ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

The Forest Survey of Florida represents the combined efforts of 

many people. Cooperation in the form of money, field men, and equipment reduced substantially the time required to collect the field data. 

The Southeastern Station wishes to acknowledge the cooperation of the 

Florida Forest Service and private companies in making the services 

of the following men available to help collect the field data: 

Kenneth Jorishie, Gair Woodlands Corporation 

John M. Smith, International Paper Company 

E. K. Ayres, St. Joe Paper Company 

J. D. Penn, St. Regis Paper Company 

Paul H. Bourns, Florida Forest Service 

Ralph L. Corbett, Florida Forest Service 

William R. Helm, Florida Forest Service 

Forrest W. Howard, Florida Forest Service 

Carroll W. Purvis, Florida Forest Service 

The Station also gratefully acknowledges financial assistance provided by the following companies: 

Buckeye Cellulose Corporation 

Hudson Pulp and Paper Company 

Owens-Illinois Glass Company 

The Forest Survey is part of a continuing nationwide inventory of 

timber resources conducted by the U. S. Forest Service. In the southeastern states, it is a function of the Division of Forest Economics 

Research of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station under the 

direction of the late J. F. McCormack. 

Mackay B. Bryan organized and directed the Fiorida Forest Survey and Joe P. McClure supervised the collection of the field data. 

Ronald C. Froelich supervised the survey of timber products cut from 

Florida timber. Land-use interpretation of aerial photos was made 

by William H. B. Haines. 

Agnes C. Nichols supervised the office compilations and Hilda 

J. Brown and Mercina P. McSwain typed the detailed statistical tables. 
HIGHLIGHTS 

The timber supply outlook has changed considerably during 

the 24 years since the first Forest Survey was completed in 

1936. Today, Florida has 11 percent less commercial forest 

land, about the same volume of pine timber, but nearly a third 

more volume in cypress and hardwood trees, mainly small and 

of low value. 

Today's timber, especially the pine timber, is on the average smaller. The volume of all species of sawtimber has been 

greatly reduced since 1936, but this was offset by a big increase 

in small timber. 

There are 5.5 million fewer acres growing pine, but the 

area still qualifying as pine type is much better stocked. In 

fact, this increase in pine stocking more than offset the loss 

of area in pine and oak-pine type. The volume of pine growth 

is almost a third greater, even though pine inventory remained 

essentially unchanged. This increase in growth reflects the 

upsurge in young timber, mainly in response to better fire 

protection. 

In the past, most of the increase in pine stocking resulted 

from natural regeneration. Today, the natural regeneration 

outlook is not nearly so favorable. Hardwoods are increasing 

twice as fast as pine and are taking over more and more of 

the land that formerly grew pine. 

In the future, an increasing amount of the timber cut will 

have to come from planted stands. About half of Florida's forest 

land is poorly stocked and not expected to restock naturally 

with desirable timber. Also, each year 61 percent or about 

300,000 acres of the pine area cut over is left poorly stocked, 

with little prospect of restocking naturally to pine. 

The current stepped-up planting activity promises to go a 

long way toward putting these idle acres to work. During the 

1958-1959 planting season nearly 200 million trees were 

planted. With adequate protection and conservative cutting, 

in 30 years growth from plantations alone will be more than 

enough to replace the current cut. But this increase in growth 

will occur only if cutting for the State as a whole is not allowed 

to exceed the total growth - especially during the next 10 

years. 

During the past 10 years, cutting on the average slightly 

exceeded pine growth and has been somewhat more intensive 

in relation to growth than during the preceding 14 years. The 

intensity of cutting, however, appears to have fallen off during 

the past few years. Pine growing stock cut in 1958 was 25 

percent below net growth and indications are that the 1959 

and 1960 cut was also less than the growth. 

A continuation of this favorable growth-and-cut relationship for another four or five years will go a long way toward 

building up Florida's timber resources. However, plans for the 

expansion of forest industry to utilize surplus pine growth that 
may develop within the next few years should proceed with 

caution. Much of this surplus growth is on land owned by 

public agencies, pulp companies, and forest industries that 

are attempting to increase productivity by building up the 

growing stock. During the past 10 years the forest land held 

by other owners has been badly overcut, and this class of 

ownership includes 66 percent of the total forest area. Until 

productivity can be built up, expansion of forest industries 

dependent upon these "other" lands for pine timber should 

be discouraged. 

Florida offers excellent opportunities for industries that 

can use low-value hardwoods and small cypress. Growth of 

this type of timber is well in excess of the cut. Much of it is 

on land better suited to growing pine and should be cut to make 

room far pine. 

CONTENTS 

Page 

Changes in the timber supply - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 

Less land to grow timber- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 

Less land growing pine - - - ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 

Better pine stocking . . - - . . - . . . . . . . . . . - . 2 

Hardwoods increasing faster than pine - - - - - - - - - 2 

Little change in pine volume - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 

More pine in Northwest Florida - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 

Big increase in pine growth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 

Increase in volume of cypress and hardwoods - - - - - - 5 

More low-quality timber - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 

L~~~~ mortality . - - . . . - . . . . . . . . . . - . . . 6 

Less timber used for saw logs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 

Shift to pulpwood . - . - - - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 

Downward trend in other forest products - - - - - - - - 10 

More complete use of timber cut - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 

Change in source of naval stores - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 

Timbersupplyoutlook .................... 11 

Natural regeneration outlook less favorable - - - - - - - 13 

Less land available to grow pine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 

Planting outlook favorable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 

Large area needs planting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 

Medium-stocked stands need improvement - - - - - - - 16 

Mortality outlook - - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 

Forest land ownership affects outlook - - - - - - - - - - 22 

Accuracy of forest survey estimates - - - - - - - - - - 25 

How the forest inventory is made - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 

Definition of terms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27 

Index to detailed tables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 

FLORIDA'S TIMBER 

Robert W. Larson and Marcus H. Goforth 

The period between the completion of Florida's 

first Forest Survey in 1936 and the third in 1959 

spans nearly a quarter of a century. 

In 1936, the era of large sawmills was coming 

to a close, but half the lumber was still produced 

by a dozen large mills. Taxes were high and lumber prices had not recovered from the depression 

slump. 

Fire burned uncontrolled over much of the 

forest area. In 1936, only 3.5 mill~on acres out 

of the total 23.5 million acres of timber land 

received protection from fire. 

Four-f~fths of the turpentine and rosin was 

made from crude gum. Workers collected gum 

from the chipped faces of 36 nlillion pine trees. 

The deeply scarred, pitch-soaked 8-foot butt section filled with nails and tins left most of the 

worked-out pine trees unsuitable for saw logs. 

In 1936, Florida had only one operating pulpmill 

and, in the absence of a market, most of the 

worked-out pines were left to the ravages of fire, 

wind, and insects. 

Most people ,regarded planting,, site preparation, and stand Improvement as vis~onary. Planting contributed less than 3 million pine seedlings 

annually to the new crop. In 1936, overcutting, 

poor stocking, low growth, and high mortality 

were the rule. 

CHANGES IN THE TIMBER SUPPLY 

Less Land to Grow Timber 

Since 1936, the timber supply outlook has 

changed in many ways. One important change 

has been the decrease in area of land available 

to grow timber. During the past 24 years,' landclearing in excess of reversion to forest from other 

uses has reduced the commercial forest area by 

11 percent. Most of this reduction has taken place 

during the past 10 years. Since 1949, Florida has 

lost 1.9 million acres of commercial forest land 

to other uses (table A). 

The biggest shift in land-use was from cutover 

timber land to improved pasture. In 24 years 

cattle raisers increased the area of improved 

pasture by nearly 2 million acres. Much of this 

area came from natural prairies but a large part, 

perhaps as much as half of it, came from land 

'The first Florida forest survey was begun in 

November of 1933 and comvleted in Avril 1936. For 

comparison purposes, 1935 'is used rh;oughout this 

report as the average year of inventory, making a 

span of 24 years between the first and the third survey. 

that formerly grew timber. Also, an increasing 

amount of forest land is being diverted to such 

uses as housing developments, manufacturing 

sites, and highways. Land use for these purposes 

increased by a million acres since 1935, with most 

of the increase taking place during the past 10 

years. The area used for agricultural crops has 

not changed much. 

In spite of thrse changes, in 1959 commercial 

forests still covered 58 percent of the total land 

area in Florida. This included areas with at least 

a 10-percent cover of trees and areas formerly 

supporting tree growth but which have not been 

converted to other uses. 

Not all of the forest area in Florida is suitable 

for growing commercial crops of timber. On nearly 

a million and a half acres, trees grow so slowly 

that few reach usable size in the time normally 

required to grow a crop of trees. Growth is low 

on much of this area because of poor drainage. 

In 1959, Florida had 19.6 million acres of commercial forest land available to grow timber. In 

addition, there are about a milllon acres of idle 

or abandoned cropland. Some of this land will 

be returned to crops and, in the light of recent 
Table A. --Land area by class and major forest type, Hardwoods Increasing Florida. 1935, 1949, and 1859 

(in million acres) Faster Than Pine 

Commercial forest land: 

Pine and oak-pine type 17. 1 14.8 11.6 

Hardwood type 4. 8 6. 7 8. 0 

Total 21. 9 21. 5 19. 6 

Land class and forest type 

Noncommercial forest land 1.6 1.6 1.4 

Nonforest land 11.3 11.4 13.0 

All land 34. 8 34.5 34. 0 

trends, it appears quite likely that much of it will 

eventually end up as improved pasture. Part of 

this area, however, perhaps as much as half of it, 

will not be put to other uses and will be available 

to grow timber. So, altogether, Florida currently 

has about 20 million acres available that are suitable for growing commercial crops of timber. 

year of survey 

Less Land Growing Pine 

1935 

Pine is the lifeblood of Florida's forest industries. However, not only has forest area declined 

but the area growing pine bas dropped even more. 

Lands on which at least 25 percent of the stand 

is pine (the pine and oak-pine types) have fallen 

from 17.1 million acres in 1935 to 11.6 million 

acres in 1959. Three-fourths of the forest land in 

Florida is uplands and flatwoods well suited to 

growing pine but, in 1959, 21 percent of this area 

did not have enough pine,growing on it to qualify 

as a pine or oak-pine type. Most of the upland and 

flatwoods area now without pine formerly grew 

pine but today is either denuded or covered with 

shrubs and low-value hardwoods. 

