 

All classes 3,581.3 6,964.0 3,397.1 184.1 3,382.7 2,395.0 987.7 

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,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 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 56.0 34.8 34.7 0.1 21.2 19.2 2.0 

Other public 642.4 464.4 441.1 23.3 178.0 126.3 51.7 

Forest industry 894.6 583.4 567.2 16.3 311.2 244.9 66.3 

Nonindustrial private 5,351.8 2,491.2 2,346.7 144.5 2,860.6 1,999.5 861.1 

 All classes 6,944.8 3,573.8 3,389.7 184.1 3,371.0 2,389.9 981.1 

Growing-stock trees (million cubic feet )

National forest 54.8 34.7 34.7 0.0 20.1 18.0 2.0 

Other public 601.7 456.4 433.1 23.3 145.3 107.5 37.8 

Forest industry 824.3 565.4 549.3 16.1 258.9 204.2 54.7 

Nonindustrial private 4,907.1 2,453.3 2,318.3 135.0 2,453.8 1,736.9 716.9 

 All classes 6,387.8 3,509.7 3,335.4 174.4 2,878.0 2,066.6 811.4 

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.

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 147.0 110.7 110.7 — 36.3 32.2 4.1 

Other public 2,319.6 1,899.2 1,766.9 132.3 420.4 334.0 86.4 

Forest industry 2,440.9 1,663.6 1,600.6 63.1 777.3 598.7 178.6 

Nonindustrial private 16,662.7 9,617.2 9,026.4 590.8 7,045.5 5,117.9 1,927.6 

 All classes 21,570.3 13,290.7 12,504.5 786.2 8,279.6 6,082.8 2,196.7 

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

National forest 37.1 19.5 19.5 — 17.5 14.3 3.2 

Other public 1,161.0 854.1 727.9 126.2 306.9 244.6 62.3 

Forest industry 966.4 431.0 388.8 42.1 535.4 403.1 132.3 

Nonindustrial private 8,938.0 4,399.7 4,029.6 370.0 4,538.3 3,361.5 1,176.8 

 All classes 11,102.5 5,704.3 5,165.9 538.3 5,398.2 4,023.5 1,374.7 

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 30—Volume of growing stock on timberland by forest-type group, stand origin, and species group,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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 73.6 72.9 72.9 — 0.7 0.5 0.2 

 Natural 254.9 246.7 246.7 — 8.2 2.8 5.4 

 Total 328.5 319.6 319.6 — 8.9 3.3 5.6 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

 Planted 1,116.7 1,060.8 1,060.8 — 55.9 31.8 24.1 

 Natural 1,411.9 1,185.5 1,185.1 0.4 226.4 143.5 82.9 

 Total 2,528.6 2,246.3 2,245.9 0.4 282.3 175.3 107.0 

 Total softwoods 2,857.1 2,565.9 2,565.5 0.4 291.1 178.5 112.6 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Planted 76.8 61.1 59.3 1.9 15.7 8.3 7.3 

 Natural 795.9 459.5 457.2 2.3 336.4 186.9 149.4 

 Total 872.6 520.6 516.5 4.1 352.0 195.3 156.7 

 Oak-hickory 1,100.7 145.6 133.5 12.1 955.1 590.4 364.7 

 Oak-gum-cypress 1,524.7 277.6 119.9 157.7 1,247.1 1,073.5 173.6 

 Elm-ash-cottonwood 32.7 — — — 32.7 29.0 3.7 

 Total hardwoods 3,530.7 943.8 769.9 174.0 2,586.9 1,888.1 698.8 

Nonstocked — — — — — — — 

All groups 3,509.7 6,387.8 3,335.4 174.4 2,878.0 2,066.6 811.4 

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

species group, and d.b.h., Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

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

and species group sizes 15.0

Square feet/acre

National forest

 Softwood 56.8 3.7 31.1 17.1 4.9 

 Hardwood 48.3 9.0 27.0 8.3 3.9 

 Total 105.1 12.7 58.1 25.5 8.8 

Other public

 Softwood 41.4 4.5 16.1 10.7 10.1 

 Hardwood 29.9 10.5 9.5 3.2 6.6 

 Total 71.2 15.0 25.6 13.9 16.7 

Forest industry

 Softwood 45.2 4.9 26.9 9.0 4.4 

 Hardwood 29.4 8.7 8.8 4.6 7.2 

 Total 74.6 13.6 35.7 13.6 11.7 

Nonindustrial private

 Softwood 33.9 4.2 15.0 7.7 7.0 

 Hardwood 54.4 14.2 19.2 9.4 11.5 

 Total 88.3 18.4 34.2 17.1 18.6 

All classes

 Softwood 36.2 4.3 16.7 8.2 7.0 

 Hardwood 49.0 13.2 17.1 8.3 10.5 

 Total 85.2 17.5 33.8 16.5 17.5 

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.

1.0–4.9 5.0–10.9 11.0–14.9
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Table 32—Average net annual growth of growing stock on timberland by county and 

species group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 32.4 26.0 25.5 0.5 6.4 4.4 2.1 

Brunswick 23.5 20.2 21.0 -0.9 3.3 2.3 1.0 

Columbus 31.6 22.9 22.5 0.4 8.7 6.1 2.5 

Cumberland 14.5 9.7 9.8 -0.0 4.8 2.6 2.2 

Duplin 5.7 3.4 3.3 0.1 2.3 3.2 -0.9

Greene 4.5 2.8 2.7 0.1 1.7 0.9 0.8 

Harnett 16.5 13.8 13.8 — 2.8 1.1 1.7 

Hoke 8.5 6.6 6.6 — 1.9 1.4 0.5 

Johnston 15.6 9.3 9.3 0.1 6.3 4.6 1.6 

Jones 21.6 20.4 20.5 -0.1 1.2 1.0 0.2 

Lee 10.1 5.1 5.2 -0.1 5.0 3.3 1.7 

Lenoir 5.4 3.6 3.3 0.3 1.7 0.8 0.9 

Moore 24.2 17.1 16.6 0.5 7.1 3.1 4.0 

New Hanover 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.1 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 

Onslow 9.3 9.2 9.1 0.0 0.1 1.2 -1.1

Pender 32.0 26.4 25.7 0.7 5.6 5.2 0.3 

Richmond 20.3 15.1 15.1 — 5.3 3.5 1.8 

Robeson 16.6 12.7 12.6 0.1 3.9 2.5 1.4 

Sampson 17.4 12.5 12.2 0.2 4.9 4.0 0.9 

Scotland 8.4 7.1 7.1 — 1.3 0.9 0.4 

Wayne 5.2 3.1 3.1 — 2.1 1.0 1.1 

 Total 324.1 247.8 245.8 2.0 76.3 53.3 23.0 

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,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All Hard

County species hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 34.3 26.7 26.2 0.5 7.7 5.5 2.2 

Brunswick 24.0 20.8 21.7 -0.9 3.2 2.3 0.9 

Columbus 33.3 23.7 23.2 0.5 9.5 7.0 2.6 

Cumberland 15.3 10.5 10.7 -0.1 4.7 2.3 2.5 

Duplin 5.7 3.4 3.3 0.1 2.3 3.4 -1.2

Greene 5.0 2.9 2.7 0.1 2.1 1.1 1.0 

Harnett 18.1 14.3 14.3 — 3.8 1.6 2.2 

Hoke 8.9 6.8 6.8 — 2.1 1.6 0.5 

Johnston 16.4 9.4 9.3 0.1 7.0 4.7 2.3 

Jones 21.3 20.5 20.7 -0.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 

Lee 10.7 5.2 5.3 -0.1 5.6 3.7 1.9 

Lenoir 5.3 3.6 3.3 0.3 1.7 0.9 0.7 

Moore 26.4 18.4 17.8 0.6 8.0 3.2 4.7 

New Hanover 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.0 0.2 

Onslow 8.9 9.1 9.1 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7

Pender 31.1 26.4 25.9 0.5 4.8 4.8 -0.0

Richmond 21.3 15.3 15.3 — 5.9 3.4 2.5 

Robeson 17.0 12.6 12.6 0.1 4.4 2.6 1.7 

Sampson 17.3 12.7 12.4 0.2 4.6 3.9 0.7 

Scotland 8.9 7.2 7.2 0.0 1.7 1.3 0.4 

Wayne 5.4 3.1 3.1 — 2.3 1.1 1.2 

 Total 335.5 253.5 251.6 1.8 82.0 55.5 26.5 

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.