Better Pine Stocking 

1949 

While there is less land growing pine, the areas 

qualifying as pine types are much better stocked 

now than they were 24 years ago. Since the first 

Survey, the number of pine trees 1.0 inch d.h.h. 

and larger has more than doubled. In 1935, 

despite the large area in pine type, Florida had 

only enough pine trees to fully stock 3.8 million 

acres; the number of pine trees now is sufficient 

to stock 6.8 million acres. However, this is still 

less than half of the 14.6 million acres of upland 

and flatwoods area siutable for growing pine. 

1959 

The decrease in prevalence of wild woods fires 

has allowed the hardwoods to increase even faster 

than pine. While the number of pine trees 1.0 inch 

and larger increased by 1.1 billion trees, the number of hardwoods increased by 2.1 billion. Area 

in hardwood types has increased 3.2 million acres. 

Large areas formerly growing pine now support 

stands of low-value scrub oak. 

Little Change in Pine Volume 

The large increase in number of trees did not 

result in a corresponding increase in timber volume. The increase in pine, whlch was mainly in 

small trees, barely offset the loss of volume in 

large trees. During the 24-year period between 

the first and third Forest Surveys, the volume 

of pine growth has exceeded the mortality and 

timber cut by a slight margin. The total volume 

of pine, including the volume of growing stock 

trees and culls,2 was almost the same in 1959 as 

in 1935 (table B). 

One of the most important changes has been 

the disappearance of the large pine sawtimber. 

Although the volume in pine growing stock (timber now or potentially suitable for saw logs) has 

changed little, the volume of sawtimber in trees 

15.0 inches and larger was reduced 52 percent. 

The volume in small sawtimber has changed but 

slightly, while the volume of poletimber is up. 

Although the volume of pine timher is almost 

the same as it was 25 years ago, the recent trend 

in pine inventory volume appears to be downward. The total volume, the growing stock volume, and the volume of small sawtimber all rose 

between 1935 and 1949 but have decreased since 

1949. 

The years between 1935 and 1949, when small 

pine timber volume increased, were the years 

when the large timber was cut out. Since 1949, 

the volume in large sawtimber has decreased only 

slightly, reflecting a decrease in availability. Much 

of the remaining large sawtimber is either too 

widely scattered for economical logging or is on 

land where owners are trying to build up the growing stock volume. 

More Pine in Northwest Florida 

The location of the pine resource within the 

State is also changing (table C). The volume of 

pine in Northwest Florida is much greater now 

than in 1935, while in Central and South Florida ~- 

*Not suitable for saw logs but mostly usable for 

pulpwood. 
Table B. --Timber volume by species and type of timber. 1935. 1949. and 1959 

it is much less. Although the volume in Northeast Florida is about the same as in 1935, the 

9-percent decrease since 1949 indicates a current 

downward trend. 

Pine timber is becoming more concentrated in 

the more productive land of Northern Florida. 

Northeast Florida, with 37 percent of the commercial forest area, has nearly half the pine volume, and Northwest Florida, with 29 percent of 

the forest land, has 39 percent of the pine volume. 

Species group and type of timber 

Big Increase in Pine Growth 

Between 1935 and 1949, pine growth increased 23 

percent compared to only 13 percent since 1949. 

This growth increase is based on the average 

diameter growth and the average mortality rates 

for the period between surveys and reflects entirely the change in the size-class distribution of 

trees. Pine stands contained three times as many 

2- and 4-inch pines in 1959 as in 1935. Growth 

resulting from 4inch trees growing into the 6-inch 

class had doubled and, in 1959, accounted for 22 

percent of the total growth. A 57-percent increase 

in the number of 6- and 8-inch trees also contributed substantially. This expanding growth of 

small timber has raised substantiallv the caoacitv 

Pine: 

Large sawtimber (million board feet) 3, 577. 3 1, 811.4 -49 1,701. 9 -52 

Small sawtimber (million board feet) 8,488. 5 9, 617.6 ti3 8,425. 3 -1 

Growing stockZ1 (million cubic feet) 3, 222. 0 3, 349.6 +4 3, 169. 7 -2 

AU timber (million cubic feet) 3.258.4 3.412.5 +5 3, 312.6 +2 

Cypress and hardwoods: 

Large eawtimber (million board feet) 6,423. 6 3, 184. 6 -50 5. 728.6 -11 

Small sawtimber (million board feet) 5, 180. 0 4, 712. 8 -9 5,512.3 16 

Growing stockZ1 (million cubic feet) 3, 393, 1 2, 768. 5 -18 3,781.9 ti1 

All timber (million cubic feet) 4. 352. 4 4, 353.5 0 5,599. 3 t29 

- 11 Change between 1935 and 1959. 

- 21 Net cubic-foot volume in all live trees 5.0 inches and larger, including trees too low in 

quality to make saw loge now or prospectively. 

1935 

. . 

~l~h~~~h the increase in number of trees did of the timber resource to support ;he now damnot result in a greater total volume of timber, inant pulp 2nd paper industry and those other 

it did affect growth, ~~i~l~ because of the large . industries which are able to use small logs or bolts. 

increase in small trees, pine growth has risen from However, a 52-percent decrease in the volume 

156 million cubic feet in 1935 to 217 million cubic of large pine sawtimber has reduced the growth 

feet in 1958. of this class of timber and the canacitv of the L ~~~, -~ ---- Most of the rise occurred prior to 1949, when timber resource to support industries dependent 

the largest increase in numbers of trees took place. upon large, high-quality material. 

1949 

Table C. --All timber volume by Forest Survey Unit and species group, 1935, 1949, and 1959 

(In million cubic feet) 

Percent 

change 

Pme: 

Northeast 1, 590. 8 1, 716. 7 +8 1, 563. 4 -2 

Northwest 915.4 1, 102.7 +2O 1, 301. 3 +42 

Central-South 752.2 593.1 -21 447.9 -40 

Cypress and hardwoods: 

Northeast 1.984. 2 1, 827. 0 -8 2, 351. 7 +I9 

Northwest 1. 308. 2 1, 392. 5 +6 1, 796. 7 +37 

Central-South 1,060.0 1. 134.0 +7 1,450. 9 137 

11 Change between 1935 and 1959 

1959 

Species group and Survey Unit 

PercentL1 

change 

Percent 

change 1935 1949 1959 percentL1 

change 
Since 1935, the big increase in small timber has enabled pine growth to keep 

pace with the rising cut. 
Increase in Volume of 

Cypress and Hardwoods 

In contrast to pine, which showed little or no 

change in volume, the total volume of cypress 

increased 9 percent during the past 24 years 

and the volume of hardwoods 39 percent. Also 

in contrast to pine, hardwood timber volume has 

increased faster during the past 10 years than 

between 1935 and 1949. Hardwoods now make up 

44 percent of the total volume as compared to 

37 percent in 1935. 

Like pine, the most valuable class of cypress 

and hardwood timber has not fared so well. The 

volume of large cypress sawtimber dropped 31 

percent, and the growth of large hardwood sawtimber did not quite replace the cut. 

More Low - Qualify Timber 

Increase in timber volume over the past 24 

years added very little to the supply of the kind 

of timber forest industries now use. Cypress and 

hardwood timber, which accounted for practically 

all the increase in timber volume, make up a 

small part of the total cut - 4 percent from 

cypress and 11 percent from hardwoods. Even in 

these species much of the increase has been in 

low-quality timber. Between 1935 and 1959, the 

volume in cull cypress trees doubled and the 

volume in cull hardwood trees increased by 87 

percent. 

In 1959, nearly a third of the hardwood volume 

was in cull trees too low in quality ever to make 

saw logs. Over three-fourths of this volume, however, could be used for pulpwood if markets were 

available; only 7 percent of the hardwood volume 

has no industrial use (table D). 

Only slightly better than cull timber is the large 

volume of trees that barely qualify as growing 

stock and w~ll make only low-qual~ty saw logs. 

Table D. --Timber volume by 

Only 7 percent of the hardwood volume is in trees 

classed as desirable growing stock. The cut of 

veneer bolts and better-quality saw logs comes 

mainly from this class of timber. 

The quality of cypress is considerably higher 

than that of hardwoods. Less than 10 percent 

of the volume is in cull trees, and a fourth of it 

is in trees classed as desirable growing stock. 

Practically all the pine is suitable for sawtimber 

now or potentially, and half of it is classed as 

desirable growing stock (trees capable of producing high-quality lumber and veneer). 

Trees too poor in quality io make saw logs 

contain a ihird d ihe hardwood volume. 

quality and species group. 1959 

Timber quality Cypresa Hardwoods 1 Total I I I 

Million Million percent - Million Million ---- Percent -- Percent - Percent cu. ft. -- cu. ft. -- C". ft. --- cu. ft. -- 

Growing stock: 

Desirable 1,601.8 48 419.4 25 271.6 7 2.292.8 26 

Other 1,641.2 50 1. 080.7 66 2,468. 5 62 5.190.4 58 

Culls: 

Limited use 65.2 2 107.9 7 940.9 24 1, 114. 0 12 

Unusable 4.4 0 39.3 2 271.0 7 314. 7 4 

All timber 3. 312.6 100 1,647.3 100 3,952. 0 100 8.911.9 100 
Lower Mortality mortality could have been prevented by timely 

thinning. 