All

softwood

Yellow

pine

Soft

hardwood

Other

softwood

All

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All Hard

County species hardwood

Million board feet

Bladen 119.2 105.2 103.4 1.8 14.0 9.5 4.5 

Brunswick 95.2 87.6 87.6 -0.1 7.6 5.0 2.7 

Columbus 131.8 95.0 92.7 2.2 36.9 25.2 11.6 

Cumberland 69.2 50.1 49.5 0.6 19.1 10.1 9.1 

Duplin 16.3 6.8 6.2 0.6 9.5 11.7 -2.2

Greene 17.2 12.5 11.8 0.7 4.7 3.1 1.6 

Harnett 53.7 46.8 46.8 — 6.9 2.1 4.8 

Hoke 41.8 33.8 33.8 — 8.0 7.9 0.0 

Johnston 63.2 35.9 35.5 0.4 27.3 17.7 9.5 

Jones 84.2 80.7 80.7 -0.0 3.5 2.8 0.7 

Lee 37.8 23.9 23.9 — 13.9 9.4 4.4 

Lenoir 13.6 13.6 11.7 1.9 0.1 -1.0 1.1 

Moore 100.5 75.0 72.6 2.4 25.5 10.6 14.9 

New Hanover 3.1 2.3 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 -0.0

Onslow 28.8 27.9 28.0 -0.1 0.9 4.7 -3.8

Pender 87.0 73.0 69.3 3.7 14.0 12.7 1.3 

Richmond 64.9 57.8 57.8 — 7.1 4.8 2.2 

Robeson 66.2 52.3 51.3 0.9 14.0 9.7 4.3 

Sampson 65.8 45.9 44.4 1.4 20.0 17.5 2.5 

Scotland 42.1 37.1 37.1 — 5.0 3.8 1.3 

Wayne 21.5 17.2 17.2 — 4.3 1.3 3.0 

 Total 1,223.1 980.3 963.2 17.1 242.8 169.1 73.7 

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.

Soft

softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All Hard

County species hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 24.2 18.0 17.8 0.2 6.2 4.9 1.3 

Brunswick 27.1 22.2 20.3 1.9 4.9 2.9 2.0 

Columbus 41.0 32.4 32.0 0.3 8.7 5.1 3.6 

Cumberland 6.8 2.6 2.6 — 4.1 3.7 0.4 

Duplin 28.1 12.8 12.1 0.7 15.3 10.2 5.1 

Greene 8.0 4.8 3.8 1.0 3.2 1.3 2.0 

Harnett 27.1 17.1 17.1 — 10.0 5.2 4.8 

Hoke 3.2 1.8 1.8 — 1.4 0.9 0.5 

Johnston 29.5 11.0 10.8 0.2 18.5 10.3 8.2 

Jones 19.1 15.8 15.8 — 3.4 1.9 1.5 

Lee 4.4 1.7 1.6 0.1 2.7 0.9 1.8 

Lenoir 3.5 2.2 2.2 — 1.2 0.9 0.3 

Moore 19.9 14.7 14.5 0.3 5.2 2.8 2.4 

New Hanover 1.1 0.5 0.5 — 0.6 0.2 0.4 

Onslow 21.3 18.0 18.0 — 3.3 1.3 1.9 

Pender 31.0 27.9 27.9 — 3.1 1.8 1.3 

Richmond 20.8 16.3 16.3 — 4.5 2.3 2.2 

Robeson 18.5 13.0 13.0 — 5.5 3.8 1.7 

Sampson 19.2 14.0 14.0 — 5.2 2.5 2.7 

Scotland 7.7 4.1 4.1 — 3.6 2.9 0.7 

Wayne 13.3 9.1 9.1 — 4.3 1.7 2.5 

 Total 374.8 259.8 255.2 4.6 114.9 67.6 47.3 

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.

Soft

softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All Hard

County species hardwood

Million cubic feet

Bladen 24.5 18.0 17.8 0.2 6.5 4.9 1.6 

Brunswick 28.6 22.4 20.5 1.9 6.2 4.1 2.2 

Columbus 41.6 32.5 32.2 0.3 9.0 5.2 3.9 

Cumberland 7.0 2.6 2.6 — 4.4 3.8 0.6 

Duplin 28.7 12.8 12.1 0.7 15.9 10.5 5.4 

Greene 9.4 5.0 3.8 1.2 4.4 1.7 2.7 

Harnett 27.8 17.6 17.6 — 10.3 5.3 5.0 

Hoke 3.2 1.8 1.8 — 1.4 0.9 0.5 

Johnston 30.4 11.0 10.8 0.2 19.4 10.8 8.7 

Jones 19.7 15.8 15.8 — 3.9 2.0 1.8 

Lee 4.6 1.7 1.6 0.1 2.9 1.1 1.8 

Lenoir 3.7 2.2 2.2 — 1.4 1.1 0.3 

Moore 20.5 14.7 14.5 0.3 5.7 3.2 2.5 

New Hanover 1.2 0.5 0.5 — 0.7 0.2 0.6 

Onslow 21.6 18.0 18.0 — 3.6 1.3 2.2 

Pender 31.2 27.9 27.9 — 3.3 1.9 1.4 

Richmond 21.2 16.3 16.3 — 4.9 2.3 2.6 

Robeson 19.1 13.1 13.1 — 6.1 3.9 2.1 

Sampson 20.0 14.1 14.1 — 5.9 2.8 3.1 

Scotland 8.3 4.1 4.1 — 4.2 3.2 1.0 

Wayne 13.5 9.1 9.1 — 4.4 1.7 2.7 

 Total 385.8 261.1 256.3 4.8 124.7 72.0 52.8 

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.

Soft

softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood

All Yellow Other All
50

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

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Softwoods Hardwoods

 All All Yellow Other All Soft Hard

County species softwood pine softwood hardwood hardwood hardwood

Million board feet

Bladen 74.3 64.5 63.6 0.9 9.7 7.7 2.1 

Brunswick 76.4 64.7 55.6 9.1 11.7 7.1 4.6 

Columbus 137.0 109.0 107.4 1.6 28.0 16.6 11.4 

Cumberland 26.8 12.9 12.9 — 14.0 13.5 0.5 

Duplin 109.0 55.0 51.3 3.7 53.9 34.0 19.9 

Greene 29.8 20.7 14.6 6.1 9.1 3.4 5.7 

Harnett 107.3 72.3 72.3 — 35.0 20.4 14.5 

Hoke 13.9 8.5 8.5 — 5.4 3.7 1.7 

Johnston 129.9 52.5 51.5 1.0 77.4 43.2 34.3 

Jones 51.8 40.9 40.9 — 10.9 5.1 5.8 

Lee 14.8 6.5 6.5 — 8.3 3.0 5.2 

Lenoir 13.7 10.7 10.7 — 3.0 1.4 1.7 

Moore 66.4 58.4 57.6 0.9 8.0 4.1 3.9 

New Hanover 3.9 2.2 2.2 — 1.7 0.8 1.0 

Onslow 91.1 79.6 79.6 — 11.5 4.6 6.9 

Pender 95.2 88.8 88.8 — 6.5 1.9 4.6 

Richmond 68.3 58.6 58.6 — 9.7 5.0 4.7 

Robeson 67.6 58.8 58.8 — 8.8 6.5 2.3 

Sampson 74.2 56.7 56.7 — 17.5 9.6 7.9 

Scotland 25.8 15.2 15.2 — 10.6 8.4 2.2 

Wayne 60.9 47.4 47.4 — 13.5 6.1 7.4 

 Total 1,338.0 983.9 960.7 23.2 354.2 206.0 148.1 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 14.2 10.9 14.2 10.9 64.2 51.1 

 Slash pine 13.5 27.7 13.4 27.7 52.0 56.7 

 Shortleaf pine 1.2 3.0 1.3 3.0 6.2 14.3 

 Loblolly pine 218.4 201.1 213.1 200.2 823.6 790.0 

 Pond pine 4.2 13.4 3.8 13.4 16.4 48.5 

 Virginia pine 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.8 — 

 Baldcypress 1.9 3.5 2.0 3.3 11.9 19.9 

 Pondcypress 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 4.4 2.5 

 Atlantic white-cedar -0.9 0.4 -0.9 0.4 0.2 — 

 Redcedars 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.9 

 Total softwoods 253.5 261.1 247.8 259.8 980.3 983.9 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 5.2 11.4 4.7 11.4 18.6 41.0 