In 1935. much of the annual rrowth was lost 

to mortality. The stands were choked with 

worked-out turpentined trees too small and too CHANGES IN TIMBER USE 

poor in quality io make saw logs. Repeated fires 

burned the worked-out faces leaving the trees Forest industries in Florida are using substanpartic~~lariy susceptible to beetle attacks. Heavy tially more pine and less cypress and hardwood 

winds prevalent during the late summer and early timber now than they were in 1915 (fig. 1). While. 

fall in Florida took a heavy toll of these struc- on the average, total volume of timber cut has 

turally weakened trees. The 1935 survey showed remained about the same, the proportion of the 

that the volume in recently killed timber cut from pine has increased from 64 percent in 

amounted to 60 percent of the total growth. 1935 to 85 percent in 1958. In contrast, the proSince 1936, mortality has declined steadily. The portion cut from cypress has dropped from 20 

pulpmills provided a market for the worked-out percent in 1935 to 4 percent in 1958, and the 

turpentine t~mber; better f~re protection greatly proportion coming from hardwoods has dropped 

reduced losses from this source. In 1936 only 3.5 from 16 percent in 1935 to 11 percent in 1958. 

million acres received organized fire protection. The actual cut in 1958 was substantially below 

By 1950, the area protected had increased to 14 the long-term trend - 198 million cubic feet in 

million acres, and as of June 30, 1960, 16.6 million 1958 compared to the trend level of 249 million 

acres, or 79 percent of Florida's total forest area, cubic feet. This slump in timber cut in 1958 

was under organized fire protection. During 1959, reflects a sharp drop in both pulpwood and lumber 

only 48,426 acres, or only 0.3 percent of the pro- production, probably in response to the recession. 

tected area, were burned by ,wildfires. Also, im- It is unlikely that this augurs a sustained downproved naval stores practices have reduced ward trend. Year-to-year fluctuations are commortality. mon, and the difference between the trend and 

As the number of pine trees and the stand actual cut in 1958 is no greater than in many 

density built up, the reduction in mortality result- other years. 

ing from better fire protecclon and improved tur- Another change is that more and more of the 

penthing was offset, in part at least, by greater timber cut comes from small timber. In 1948, 

losses due to suppression and overcrowding. In three-fourths of the timber was cut from trees 

1959, the volume lost to mortal~ty was still about 11.0 inches and larger; in 1958, only 59 percent 

30 percent of gross timber growth. Much of this of the timber cut was from this size. 

YEAR 

1 I 

Figure 1.-Trend in timber cut, by species group. 1935 to 1960. 
Less Timber Used for Saw Logs 

Changes in the cut by species and size reflect 

the changing pattern of use by product. Percent 

of the timber cut by product for the Survey years 

is as follows: 

1935 1948 1958 

(Percent) (Percent) (Percent) 

Saw logs . . . . . . .55 41 28 

Pulpwood . . . . . . 6 3 8 62 

Other . . . . . . . . . 39 2 1 10 - - - Total all 

oroducts . .I00 100 100 

During the past 25 years a shift from a lumber 

to a pulpwood economy has taken place. Double 

band sawmills that eat their way through 20 to 

30 million board feet of saw logs a year are a 

thing of the past. In 1909, 35 sawmills in Florlda 

each cut 10 million or more feet of lumber a year. 

By 1948, this number had fallen to 7; and 10 years 

later in 1958, only 2 sawmills produced more than 

10 million board feet. These large mills were re- 

 laced to some extent by small mills, but the production of these small mills was not sufficient 

to forestall the downward trend in lumber production. 

Year-to-year fluctuations tend to hide the longterm trend. The computed trend over the past 

22 years indicates a drop in the average annual 

production of softwood lumber from 657 million 

board fret in 1936 to 399 million in 1958 - a dr 

.of 39 DerceLL (fig. 2). This trend level &?? 

million board feet was still substantially above the 

actual softwood oroduction of 232 million board 

feet in 1958. 

The cutback has been oarticularlv severe for 

cypress lumber. In 1936, cypress accounted for 

25 oercent of the softwood lumber oroduced. compa;ed to 16 percent in 1948 and only 12 percent 

in 1958. In 1958, only 28 million hoard fret of 

cypress lumber was cur. 

The rate of decline has not been quite so severe 

for pine. Yet, over a 22-year period between 1936 

and 1958, the average annual pine lumber production has dropped about 30 percent. 

Hardwood lumber production, though a small 

part of the total, has not changed much since 

1936. 
HARDWOOD 

100 0\ 

-- -\--/ -\-. /-\ -4 

0' I I I I J 

1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 

YEAR 

Figure 2,Trend in lumber production. 1935 to 1960. 

Shift to Pulpwood 

The pulp industry has taken over first place 

in Florida's timber economy from the large sawmills. Nine pulpmills have been added to the one 

in existence in 1936, giving Florida more pulping 

capacity than any other state in the Nation. 

Even by 1948, the shift to a pulpwood economy 

was well under way (fig. 3). In that year the 

volume of timber cut for pulpwood very nearly 

equalled the volume cut for saw logs. By 1958, 

pulpwood accounted for 62 percent of the timber 

cut, compared to only 28 percent for saw logs. 

The sharp increase in hardwood pulpwood production in 1957 and 1958 strongly suggests an 

upward trend in the use of hardwoods. Even with 

this large increase over past use, hardwoods are 

still a minor part of the total - 5 percent in 1959. 

Figure 3.-Trend in pulpwood production 

fexcludinq residues). 1935 to 1960. 

BOO ,. / ,AJ 

400 

I HARDW 200 -, 

1935 1940 1945 $950 1955 

GOO-K / '/ / 

I I 
Pulpwood cut is increasing and lumber cut decreasing. 
Downward Trend in 

Other Forest Products 

Much of the increase in pulpwood production 

has been offset by a drop in timber cut for other 

products. In 1958, products other than pulpwood 

and saw logs accounted for only 10 percent of the 

timber cut from growing stock. 

In terms of value, veneer continues to he an 

important use of timber in Florida even though 

the proportion of timber cut for veneer has 

dropped from 8 percent in 1948 to 4 percent in 

1958. In 1958, 31 plants, including 6 that were 

out of the State, processed 60 million board feet 

of veneer logs and bolts (Doyle scale) from 

Florida's hardwood timber. The volume of hardwood timber used for veneer nearly equals that 

used for saw logs. About four-fifths of the veneer 

bolts were cut from blackgum, sweetgum, and 

tupelo. 

The use of wood for fuel has also dropped 

sharply. The fuelwood proportion of the total 

output of timber products has dropped from 

351.700 cords in 1948 to 287.155 cords in 1958. 

The amount cut from growing stock has dropped 

even more. In 1958, very little growing stock was 

used for fuel. 

The production of poles and piling increased 

rapidly between 1935 and 1948, but produgtion 

has not changed much during the past 10 years. 

Some forest industries are disappearing. Hewn 

railroad ties have steadily been replaced by sawn 

ties. Cooperage and shingle plants have completely 

disappeared from Florida in the last decade. 

More Complete Use of Timber Cut 

Florida has made substantial progress toward 

more complete use of all trees cut. Today nearly 

all usable sections of softwood trees cut are being 

utilized. Very little softwood volume qualifying 

as growing stock is left in the woods. Sawmills 

use a greater portion of trees cut for saw logs now 

than formerly, and most of what is left is used for 

pulpwood. Usable volume in cut trees remaining 

in the woods amounts to only about 60,000 cords 

a year, most of it very rough, limby, and widely 

scattered. This material is not only costly to log 

but, because of small size and many knots, rather 

undesirable for pulpwood. 

Also. about three-fourths of the residue from 

In 1959, pulpwood chips equal to 122.900 cords 

of pine came from slabs and edgings produced 

by sawmills. 

the total volume of coarse mill byproducts. Most 

of the remainder is used for domestic fuel. 

Much of the increase in the use of slabs and 

edgings for pulpwood came from material formerly 

burned for fuel. The chances are good that a 

large part of the slabs and edgings now being 

burned will also be available for pulpwood as more 

and more sawmills install equipment to produce 

bark-free chips. 

Hardwoods, in contrast to softwoods, are very 

poorly utilized. Not only are hardwoods poorer in 

quality than softwoods, but the users of hardwood 

timber are far more exacting in their requirements. 

The demand is mainly for logs that will make 

either high-grade lumber or veneer. About 18 

percent of the hardwood timber cut is left in the 

woods. This volume is mainly tops that have little 

use except as fuel. 

Only about half the hardwood volume transported to the mill is used in the manufacture of 

~rirnary forest products. About 40 percent of the 

byproduct material is used, mainly as fuel. Only 

10,889 cords of hardwood mill byproducts were 

used for pulpwood in 1959. ~ ~~ 

the manufacture of primary products from timber 

is now being used for pulpwood. Virtually all the 

coarse material (slabs and edgings) produced by Change in Source of Naval Stores 

sawmills is being utilized either for pulpwood or 

5 6 $/f'/;n .- In addition to wood products, Florida's forests 

In 1956, only 3&23..cords of pulpwood came are an important source of turpentine and rosin, 

rom wood residues; by 1959, 134,080 cords, or usually referred to as naval stores. 

nearly 7 percent of the total.pulpwood produc- At one time, gum gathered from living pine trees 

tion, came from wood residues, mainly pine slabs provided the sole source of turpentine and rosin, 

and edgings. This volume accounted for over half 
but other sources now produce a large proportion 

of total naval stores. In 1936, three-fourths of 

the rosin and four-fifths of the turpentine was 

produced from gum. By 1950, less than half of 

the turpentine and rosin was produced from gum, 

and in 1959 other sources had replaced gum for 

all but 17 percent of the total production of turpentine and rosin.Vn 1935, 36 million trees were 

being worked for gum in Florida. By 1949, this 

number had dropped to 14 million trees, and in 

1959 less than 3 million trees were being worked. 

Production in Florida is now concentrated almost 

entirely in the Northeast. 

This decline in worked trees reflects competition from cheaper sources rather than a shortage 

of timber. Since 1935, the number of slash and 

longleaf pine suitable for turpentining has increasrd, and in 1959, Florida had nearly a half 

million acres of land suitable for turpentine operations that were not being worked. These are areas 

with 20 or more round longleaf and slash pine 

trees 10 inches d.b.h. or larger pet acre. Trees 

on only 132,000 acres were being worked in 1959. 

A partial reason has been that some large landowners considered turpentining unprofitable or 

undesirable. A recent dramatic rise in prices, 

however, is altering this attitude. 

Another important change is that present day 

turpentining no longer has the adverse effect on 

growing timber for wood products that it had in 

1936. In 1936, turpentining practices made a large 

part of the volume in worked-out stands unfit 

for wood products. Today, such improved practices as bark chipping with acid, use of removable nails and tins, and confinin,g turpentining 

to trees marked for early harvesting have made 

turpentining an important supplemental source 

of income from woodlands, with little or no interference with growing timber for wood products. 