 Select red oaks 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 3.1 4.5 

 Other white oaks 1.3 2.7 1.2 2.6 4.1 8.4 

 Other red oaks 13.0 27.5 11.7 26.5 37.8 82.8 

 Hickory 1.9 4.1 1.4 3.9 5.6 8.5 

 Hard maple -0.1 — -0.1 — — — 

 Soft maple 12.1 13.0 11.6 12.0 26.8 20.2 

 Beech 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.5 2.6 2.0 

 Sweetgum 15.5 29.5 14.3 28.6 35.9 83.1 

 Tupelo and blackgum 4.1 9.3 5.4 7.9 17.2 22.8 

 Ash 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 3.7 — 

 Basswood -0.0 — -0.0 — 0.2 — 

 Yellow-poplar 19.4 16.4 17.6 16.3 75.1 73.2 

 Bay and magnolia 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.4 — 

 Black cherry 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.9 — 

 Black walnut 0.0 — 0.0 — 0.4 — 

 Sycamore 0.4 — 0.4 — 2.4 — 

 Elm 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.9 0.2 2.2 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 4.6 5.9 3.9 1.5 8.6 5.3 

 Total hardwoods 82.0 124.7 76.3 114.9 242.8 354.2 

All species 385.8 335.5 324.1 374.8 1,223.1 1,338.0 

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 39—Average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by species and diameter class,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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–

Species classes 6.9 8.9 10.9 12.9 14.9 16.9 18.9 20.9 28.9

Million cubic feet

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 10.9 0.2 0.7 2.4 1.8 3.1 1.8 0.6 0.3 — — 

 Slash pine 27.7 3.3 10.0 10.7 2.9 0.6 0.2 — — — — 

 Shortleaf pine 3.0 — — 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.2 — — — 

 Loblolly pine 200.2 11.7 31.2 34.2 36.1 27.9 25.8 15.6 8.9 8.8 — 

 Pond pine 13.4 1.4 1.7 2.6 3.5 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.3 — — 

 Virginia pine 0.1 0.1 — — — — — — — — — 

 Baldcypress 3.3 — — — — — 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 1.5 

 Pondcypress 0.5 — — — 0.1 0.1 0.2 — 0.2 — — 

 Atlantic white-cedar 0.4 0.1 0.3 — — — — — — — — 

 Redcedars 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 — — — — — — — 

 Total softwoods 259.8 16.8 44.1 50.6 45.4 34.7 29.8 16.9 10.0 10.1 1.5 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 11.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.0 1.4 0.3 

 Select red oaks 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 — 0.2 — — 0.3 — 

 Other white oaks 2.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.1 — 0.6 — 

 Other red oaks 26.5 2.5 2.0 4.5 2.9 4.4 3.2 1.9 1.5 2.9 0.6 

 Hickory 3.9 0.6 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 — — 0.1 — 

 Soft maple 12.0 2.6 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.5 — 

 Beech 0.5 — — — — — 0.1 0.4 — — — 

 Sweetgum 28.6 2.6 4.0 4.9 3.9 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.1 2.3 0.5 

 Tupelo and blackgum 7.9 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.2 

 Ash 0.4 0.2 — 0.3 — — — — — — — 

 Yellow-poplar 16.3 0.2 0.4 1.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.4 3.5 0.2 

 Bay and magnolia 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.2 — — — — — — — 

 Black cherry 0.1 — 0.1 — — — — — — — — 

 Elm 0.9 — 0.4 — 0.1 0.3 — — 0.2 — — 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 1.5 — 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 — — 0.3 0.3 — 

 Total hardwoods 114.9 10.8 12.4 16.7 15.9 15.3 11.9 9.9 7.2 13.1 1.8 

All species 27.6 374.8 56.5 67.3 61.3 50.0 41.7 26.8 17.1 23.2 3.3 

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.