In 1959, 92 percent of the faces in Florida were 

worked by gum producers participating in the 

Naval Stores Conservation Program. The program provides for the government and the producer sharing the cost of following approved conservation practices. 

Seasoned pitch-soaked stumps left following the 

logging of the old-growth pine stands were the 

first to replace gum as a source of naval stores. 

In 1958, nearly two-thirds of the rosin and 29 

percent of the turpentine were produced from 

pitch-soaked stumps. The use of stumps in 

Florida is expanding as stump supplies are being 

exhausted in certain other states. In 1958, seven 

plants in Florida and four plants in other states 

processed 793,000 tons of wood. At the present 

rate of consumption, there appears to he no immediate shortage of stumps in Florida. In 1959, 

the number of old-growth stumps totaled over 

130.8 million, of which 75 percent is readily available, although the cost for stumps has jumped 

as much as threefold recently. Another 35.5 milSource: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. 

lion will become available as timber now preventing access is logged. 

The uprooting of old pine stumps is essentially 

a mining operation. At the present time it appears 

unlikely that second-growth stumps, because of 

their smaller size and lower pitch content, will 

replace the old-growth stumps. Thus, eventually, 

the naval stores now produced from stumps must 

come from other sources. 

As the supply of stumps is depleted, byproducts 

from the sulphate pulping process may be expected to replace in part at least the turpentine 

and rosin now coming from stumps. Turpentine 

distilled from sulphate vapors and rosin produced 

from tall oil have increased rapidly with the increase in sulphate pulping capacity. In 1959, pulpmills supplied half the turpentine and 20 percent 

of the rosin. The naval-stores-producing potential 

from pulpmills does not appear to be as great for 

rosin as for turpentine. Thus, as the old-growth 

stumps disappear, users of rosin may have to turn 

more and more to gum from trees to fill 

their needs. 

Total consumption of naval stores products had 

changed little in the 25 years preceding 1959, 

but a sharp upswing in price and export demand 

has taken place since 1959. In the past, the 

Nation's industries have been using about 2 million 520-pound drums of rosin and 600,000 fiftygallon barrels of turpentine. For the six seasons 

from 1953 through 1958, U. S. rosin consumption exceeded production, and stocks declined by 

an average of about 40,000 drums per year. Free 

world production of paper and paper products, 

which represents the largest single application of 

rosin, advanced 9.4 percent in 1959 and by the 

first quarter of 1960 was 14.1 percent above the 

1958 level. One entirely new elemcnt in the 

extraction of gum naval stores from trees is the 

possibility of "gum orchards." In such orchards, 

rows of planted pines, bred from genetically 

superior strains, could produce at least twice as 

much gum as wild stands, and at the same time 

cut labor costs. A trial orchard of this type has 

been established by the U. S. Forest Service on 

the Olustee Experimental Forest. 

TIMBER SUPPLY OUTLOOK 

In many ways, the timber supply outlook is 

much brighter today than it was 25 years ago, 

or even 10 years ago. Protection from fire has 

greatly improved and some progress has been 

made in disease control. The State has twice as 

many pine trees. Annual growth has increased 39 

percent. Improved turpentining practices have 

eliminated most of the losses arising from this 

source in 1936. Large areas are heing cleared of 

shrubs and low-value hardwoods to make room 

for pine. 

Not all of the changes have improved the outlook, however. The State has less forest area and 

less volume in pine trees 13.0 inches and larger. 

In the past 10 years, the surplus growth in timber 

smaller than 13.0 inches failed to completcly offset 

the overcutting of larger timber. Also, while the 

number of pine trees has increased, the increase 

in hardwoods has been twice as great. Large areas, 

which in 1936 supported pine stands, now support 

only shrubs and low-value hardwoods. 

While the net result of past changes has been 

a substantial improvement in the timher supply 

outlook, merely maintaining past trends will not 

only fall far short of utilizing Florida's timbergrowing potential, but will also fail to provide the 

growth needed to sustain the upward trend in 

timber cut. Between 1936 and 1958, the cut of 

pine timber increased 34 percent. Maintaining 

this trend would mean another 33-percent increase 

in the cut by 1989. Yet a 30-year projection of 

the past average annual change in numbers of 

trees by 2-inch diameter classes would result in 

only a 9-percent increase in growth (table E). 

A continuation of past trends will result in 

shortages of the largest and best-quality cypress 

and hardwood timber, but the supply of small, 

low-quality timber will continue greatly to exceed 

the demand. 

Many of the factors influencing future trends 

may be expected to operate in the future as they 

have in the past, but much can be done to reinforce desirable trends and reverse those which 

are not. 

Natural Regeneration 

Outlook Less Favorable 

The increase in pine growth during the past 24 

years reflects almost entirely the favorable conditions for natural regeneration which resulted in 

a rapid buildup of small timber. 

The outlook for natural pine regeneration in the 

future is not nearly so favorable. Most of the 

increase in small pines took place between 1935 

and 1949. The number of 4-inch trees more than 

doubled between 1935 and 1949, but between 1949 

and 1959 the number increased only 24 percent. 

The smaller increase of only 13 percent in the 

number of 2-inch trees during the past 10 years 

suggests a further leveling-off of the regeneration 

rate and. consequently, of the growth rate. 

This leveling-off of the increase in the number 

of small pines reflects a change in conditions favorable to natural regeneration. In 1935, cutting 

and large-scale turpentining coupled with frequent 

burning kept a large share of Florida's forest land 

poorly stocked. The sharp reduction in burning 

since 1935 created conditions favorable to natural 

pine regeneration, and pine seedlings became 

established in large numbers in the many openings in the forest stands. However, this increased 

fire protection also favored the encroachment of 

hardwoods. The number of hardwood trees 1.0 

inch or larger more than doubled. Pines were 

replaced by hardwoods over large areas. 

Thus, by 1959, most of the land available for 

natural regeneration in 1935 had either become 

stocked with pine or was covered with hardwoods 

and brush. Consequently, Florida today has very 

little poorly-stocked land with conditions favorable 

to the natural regeneration of pine. In addition, 

out of the total 483,100 acres of flatwoods and 

upland area cut over annually during the 3-year 

period prior to 1959, 61 percent is poorly stocked 

and is not expected to restock with pine because 

of inadequate seed source or competing ground 

cover. 

Less Land Available to Grow Pine 

The downward trend in forest area also has a 

bearing on the regeneration outlook, especially 

since land converted from forest to other uses 

in the past has been mainly land suited to growing pine. In the light of recent land-use trends, 

the shift from forest to other uses may increase. 

The increase in improved pasture and urban lands 

was much greater during the past 10 years than 

the previous 14. Florida will be fortunate to 

retain the commercial forest area it now has, and 

the chances are good that growing competition 

from other uses will further reduce the area available for timber-growing. This will require more 

efficient use of the remaining forest area just to 

maintain the current level of growth. 

Table E. --TOW timber growth and trend level of 

timber cut by species group for selected years 

Item 1 1935 / 1948 / 1958 198911 

- -Million cubic feet - - 

pine: 

Net growth 156 $192 211 236 

Timber cut 157b4 188 211 f* 234 

Net change -1 +4 +6 12 

Cypress: 

Net growth 32 25 38 41 

Timber cut 48 26 10 35 

Net change -16 -1 128 16 

Hardwoods: 

Net growth 64 80 94 132 

Tlrnber cut 38 32 28 86 

Net change +26 +48 +66 146 

- 11 Projected data based on the average annual 

change in timber inventory between 1935 and 1959. 
The area favorable to natural pine regeneration is decreasing. Many of the 

forest openings created by frequent wildfires have filled in with pine or lowvalue hardwoods in response to betfer fire protection. 
Planting Outlook Favorable 

Between 1937 and 1948, the number of pine 

seedlings planted annually averaged less than 5 

million. Planting thereafter made spectacular 

gains. Pine seedlings planted since 1948 have 

averaged 91 million annually and during the 1959- 

60 season, 171 million. The number of pine seedlings planted in Florida between 1937 and 1960 

is shown in the following tabulation: 

This recent planting will not affect growth much 

for the next 15 to 20 years, but after 1980 plantations will begin to add substantially to the total 

growth. The full impact of the current planting 

program will not be felt until about 1990 and, 

even then. contribution to sawtimber growth will 

still be in'significant. - 

This growth from plantations will not be entirely 

an addition to the projected growth of 236 million 

cubic feet based on past natural regeneration. 

Planting in the future will replace a large part 

of the natural reaeneratlon, partly because of the 

rlorldl ror.,r srrviir Rnnl" 

As conditions become less favorable for natural 

regeneration, landowners will have to depend 

more and more on planting to restock their 

forest land. 

unfavorable conditions for, natural regeneration 

and partly because of the lncreaslng tendency of 

landowners to plant rather than risk incomplete 

stocking from natural regeneration. 
Large Area Needs Planting 

In spite of past and probable future shifts from 

forest land to other uses, Florida still has extensive 

areas suitable for restock~ng to pine. Out of the 

total 19.6 million acres of commercial forest land, 

14.6 million acres are upland and flatwood sites 

suitable for growing pine. Today, a very large 

part of this area is growing only a fraction of the 

pine timber it is capable of producing. Of the 14.6 

million acres,.8.8& mgicdhacres, or 60 percent, are 

less than 40 percent stocked with growing stock, 

that is, trees which will now or prospectively 

qualify as sawtimber (table F). Practically none 

of this land is expected to restock adequately within the next 10 years. Very little of it has an adequate seed source, and more than half of this 

poorly-stocked land has a cover of low-value hardwoods, culls, and shrubs which must be removed 

before it can be planted or seeded. 

In addition, timber cutting adds nearly 300,000 

acres annually to this potential pine area in need 

of planting or direct seeding. This is 61 percent 

increase growth. Florida has 3.4 million acres of 

pine sites which are now 40 to 70 percent stocked 

with growing stock - hut on which low-value 

trees and shrubs control 20 percent or more of 

the area and prevent the stands from becoming 

fully productive (table G). The removal of this 

less desirable material from the stands would 

make growing space available for the development 

and more rapid growth of the remaining highquality trees and, in many instances, for the establishment of additional trees. 

The opportunity to improve productivity on 1.2 

million acres of this area is especially favorable. 

The stands are now at least 40 percent stocked 

Table G. --Commercial forest area by major treatment needed to improve stocking, 1959 

Treatment Commercial forest area 

Thousand 

acre8 - Percent 

NO treatment: 

of the pine area cut over annually. In view of Pine sites 2, 372. 1 12.1 this annual increase in poorly stocked pine land Lowland sites 405.0 2. 1 

which is not expected to restock naturally, it Total 2, 777. 1 

seems unlikely that natural regeneration is re- 14. 2 

placing the trees cut. It appears likely that in st,d improvement: 

the future more and more planting will be required Pine sites 3, 446. 3 17. 6 just to sustain the present stand. And for each ~owiand sites 2. 814. 3 14. 6 

tree cut, several trees must be planted to offset 

Total normal mortality from suppression, insects, and 6. 318. 6 

, 32.2 

disease. Regeneration: 

Pine sites 8. 804. 1 45. 0 

Lowland sites 1, 686. 0 8. 6 

Medium -Stocked Stands Total 10. 490. 1 53. 6 

Need Improvement All commercial 

forest area 19, 585. 8 100.0 

Improving the productivity of medium- to wellstocked stands offers still another opportunity to 

Table F. --Commercial forest land potentially available for planting 

or direct seeding to pine, by site quality, 1959 

. - . . . . . - Thousand acres - - - 

Preplanting condition 

Site preparation not required: 

Commercial forest area. 1958 730.2 1, 568. 5 1, 536. 6 3. 835. 3 

Increase due to cutting, 1958 60. 3 53. 1 33. 6 147.0 

Total. 1959 790.5 1,621. 6 1, 570. 2 3, 982. 3 

Site preparation required: 

Commercial forest area. 1958 896. 8 1,909.2 1, 867. 6 4. 673. 6 

Increase due to cutting, 1958 45. 6 65. 7 36.9 148.2 

Total, 1959 942.4 1,974.9 1, 904. 5 4, 621. 8 

All types, 1959 1, 732.9 3. 596. 5 3.474.7 8, 804. 1 

Site quality 

Good Fair 
with desirable trees which will produce a 16-foot 

log free of defect if under 15 inches d.b.h., or if 

more than 15 inches, a 24-foot log that is 90 percent or more usable for lumber. The undesirable 

material is largely low, shrubby vegetation that 

can be eliminated by prescribed burning. Also, 

the larger, low-quality timber is pine that can be 

sold for pulpwood to defray the cost of treatment. 

The potential benefits from stand improvement 

are not so great on the remaining 2.2 million acres 

of partially productive pine sites. Although the 

stands are medium to well stocked, the present 

stand is of much lower quality; less than 40 percent of the area is stocked with select trees. Many 

landowners interested in obtaining prompt and 

complete restocking of their land may prefer to 

remove the present stand and take the action 

necessary to restock the area with pine. 

Lowland sites in Florida offer fewer opportunities to increase productivity than the pine sites. 

Less than half a million acres are well stocked 

with desirable trees, mainly cypress and hardwoods; 1.7 million acres are less than 40 percent 

stocked with growing stock. The prospect for 

natural regeneration of desirable trees is very 

poor. The areas for the most part are densely 

covered with shrubs and cull trees, and the low, 

wet sites make the use of heavy machinery to 

remove the undesirable material difficult or impossible. Research is needed to develop practical 

and economical ways of improving the productivity of these sites. 

FlCrld" Fanl. Srruli, 

Most of Florida is well suited lo growing pine, but today much of the area is 

either denuded or. more commonly, covered with cull trees and shrubs. 
Successful regeneration on many poorly stocked 

areas will require site preparation. 

Each year, to insure prompt restocking. three out of every five acres cut 

over require planting. usually preceded by site preparation. 
Low-value trees and other unwanted material must be removed or deadened 

in many medium-stocked stands to make room for the better trees. 
Mortality Outlook 

Currently, much of the volume of timber lost 

from mortality is in trees that die from suppression or overcrowding in dense unmanaged stands. 

In the future, better spacing, resulting from a 

greater dependence upon planting and intermediate harvest cuts, will reduce much of the loss from 

overcrowding. Frequent thinning and stand improvement will also reduce mortality by removing 

from the stand the least thrifty trees most susceptible to natural destructive agents. 

While intensive forest management will help 

reduce mortality from overcrowding, it can in 

some ways increase the threat of certain kinds of 

epidemic or catastrophic losses. Well-stocked, 

even-aged, single-species stands that are being 

developed under current management practices 

favor the buildup and spread of insects and 

disease. For example, thinned pine plantations are 

especially susceptible to losses from root rot caused 

by Fomci annosus. Trees are close enough together to permit F. annosus, which frequently invades freshly cut stumps, to spread to the remaining live trees through roots of stumps. Infected 

live trees often are killed or blown down. In some 

instances, root rot threatens the destruction of a 

large part of the residual stand following thinning. 

Also, the lack of natural barriers and the added 

fuel provided by extensive areas of well-stocked 

pine stands increase the threat of severe and widespread damage from fire. 

As forest landowners spend more and more 

money to improve the productivity of their forest 

stands, from insects, disease, and fire 

becomes imperative in order to safeguard their investment. Research is needed to develop ways of 

insuring early detection and suppression of incipient epidemic flareups of insects and disease; 

also, advance plans for the prompt salvage of dead 

and dying trees are needed to reduce the impact 

of catastrophic losses from such forces as hurricanes. 

Florida's mounting investment in growing timber greatly increases the importance of reducing 

the threat of such potential killers as fusiform 

rust (above) and turpentine beetles (left). The 

volume in trees killed by insects and disease 

now exceeds that killed by fire. 

Forest Land Ownership 

Affects Outlook 

The specific type of action required to influcnce 

future timber trends depends to a large extent 

upon the major interests of the peo,ple who own 

the land. Two-thirds of the commercial forest land 

in Florida is owned by nearly 100,000 owners who 

do not depend upon timber for their main source 

of income (table H). Over half of them are farmers who, on the average, own 160 acres of woodland. The remaining owners include merchants, 

lawyers, gum producers, mining companies, and 

land improvement companies. 

Forest lndustries own 4.5 million acres or 23 

percent of the forest area (table I). Most of this 

area (82 percent) is owned by pulp companies. 

The remaining 2.2 million acres (11 percent) is 

owned by public agencies. Half the land in public 

ownership is national forests; the remainder is 

about equally divided between the State of Florida 

and the Department of Defense, each owning 

about a half million acres. 

While productivity has improved in recent 

years, it is still far below potential on all classes 

of ownership. However, the productivity of land 

owned by public agencies and forest industries is 

significantly higher than farm woodlands and forest land owned by people not connected with forest 

industries. The average annual net growth on 

public land in 1958 was 17 cubic feet per acre, and 

on forest industry lands, 22 cubic feet per acre. 

In contrast, farm woodlands are producing only 

13 cubic feet per acre per year, and other private .-. lands, 14 cuhk feet. 

The better forest growth on industrial lands in 

part reflects higher potential productivity of the 

land. Growth per acre of.well stocked land belonging to forest industries is 36 cubic feet per acre per 

year, compared to about 30 cublc feet for other 

ownerships. Less than 10 percent of industrial 

forest Land is classed as Door site. compared to 28 

percent of the farm wooAdlands Ad 2f percent of 

bther private ownerships. 

The greater current productivity of public and 

industrial lands also reflects better stocking, partly 

in response to better management and also I?ecause better sites are generally more responsive 

to efforts to lncrease stocking. Current growth 

on lands of forest industry is 59 percent of the 

growth attainable if all the area were well stocked. 

In contrast, farm and other private lands are 

growing only about 45 percent of the growth of 

well stocked stands. 

More intensive cutting in relation to growth has 

contributed to lower productivity on the farm and 

other private lands. In 1958, when timber cutting 

was well below the average of the preceding 10 

years, pine cut on farm woodlands still exceeded 

the net growth (table J). On other ownerships, 

pine growth exceeded the cut by almost 50 percent. 

The major effort needed to realize potential 

growth must be expended on farm woodlands and 

other private land (table K). Growth on at least 

three-fourths of the forest land in Florida could 

be increased. On half of the forest area, regeneration, mainly to pine, is needed. The presence of 

low-value timber impedes growth on another 6.3 

million acres, and stand improvement is needed. 

Such improvement would not only result in stands 

better stocked with desirable timber but would 

greatly reduce mortality losses and up the growth 

rate by ~ermitting harvest of the least- thrifty 

trees. 

The increase in stocking and reduction in mortality that would follow from carrying out the 

needed regeneration, stand improvement, and 

measures to reduce mortality losses should result 

in at least the gross growth now being attained 

with well stocked stands and a reduction in mortality to 15 percent of the gross growth. This 

would mean an increase in growth from the current 3 1Lrnillion-~qbicfeet to 8$~million cubic '' 

CL-nearly 3 tlmes curr,ent,growth. However, 

only a third of this ~otent~al Increase in growth 

can be realized from public and industfial forest 

lands, where the prospects for intens~ve foresr 

management are good. On other ownerships, unless past and current trends are reversed, productivity will continue to decrease. The realization 

of the ~otential growth on thls area represents over 

three-fourths of the State's pine regeneration job 

and over half the stand improvement job. 

~~ble H. --Percent of commercial forest area, net growth. 

timber cut, and potential net growth by ownership 

Class of owner Forest Timber Current Potentla1 ii / area 1 cut / grouth 1 erowth 

PU~IIC 11 11 12 11 

Forest industries 23 30 31 26 

Farm 28 30 23 26 

Other private 38 29 34 31 

All owners 100 100 100 100 

- 11 As indicated by the percent that current gmwth 

is of the growth of well-stacked stands. 
Farmers and other private owners not connected with forest industries need 

help from both the wood-using industries and public agencies to make their 

land grow more and better-quality timber. 
Table 1. --Commercial forest area by ownership 

and site quality, 1959 

(In thousand acres) 

Table K. --Major action needed to increase productivity. 

and ~ossible increase in growth resulting fmm treatment, by ownership 

Class of owner 

Thousand acres Million cu. ft. 