29.0 and

larger
53

Table 40—Average annual mortality of live trees, growing stock, and sawtimber on timberland

by species, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

Species

Softwood

 Longleaf pine 1.0 1.0 4.7 

 Slash pine 1.2 1.2 4.1 

 Shortleaf pine 0.7 0.7 1.9 

 Loblolly pine 39.8 39.7 119.8 

 Pond pine 7.2 7.0 30.0 

 Virginia pine 0.5 0.5 0.9 

 Baldcypress 0.9 0.7 4.1 

 Pondcypress 0.8 0.7 2.3 

 Atlantic white-cedar 1.7 1.6 2.6 

 Redcedars 0.2 0.2 0.3 

 Total softwoods 53.9 53.3 170.6 

Hardwood

 Select white oaks 4.4 4.4 16.8 

 Select red oaks 0.7 0.7 3.5 

 Other white oaks 1.2 1.1 4.6 

 Other red oaks 14.0 12.6 46.3 

 Hickory 1.6 1.4 5.3 

 Hard maple 0.1 0.1 — 

 Soft maple 10.3 7.7 19.2 

 Beech 0.4 0.4 1.2 

 Sweetgum 11.2 10.3 38.7 

 Tupelo and blackgum 6.2 3.8 13.1 

 Ash 2.1 1.9 4.7 

 Yellow-poplar 6.8 6.6 33.0 

 Bay and magnolia 0.9 0.4 — 

 Black cherry 0.6 0.4 1.3 

 Elm 1.0 0.9 2.9 

 Other Eastern

 hardwoods 5.8 2.0 7.7 

 Total hardwoods 67.5 54.6 198.0 

All species 107.9 121.4 368.6 

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.

Million board feet

Live trees Growing stock Sawtimber

Million cubic feet
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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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 4.7 3.9 4.1 -0.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 

Other public 22.8 22.7 22.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 -0.0

Forest industry 69.7 60.9 61.9 -1.0 8.8 7.6 1.3 

Nonindustrial private 226.8 160.3 157.8 2.5 66.6 44.9 21.6 

 All classes 324.1 247.8 245.8 2.0 76.3 53.3 23.0 

Average annual removals (million cubic feet )

National forest 1.5 1.5 1.5 — — — — 

Other public 16.5 14.6 14.6 — 1.9 0.7 1.3 

Forest industry 73.7 60.8 58.9 1.9 12.9 10.3 2.6 

Nonindustrial private 283.0 183.0 180.2 2.7 100.1 56.7 43.4 

 All classes 374.8 259.8 255.2 4.6 114.9 67.6 47.3 

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.

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

ownership class and species group, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 4.7 4.0 4.2 -0.2 0.7 0.5 0.2 

Other public 23.0 22.8 22.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 -0.0

Forest industry 72.3 63.3 64.2 -1.0 9.1 7.8 1.3 

Nonindustrial private 235.4 163.3 161.0 2.4 72.1 47.0 25.1 

 All classes 335.5 253.5 251.6 1.8 82.0 55.5 26.5 

Average annual removals (million cubic feet )

National forest 1.5 1.5 1.5 — — — — 

Other public 16.6 14.6 14.6 — 2.0 0.7 1.3 

Forest industry 75.6 61.3 59.4 1.9 14.3 11.1 3.1 

Nonindustrial private 292.1 183.7 180.8 2.9 108.4 60.1 48.3 

 All classes 385.8 261.1 256.3 4.8 124.7 72.0 52.8 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 18.5 16.3 16.9 -0.6 2.2 2.2 — 

Other public 88.0 90.3 87.9 2.4 -2.3 -0.9 -1.4

Forest industry 231.6 205.0 205.3 -0.4 26.6 22.3 4.3 

Nonindustrial private 885.0 668.7 653.0 15.7 216.3 145.6 70.8 

 All classes 1,223.1 980.3 963.2 17.1 242.8 169.1 73.7 

Average annual removals (million board feet )

National forest 3.1 3.1 3.1 — — — — 

Other public 55.9 51.2 51.2 — 4.8 1.3 3.5 

Forest industry 198.7 164.1 155.0 9.1 34.7 28.3 6.4 

Nonindustrial private 1,080.2 765.5 751.4 14.1 314.7 176.5 138.2 

 All classes 1,338.0 983.9 960.7 23.2 354.2 206.0 148.1 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 17.4 17.0 17.0 — 0.4 0.2 0.2 