Public 1. 107 823 55. 8 

Forest industry 1,700 1,791 122.3 

Farp 3. 375 1. 530 146. 1 

Class of omer 

Other private 4,308 2,115 210.1 

All owners 10. 490 6, 319 534. 3 

Publrc 744.5 782.4 690.7 2,217.6 

Forest ~nduatry 2.296.1 1, 774.6 439.1 4, 509.8 

Farm 1,303.0 2,567.2 1,504.4 5.374.6 

Other 2,228.6 3, 514.6 1.739.6 7,483.8 

All owners 6,573.2 8,638.8 4,373.8 19,585.8 

- 11 Exclusive of 1.4 million acres of idle and 

abandoned cropland. 

- 21 Based on bringing growth of 111 stands up to 

current growth of well stocked stands plus reducing 

mortality to 15 percent of gross growth. 

Total 

~ajor treatment site qvallty 

Table J. --Growth, mortality. and timber cut, by ~~nership andspecies group, 1956 

(In million cubic feet) 

potential 21 

additional 

growth Regen- 1 eration u Good Poor 

Public Pine 45. 7 13. 5 32. 2 15. 8 

Cypress 2.7 .8 1.9 4. 1 

Hardwoods 5. 8 3. 0 2. 8 .3 

Total 54.2 17. 3 36. 9 20.2 

Forest industry Pine 98. 9 29. 6 69. 3 51. 2 

Cypress 14. 8 4.9 9.9 .2 

nardwoods 38. 3 20. 1 18. 2 5. 6 

Total 152.0 54. 6 97.4 57. 0 

Farm Pine 60. 0 17. 9 42. 1 44. 3 

Cypress 14. 8 4.9 9.9 2. 5 

Hardwoods 40. 1 21. 1 19. 0 10.9 

Total 114. 9 43.9 71. 0 57. 7 

Other private Pine 97.3 29. 1 68.2 48. 2 

Cypress 20.5 6. 8 13. 7 .3 

Hardwoods 52. 0 27. 4 24.6 5. 9 

Total 169.8 63. 3 106. 5 54.4 

All owners Pine 301.9 90.1 211.8 159.5 6'1.2 

Cypress 52. 8 17. 4 35.4 7.1) 

Hardwards 136. 2 71. 6 64. 6 22, 7J !5 7 

Total 490. 9 179. 1 311. 8 189. 3 

improvement Fair 

Cle.88 of owner Gross 

growth 

Species 

group Mortality Timber 

growth 
Appendix 

ACCURACY OF FOREST SURVEY ESTIMATES 

Forest-resource information collected by the 

Forest Survey includes estimates based on samples 

having an associated sampling error. A large 

enough sample is taken to keep the sampling error 

below a specified minimum for forest arra and 

timber volume. Nonsampling errors, such as may 

arise from mistakes in judgment, measurement, 

recording, and compilation, are kept to a minimum 

through training, supervision, field check cruises, 

and complete editing and machine verification in 

compiling the data. 

Forest Area 

Estimates of forest area were based on the classification of 161,486 sample points systematically 

spaced on aerial photographs, followed by a ground 

check of 7,092 of these points to adjust for cha'ngcs 

in land use since the date of photography. The 

sampling error for the 20 million acres of commercial forest area in the State is 0.48 percent. 

State and Unit forest areas by ownership shown 

in table 2 of the appendix are compiled from ownership records and do not have sampling errors. 

Other estimates of forest areas, such as forest 

area by forest type, stand size, stocking, and ownership by the above detail are based on the 5,197 

ground forest plots and have a sampling error. 

Thus, ownership breakdowns based on the plots 

will differ slightly from those based on cornpil;~. 

tions from records. 

The sampling error of forest area breakdowns 

depends upon the proportion that the breakdown 

is of the forest area and the proportion that the 

forest area is of the total land area in the State. 

Sampling errors for areas smaller than the State 

total and for forest proportions other than 56.3 

percent can be obtained by referr~ng to figures 4 

and 5. For example, there are 5,722JXX) acres of 

commercial forest land in Northwest Florida. This 

represents 79 percent of the total land in Northwest Florida. The lower curve in figure 5 shows 

that the sampling error of 79 percent is 0.276 percent for the State as a whole. Since Northwest 

Figure (.-Ratio of standard error of an area or volume breakdown to the 

percentage error of the estimate of toral area or volume. 

25 
Figure 5.-Percent standard error by proportion of land area and commercial forest area. 

Florida has only 29 percent of the State's commercial forest land, this sampling error must be 

multiplied by the factor 1.85 obtained from figure 

4. Therefore, the sampling error of the 5,722,NK) 

acres is 0.276 x 1.85, or 0.51 percent. 

Similarly, the sampling error may be determined 

for the estimate of forest area in a single county. 

Commercial forest occupies 525,900 acres in Levy 

County, 75 percent of the land area. This is 2.7 

percent of the State's commercial forest. The 

sampling error of this acreage is 0.3 1 percent x 6.1, 

or 1.9 percent. 

The sampling error for breakdowns for all forest 

area in the State may be obtained from the upper 

curve in figure 5. For example, the proportion of 

the forest area that is pine and oak-pine type in 

Florida is 11,579.3 t 19,585.8, or 0.591. The 

sampling error of this breakdown is 1.26 percent 

using only figure 5. When the type breakdown 

is for less than the entire State, both tables must 

be used. Northwest Florida has 3,271,400 acres 

of pine and oak-pine type, 57.2 percent of the commercial forest land. Since Northwest Florida has 

only 29 percent of the State's commercial forest 

land, the sampling error of 1.3 from figure 5 must 

be multiplied by the factor 1.85 from figure 4. 

Thus, the sampling error is 2.4 percent. The 

sampling error is slightly higher when the forest 

proportion is lower than the State average of 56.3 

percent and slightly lower when above this average. This difference through the range of forest 

proportions in the State represents a very small 

part of the total sampling error and for all practical purposes can be ignored. 

Timber Volume 

Estimates of inventory volume and growth are 

based on measurements recorded at 5,197 of the 

photo points classed as forest land. Sampling 

errors for the entire State and per billion units of 

volume are shown below: 

Estimate Total Per billion 

(Percent) (Percent) 

Growing stock volume 

Cubic feet or cords 2.04 5.58 

Board feet 2.15 10.19 

Net cubic-foot growth 1.64 0.91 

Estimates for detailed breakdown or for areas 

covering less than the State have larger sampling 

errors. The sampling error for part of the total 

is obtained by applying the appropriate multiplying factor corresponding with the proportionate 

part of the total to the total error for the State 

(fig. 4). For example, the sampling error for the 

\~olurne of pine growing stock in cubic feet is 

2.04 x 1.51, or 3.08 percent. The multiplying factor 

of 1.51 corresponds to the proportion of pine in the 

growing stock volume (3,243.0 t 7,483.2, or 0.43). 

The sampling error for the 1,274.5 million cubic 

feet of pine growing stock in Northwest Florida 

(17.0 percent of the State total) is 2.04 x 2.4, or 

4.9 percent. 

Sampling errors for net growing stock volume 

range upward from a low of 9.4 percent for Liberty 

County with 4,795,000 cords. The sampling 

errors for individual county statistics are too high 

to he useful; they are presented by county to 

permit adding any combination of counties together until the total is large enough to meet the 

desired degree of reliability. To obtain an estimate 

with a sampling error of 10 percent, data for 

enough counties must be added together to total 

about 4.1 million cords on the average. 
HOW THE FOREST including seedlings and larger of both commcrINVENTORY IS MADE 

cia1 and noncrirnmercial species. Excludes vines, 

shrubs. etc.. and (bi from which trees have been 

Forest statistics in Florida were estimated from 

a double sampling scheme. A large number of 

points on aerial photos were examined and classified by land use. A much smaller subsample of 

these points was selected for examination on the 

ground. The detailed procedure was as follows: 

1. Preliminary estimates of the acreage of land 

in forests and other land-use classes were obtained 

by classifying points printed on every third aerial 

photograph in alternate flight lines within a 

county. The proportion of points falling in each 

class was used to estimate the acreage. This estimate was later checked and revised through the 

use of ground plots. 

2. Ground sample plots were selected in a systematic manner from the forest land classifications made in Step 1, using an interval which 

would provide sufficient plots to meet established limits of error per billion cubic feet of 

timber. This resulted in a proportional sample of 

all existing timber stands. Field crews recorded 

measurements and observations on several types 

of plots superimposed at each location. The basic 

plot was a variable plot with a basal area factor 

of 10 square feet per acre on which timher volume, 

quality, mortality, and crown density were recorded. The tally of timber cut and of wood naval 

stores stumps was made on a l/5-acre circular 

plot. The tally of seed trees was made on a variable plot having a basal area factor of 3.14. Crown 

density and stocking of brush and seedlings were 

recorded on a line sample extending 112 chain 

north and south of plot center and from 10 

quadrats of 1 milacre each along this line. Samples 

of photo land-use classifications other than forest 

land were also checked on the ground to verify 

or adjust the area estimates based on these classifications. 

3. Growth estimates were based on increment 

borings taken on all tally trees 4.0 inches at d.b.h. 

and larger except live oak and palm. The volume 

of timber cut by product in 1958 was obtained 

from a production survey and from utilization 

studies. The breakdown of the timber cut by 

size was computed from a tally of the stumps of 

trees cut on the plots during a specified period. 

4. All field data were sent to Asheville for 

editing and were placed on punch cards for machine computing, sorting, and tabulation. Final 

estimates were based on statistical summaries of 

the data. 

DEFINITION OF TERMS 

Land - Use Classes 

Forest land: Areas of one acre or more (a) 

which are at least 10 percent stocked with trees 

>, . . removed to less than 10 percent stocking but which 

have nor been developed for other uses. Narmw 

strips less than 120 feet wide, even though area is 

an acre or more, are excluded. Also excludes areas 

around home sires and barns that are occupied by 

ornamental trees or trees used for shade. Orchard 

trees are not included in computations for stocking. 

Commercial: Forest land which is (a) producing, or physically capable of producing, trees 

with one sound saw log at least R feet long, 

(b) economically accessible now or in the foreseeable future, (c) not withdrawn from timber 

utilization, such as parks and watersheds. 

Noncommercial: All other forest land that 

does not qualify as commercial forest. 

Unproductiue: Noncommercial forest land 

which is not capable of producing trees with 

one sound saw log at least 8 feet long, or that are 

economically inaccessible. 

Productiue-~eserued: Noncommercial forest 

land which is capable of producing trees with 

one sound saw log at least 8 feet long but 

which has been withdrawn from timber utilization, such as parks and watersheds. 

Nonforest land: Includes all land not qualifying as forest and water areas under 40 acres, and 

strips of water less than 660 feet wide. Also Includes improved (graded) roads and railroads. 

Cropland: Nonforest land which has been cultivated within the past two years. Also includes 

tended orchards and yards of occupied farm 

homes. Excludes land being developed for permanent pasture even though it has been cultivated within the past two years. 

Improved pasture: Nonforest areas that are 

fenced, are less than 10 percent stocked with 

trees, and show evidence that an attempt is 

being made to maintain a sod of forage species. 

Idle or abandoned croplarrd: Includes cropland and orchards not cultivated or tended in 

the past two years, abandoned farm home sites, 

and nonforest land that no longer qualifies as 

improved pasture because of lack of maintenance. 

Marsh 07 prairie: Low, wet areas characterized by heavy growth of reeds and grasses 

without tree growth. .41so includes upland 

meadows or ~rairies where timber does not grow 

naturally. 

Urban and other: Areas occupied by cities 

and towns, suburban areas developed for rrsidential or industrial purposes, school yards, 

cemeteries, mines, quarries, airfields, roads, railroads, other cleared rights-of-way, and nonforested sand dunes and beaches. Excludes exrensive areas of forested land within legal boundaries of cities and towns which have not been 

developed for other purposes and are available 

for ~roduction of timber. Includes town ~arks. 
Ownership Classes Stocking 

National forest: Includes Federally-owned land 

within the boundaries of the national forests. 

Indian: Federal Indian reservations. 

Bureau oj Land Management: Includes public 

domain lands. 

Other Federal: Includes military reservations, 

wildlife refuges, etc. 

State: Includes state forests, etc. 

County and municipal: Includes parks, watersheds, etc. 

Pulp and paper companies: Includes land owned 

in fee simple by pulp and paper companies. Excludes leased lands. 

Other wood-using industries: Includes land 

owned by all industries, except pulp and paper 

companies, that use round wood as raw material, 

such as sawmills, veneer plants, handle mills, etc. 

Farm: Includes forest land on private farms defined as a privately-owned tract of land 3 acres 

or larger, exclusive of home garden products, producing agricultural products valued at $150; or 

a smaller tract producing and selling agricultural 

products for $150 or more per year. Agricultural 

products include field crops, vines, orchards, ornamental plants, rabbits, bees, fur-bearing animals, 

poultry, and common farm animals. Not included 

are "fish farms," fish hatcheries, "oyster farms," 

and "frog farms." Also includes forest land owned 

by a farmer but not producing agricultural 

products if the total area owned does not exceed 

1,000 acres. Excludes farmer-owned areas that 

exceed 1,000 acres and less than 10 percent of 

the total is used to produce agricultural products. 

Miscellaneous private: Includes all forest land 

on ownerships not included under the above classifications. 

Stand Size 

Heavy sawtimbev stands: Stands containing a 

net volume of 5,000 board feet or more (Int. !4- 

inch rule) per acre. 

Light sawtimber stands: Stands containing a net 

volume of 1,500 hut less than 5,000 board feet per 

acre. 

Poletimber stands: Stands failing to qualify as 

sawtimber but at least 10 percent stocked with 

poletimber and sawtimber and with at least 5 

percent of the stocking in poletimber. 

Seedli~,~ and sapling stands: Stands not qualifying as sawt~mber or poletimber but having at least 

10 percent stocking of growing stock, and with 

at least 5 percent of the stocking in seedlings and 

saplings. 

Nonstocked and other areas: Commercial forest 

areas not qualifying as sawtimber, poletimber, or 

seedling and sapling stands. Includes denuded 

areas and areas stocked with culls. 

Stocking is a measure of the degree to which 

growing space is effectively utilized by trees. 

The stocking of trees tallied (trees 1.0 inch and 

larger) was based on crown measurements of 

sound, free-growing trees. Understory trees, trees 

with less than 50 percent of their crown area exposed to direct light from above, were not used 

in determining stocking. For softwoods, stocking 

was equal to 3 times the crown area for 2-inch 

saplings, 2 times the crown area for 4-inch saplings, and 1.7 times the crown area for tfees 5.0 

inches and larger. For hardwoods, stock~ng was 

equal to the crown area. 

The stocking of sound seedlings is based on 10 

quadrats of 1 milacre each along the l-chain 

transect. Each stocked milacre quadrat completely 

free from overtopped trees 1.0 inch and larger 

counted as 10-percent stocking. 

Well stocked: Areas 70 percent or better stocked 

with growing stock. 

Medium stocked: Areas 40 to 70 percent stocked 

with growing stock. 

Poorly stocked: Areas less than 40 percent 

stocked with growing stock. 

Forest Types 

Forest type is based on the crown density of 

live, free-growing trees from the variable plot 

tally and the free-growing seedlings from the line 

sample. 

Softwood types: Stands with longleaf, slash, 

loblolly, spruce, pond, sand, or shortleaf pine and 

redcedar making up 50 percent or more of the 

crown density. 

Oak-pine type: Stands with yellow pines or 

redcedar making up at least 25 percent but less 

than 50 percent of the crown density. The remaining cover is usually hardwoods, but may include 

cypress, other softwoods, or cabbage palmetto. 

Hardwood types: Stands with yellow pines or 

redcedar making up less than 25 percent of the 

crown density. 

Upland hardwood types: Hardwood stands 

with upland species such as oaks, hickory, yellow-poplar, and gum making up 50 percent or 

more of the hardwood crown density, but with 

scrub oak making up less than 50 percent of the 

hardwood crown density. 

Scrub oak type: Hardwood stands with scrub 

oak making up 50 percent or more of the hardwood crown density. 

Bench hardwood type: Hardwood stands in 

the choice bottomland or stream-margin sites 

with cherrybark oak, swamp chestnut oak, and 

shumard oak, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, and 

other associated species making up 50 percent 

or more of the hardwood crown density. 
Water oak-gum type: Hardwood stands in 

moist riverbottom or stream margin sites with 

water oak, laurel oak, willow oak, elm, red 

maple, blackgum, and associated species making up 50 percent or more of the hardwood 

crown density. In the broad riverbottoms this 

type usually occupies the upper portion of the 

first bottom between the wet gum-cypress sltes 

and the bench hardwood sites. In narrow riverbottoms it may be the only type present. 

Gum-cypress type: Hardwood stands with 

water tupelo, blackgum, cypress, and whitecedar 

making up 50 percent or more of the hardwood 

crown density. Does not include upland stands 

with 50 percent or more of the crown density 

in blackgum. 

Palm type: Stands with cabbage palmetto making up 50 percent or more of the crown density 

but with yellow pine or redcedar making up less 

than 25 percent of the crown density. 

Flatwoods and uplands: Areas supporting pine, 

oak-pine, upland hardwood and scrub oak types. 

Lowlandi: Areas supporting bench hardwood, 

water oak-gum, gum-cypress and palm types. 

Site Quality Classes 

Site quality classes for pine and oak-pine types 

are determined from an index based on the height 

of the dominant and codominant trees at 50 

years. 

Poor site: Site index of 60 or less for loblolly 

pine type and site index of 50 or less for all other 

pine types and all oak-pine types, including oakloblolly pine type. 

Fair site: Site index of 70 for loblolly pine type 

and site index of 60 for all other pine types and 

all oak-pine types. 

Good site: Site index of 80 or greater for loblolly pine type and site index of 70 or greater for 

all other pine types and all oak-pine types. 

Site quality classes for hardwood types are 

based on the average length of the saw-log portion 

at maturity. : Poor site: Evidenced by stands of poor growth 

and scrubby form producing short-boled timber 

with an average length of one 16-foot log or less; 

usually found on dry sites or poorly drained flats 

with underlying ha~dpan. 

7 Fair site: Evidenced by stands of average height 

and form where the trees may be expected to produce an average merchantable length of two 16- 

foot logs. 

Good site: Evidenced by hardwood stands of 2 the best form and species and capable of producing 

trees with a merchantable length of three 16-foot 

logs or more. Such sites are usually found in bottoms of deep, well-drained soils, although cypress 

and tupelo may be found growing on good sites 

in swampy, wet areas 

Area Condition Classes 

Class I: Areas 70 percent or more stocked with 

desirable trees. 

Class 2: Areas 40 to 70 percent stocked with desirable trees and with less than 20 percent of the 

area controlled by inhibiting vegetation or surface conditions that will Drevent occuoancv . bv ,, desirable trees. 

Class 3: Areas 40 to 70 oercent stocked with 

desirable trees but with 20 dercent or more of the 

area controlled by less desirable cover such as 

poor growing stock, limited-use, rough and rotten 

trees or shrubs. Also includes all other areas 40 

percent or more stocked with growing stock. 

Class 4: Areas less than 40 percent stocked with 

growing stock and with adequate seed source and 

seedbed favorable to natural restocking. Includes 

upland and flatwood areas with at least 5 pine 

seed trees per acre and less than 20 percent of the 

area controlled by inhibiting vegetation. 

Class 5: Areas less than 40 percent stocked with 

growing stock and with inadequate seed source 

and/or seedbed unfavorable to natural regeneration. Includes upland areas with less than 5 pine 

seed trees per acre and 20 percent or more of the 

area controlled by inhibiting vegetation, and all 

lowlands less than 40 percent stocked with growing stock. 

Stand Treatment Classes 

No treatment: Stands ready for harvest, stands 

in highly productive condition, and stands where 

there is little or no practical opportunity to increase harvest yields by cultural measures. Includes area condition classes 1, 2, and 4. 

Stand improwememt: Stands where cleaning, 

thinning, killing of cull trees, sanitation or salvage 

cutting, or pruning will be primarily effective in 

increasing yields of desirable trees. Includes area 

condition class 3. 