 Natural 9.0 8.6 8.6 — 0.4 0.0 0.4 

 Total 26.4 25.6 25.6 — 0.8 0.3 0.5 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

 Planted 117.5 113.9 113.9 — 3.7 3.2 0.4 

 Natural 81.1 70.8 70.8 0.0 10.3 6.6 3.7 

 Total 198.6 184.7 184.7 0.0 13.9 9.8 4.1 

 Total softwoods 225.0 210.3 210.3 0.0 14.7 10.1 4.6 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Planted 3.1 3.1 3.1 — — — — 

 Natural 36.8 24.6 24.1 0.5 12.2 6.7 5.5 

 Total 39.9 27.7 27.2 0.5 12.2 6.7 5.5 

 Oak-hickory 38.0 7.3 7.2 0.1 30.8 19.5 11.2 

 Oak-gum-cypress 20.2 2.5 1.2 1.3 17.7 15.9 1.7 

 Elm-ash-cottonwood 1.0 — — — 1.0 1.0 — 

 Total hardwoods 99.1 37.5 35.5 2.0 61.6 43.2 18.4 

Nonstocked — — — — — — — 

All groups 247.8 324.1 245.8 2.0 76.3 53.3 23.0 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990–1998

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 29.2 28.4 28.4 — 0.8 0.6 0.2 

 Natural 9.2 9.2 9.2 — — — — 

 Total 38.4 37.6 37.6 — 0.8 0.6 0.2 

 Loblolly-shortleaf pine

 Planted 83.5 81.4 81.4 — 2.1 1.8 0.3 

 Natural 117.8 102.0 102.0 0.1 15.7 9.9 5.8 

 Total 201.3 183.4 183.4 0.1 17.9 11.8 6.1 

 Total softwoods 239.7 221.0 220.9 0.1 18.7 12.4 6.3 

Hardwood types

 Oak-pine

 Planted — — — — — — — 

 Natural 46.6 25.1 24.9 0.2 21.6 12.7 8.9 

 Total 46.6 25.1 24.9 0.2 21.6 12.7 8.9 

 Oak-hickory 51.2 7.0 6.7 0.3 44.3 25.7 18.6 

 Oak-gum-cypress 37.2 6.8 2.8 4.1 30.4 16.9 13.5 

 Total hardwoods 135.1 38.9 34.3 4.6 96.2 55.3 41.0 

Nonstocked — — — — — — — 

All groups 259.8 374.8 255.2 4.6 114.9 67.6 47.3 

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.

a Classifications at the beginning of the remeasurement period.
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Table 46—Fresh weight of live trees on timberland by ownership class, species group, and tree component,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999

 Component

Growing-stock trees Cull trees

 Stumps,

Ownership class All All live tops, and

and species group components saplings Total Boles limbs Total Boles

National forest

 Softwood 1,562.4 58.0 1,500.1 1,263.1 237.0 4.3 3.2 1.2 

 Hardwood 1,064.5 155.9 856.9 688.6 168.3 51.8 38.2 13.6 

 Total 2,626.9 213.9 2,357.0 1,951.7 405.3 56.1 41.4 14.8 

Other public

 Softwood 21,437.6 891.1 20,199.9 17,329.3 2,870.6 346.6 297.6 49.0 

 Hardwood 11,449.5 2,951.0 6,769.3 5,485.5 1,283.9 1,729.2 1,327.0 402.2 

 Total 32,887.0 3,842.1 26,969.2 22,814.8 4,154.4 2,075.8 1,624.6 451.2 

Forest industry

 Softwood 26,812.0 1,154.7 24,865.4 20,846.1 4,019.3 792.0 665.8 126.2 

 Hardwood 17,872.2 3,202.4 12,081.2 9,730.7 2,350.5 2,588.7 1,989.1 599.6 

 Total 44,684.2 4,357.1 36,946.5 30,576.8 6,369.8 3,380.6 2,654.9 725.7 

Nonindustrial private

 Softwood 114,533.8 6,328.4 106,268.9 90,483.8 15,785.1 1,936.5 1,465.7 470.8 

 Hardwood 165,277.0 29,645.7 115,151.2 93,459.3 21,691.9 20,480.2 15,740.6 4,739.6 

 Total 279,810.7 35,974.0 221,420.1 183,943.1 37,477.0 22,416.7 17,206.3 5,210.4 

All ownerships

 Softwood 164,345.7 8,432.2 152,834.2 129,922.3 22,912.0 3,079.4 2,432.3 647.1 

 Hardwood 195,663.1 35,954.9 134,858.5 109,364.0 25,494.5 24,849.8 19,094.9 5,755.0 

 Total 360,008.8 44,387.0 287,692.7 239,286.3 48,406.4 27,929.2 21,527.1 6,402.1 

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.

Stumps,

tops, and

limbs

Thousand tons
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Table 47—Area of timberland treated or disturbed annually and retained in timberland by

treatment or disturbance and ownership class, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990 to 1999

Ownership class

Treatment or All Forest Nonindustrial

disturbance classes Public industry private

Thousand acres

Final harvest 97.6 3.9 19.4 74.2 

Partial harvesta 0.6 23.2 3.2 19.3 

Seed tree/shelterwood 4.0 0.5 — 3.4 

Commercial thinning 23.3 3.3 9.8 10.2 

Other stand improvement 4.0 1.1 1.0 1.9 

Site preparation 32.6 2.3 9.8 20.5 

Artificial regenerationb 3.3 42.2 14.5 24.5 

Natural regenerationb 6.1 84.4 6.5 71.8 

Other treatment 19.5 2.7 2.4 14.4 

Natural disturbance

 Disease 29.3 7.6 10.6 11.1 

 Insects 5.7 3.1 1.1 1.6 

 Fire — — — — 

 Weather 83.3 8.4 8.0 67.0 

 Animals 5.1 0.7 0.6 3.8 

Other disturbances

 Grazing 1.5 — — 1.5 

 Other human-caused disturbance 9.6 1.0 0.9 7.7 

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, Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990 to 1999

Forest management typea

Treatment or All Pine Natural Oak- Upland Lowland

disturbance types plantation pine pine hardwood hardwood Nonstocked

Thousand acres

Final harvest 97.6 22.6 34.3 13.4 16.3 11.0 — 

Partial harvestb 2.0 23.2 10.7 3.5 3.8 3.1 — 

Seed tree/shelterwood 4.0 1.5 1.4 0.5 — 0.6 — 

Commercial thinning 23.3 17.0 4.3 1.3 0.7 — — 

Other stand improvement 4.0 2.1 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 — 

Site preparation 32.6 12.0 9.3 4.4 4.1 2.8 — 

Other treatment 19.5 3.1 3.2 3.7 4.6 5.0 — 

Natural disturbance

 Disease 29.3 11.6 10.2 2.7 1.3 3.0 0.6 

 Insects 5.7 0.6 2.8 1.6 0.8 — — 

 Fire — — — — — — — 

 Weather 83.3 6.9 12.2 10.0 20.7 32.9 0.6 

 Animals 5.1 0.2 — — 0.9 3.6 0.4 

Other disturbance

 Grazing 1.5 — 0.3 0.6 0.6 — — 

 Other human-caused disturbance 9.6 1.1 3.2 1.5 1.7 2.1 — 

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,

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1990 to 1999

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 28.8 14.7 — 10.7 2.8 0.6 — 

Natural regeneration

 following harvest 57.1 — 10.4 9.9 21.1 15.8 — 

Other artificial regeneration

 on forest land 8.4 5.4 — 2.6 0.4 — — 

Other natural regeneration

 on forest land 15.0 — 3.1 4.1 4.2 3.6 — 

Artificial regeneration on

 former nonforest land 4.8 3.3 — 1.0 0.5 — — 

Natural reversion of

 former nonforest land 12.1 — 5.3 3.4 2.3 1.1 — 

 Total 126.2 23.5 18.8 31.5 31.4 21.0 — 

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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Conner, Roger C.; Sheffield, Raymond M. 2001. Forest statistics for the

Southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina, 1999. Resour. Bull. SRS–59.

Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern

Research Station. 61 p.

This report summarizes a 1999 inventory of the forest resources of a 21-county

area of North Carolina. Major findings are highlighted in text and graphics;

detailed data are presented in 49 tables.

Keywords: Forest ownership, timberland, timber growth, timber removals,

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