Regeneration: Areas where planting, seeding, site 

preparation, removal of inhibiting vegetation, or 

other measures to obtain, natural or artificial regeneration will be primar~ly effective in increasing 

yields of desirable trees. Includes condition class 5. 

Class of Timber 

Desirable trees: Trees of high vigor and low risk 

that do not have defects that limit their present 

or ~otential use for high-quality timber products 

such as veneer logs and choice saw logs. 

Desirable sawtimber trees: Sawtimber trees 

which meet the following requirements: 

1. Trees 15.0 inches d.b.h. or larger with 

at least 32 feet of saw-log portion free 

of rot, sweep, crook, or other defect 
causing loss of board-foot volume. Trees 

under 15.0 inches d.b.h. with at least 24 

feet of saw-log portion free of boardfoot cull. 

2. Softwood trees 15.0 inches d.h.h. or 

larger with one saw log 8 feet or longer 

qualifying as grade 2 or better. Softwood 

trees under 15.0 inches with one log 

qualifying as grade 3 or better. Hardwoods must have one log of grade 3 or 

better. 

3. Trees that are vigorous and show no 

evidence of risk of mortality and have 

a complete crown of live limbs. Boles 

are neither hollow nor have an exposed 

rotten area over 4 inches in width. May 

include turpentined trees if they have 

not been idle or worked out as long as 

5 years and do not have a burned turpentined face. 

Desirable poletimber trees: Poletimber trees 

that meet the following requirements: 

1. Trees free of stem deformities that 

would prevent having 24 feet of cullfree saw-log portion upon reaching sawtimber size. 

2. Hardwood trees with at least an 8-foot 

stem section meeting the grade 3 requirements for clear cuttings. 

3. Trees that are vigorous and have a complete crown of live limbs and have boles 

that are not hollow or contain exposed 

rotten wood. 

Desirable seedlings and sapli#,gs: Includes 

trees of the following species unless so obviously 

deformed and defective or are on such a poor 

site that they are not expected to develop into 

sawtimber: 

Longleaf pine Water tupelo 

Slash pine Yellow-poplar 

Spruce pine Sweetgum 

Loblolly pine Magnolia 

Shortleaf pine White oak 

Pond pine Swamp chestnut oak 

Cvoress Cherrvbark oak , . Shumard oak 

Growinp stock: Trees of commercial species that 

now or p;ospectively qualify as sawtimber. Includes desirable trees. 

Sawtimber trees: Softwood trees 9.0 inches 

d.b.h. or larger and hardwood trees 11.0 inches 

d.b.h. or larger of commercial species with boardfoot defect not exceeding 50 percent of the gross 

volumc in the saw-log portion. The tree must 

have an 8-foot log meeting the minimum requirements for log grade 4 (see tree grades in 

next section hereunder). 

Saw-log portion: The section of the bole of 

a sawtimber tree from the stump to the upper 

limit of merchantability for saw logs. The 

upper limit is a fixed percent of d.b.h. except 

where, because of roughness or other defects, 

sections below the minimum top diameter fail 

to meet the minimum requirements for saw 

logs. 

Upper item: The section of the bole or main 

stem of a sawtimber tree extending from the 

top of the saw-log portion to a point 4.0 inches 

inside the bark. 

Poletimber trees: Trees of commercial species 

from 5.0 inches d.b.h. up to sawtimber size which 

are expected to qualify as sawtimber. 

Seedling and sapling trees: Trees of commercia1 species less than 5.0 inches d.b.h. which show 

promise of qualifying as sawtimher. Seedlings 

exclude longleaf pine that do not measure 5:- 

inch at ground level, other softwoods less than 

0.5 foot high, and hardwoods less than 1.0 foot 

high. 

Sound cull trees: Live trees that do not qualify 

as growing stock but sound wood makes up 50 

percent or more of the gross cubic-foot volume. 

Rotten cull trees: Live trees that do not 

qualify as growing stock and sound wood makes 

up less than 50 percent of the gross cubic-foot 

volume. 

Hardwood limbs: Includes section of limbs 

from the base of the bole to a point 4.0 inches 

inside the bark. 

Sduable dead trees: Standing or down dead 

trees that are considered currently or potentially merchantable. This is obtained by multiplying the percent that the annual timber cut 

is of the total growing stock inventory by the 

total number of growing stock trees that die 

annually. 

Tree Grades 

Tree grades are based on the log grade of the 

butt log graded according to standards presented 

in: 

1. Interim log grades for southern pine. 

South. Forest Expt. Sta., 18 pp. 1953. 

2. Hardwood log grades for standard lumber: proposals and results. U. S. Forest 

Products Laboratory D1737. 1949. 

Hardwood log grades include, in addition to the 

hardwood log grades for standard lumber, a grade 

4 tie and timber log. A grade 4 hardwood log must 

be sound internally (cannot have a rotten center), 

and no single knot or group of knots withln a 6- 

inch section of the log can exceed one-third the log 

diameter at that point. Rotten defects or holes 

can be present on the surface of the log, but they 

must not extend more than 3 inches into the 

potential tie or timber. Sweep departure cannot 

exceed one-fourth the log scaling d~ameter per 8 

feet of length, and departure of crook cannot exceed 50 percent of the gross board-foot volume. 
Diameters 

D.6.h. (diameter at breast height): Stem 

diameter in inches, outside bark, measured at 

4% fcet above the ground. 

Diameter class: All trees were tallied by 0.1- 

inch diameter classes and tabulated by 2-inch 

diameter classes, each 2-inch class including 

diameters 1.0 inch below and 0.9 inch above the 

stated midpoint, e.g., trees 7.0 to and including 8.9 

inches are included in the 8-inch diameter class. 

Corresponding limits apply to other diameter 

classes. 

Volume Estimates 

Board-foot volume: The volume in board feet, 

measured by the International %-inch rule, exclusive of defect, of that portion of sound sawtimber trees between the stump and the upper 

limit of merchantability for saw logs. 

Volume in cords: For sound trees the volume in 

standard cords (including bark) of the sound portion of trees 5.0 inches d.h.h. or larger, between 

stump and a minimum top stem diameter of 4.0 

inches inside bark. Similar volumes are given for 

cull trees. The volume in limbs which are at least 

4.0 inches in diameter inside bark is shown 

separately. 

Volz~me in cubic feet: Cubic-foot volume of the 

same material shown in cords except that bark is 

not included. 

International %-inch log rule: A rule for estimating the board-foot volume of 4-foot log 

sections, according to the formula V = 0.905 

(0.22D2 - 0.71D). The taper allowance for computing the volume in log lengths greater than 4 

feet is 0.5 inch per 4-foot section. Allowance for 

saw kerf is %-inch. 

Standard cord: The solid wood content, exclusive of bark, of a stacked pile 4x 4x 8 feet of 

round or split bolts. See "Conversion Factors" for 

cubic-foot content. 

Growth and Timber Cut 

G~oss growth: The growth on trees that were 

of volume size at the beginning of the year and 

the ingrowth resulting from smaller trees growing into volume size during the year. 

Mortality: The net volume in trees dying from 

natural causes during the year. 

Net growth: Gross growth minus mortality. 

In board feet: The change during the calendar year in sawtimber volume resulting from 

growth, ingrowth, and mortality losses. 

In cubic feet or cord,: The change during 

the calendar year in the volume of all trees 

5.0 inches and larger resulting from growth, 

ingrowth, and mortality losses. 

Timber cut: The volume of timber cut by 

product for 1958 is based on a canvass of all woodusing industries in the State. The size breakdown 

of the cut is based on the measurement and tally 

of stumps found on regular ground sample plots. 

Stumps of all trees cut during the preceding 3- 

year period were measured. Timber cut from cull 

or dead trees is not included. 

Conversion Factors 

CUBIC FEET OF WOOD PER AVERAGE CORD 

(EXCLUDING BARK) 

Average 

Cypress 1 Hardwoods 

BOARD FEET PER CUBIC FOOT OF GROWING STOCK 

(ENTIRE STEM) 

24 6. 30 5. 36 4. 58 

26 5. 90 5. 77 5. 54 

Average 4.75 4. 12 4.59 
AREA 

INDEX TO DETAILED TABLES 

GROWTH 

1. Land area, by class and Survey Unit 

2. Commercial forest land, by ownership and . . Survey Unit 

3. Commercial forest land, . by . ownership, stand 

size, and stocking 

4. Commercial forest land, by ownership, major 

forest type, and stocking 

5. Commercial forest land, by forest type and . . -. Survey Unit 

6. Commercial forest land, by ownership, maior 

forest type, and site 6aiity 

7. Commercial forest land, by ownership and 

area-condition classes 

8. Commercial forest land, by area-condition 

and stand treatment needed for full productivity 

9. Commercial forest land cut over annually, by 

ownership and Survey Unit 

VOLUME 

23. Net annual growth, mortality, and cut of sawtimber and growing stock on commercial 

forest land, by ownership and species group 

24. Annual mortality of sawtimber and growing 

stock on commercial forest land, by species 

group and cause of death 

25. Average annual net growth per acre of sawtimber on commercial forest land, by ownership, major forest type, and species group 

26. Average annual net growth per acre of growing stock on commercial forest land,, by ownership, major forest type, and specles group 

27. Average annual net growth per acre of growing stock on commercial forest land, by stand 

size, major forest type, stocking, and site 

quality 

UTILIZATION 

28. Output of timber products from roundwood 

and plant residues, by product and species 

10. Net volume of sawtimber on commercial group 

forest land. bv ownership, maior forest type. 29. Output of timber products from roundwood, , .. . . . and species group by source, product, and species group 

11. Net volume of growing stock and cull timber 30. Timber cut from sawtimber and growing 

on commercial forest land, by ownership, stock, by product and species group 

major forest type, and species group 31. Disposition of timber cut from growing stock 

12. Net volume of sawtimber and growlng stock 

on commercial forest land,, by species group, 

stand size, and Survey Unit 

13. Net volume of sawtimber and growing stock 

on commercial forest land, by species 

14. Net volume of timber on commercial forest 

land, by species group and class of material 

15. Net volume of sawtimber on commercial 

forest land, by diameter class and specles 

16. Net volume of growing stock on commercial 

forest land, by diameter class and specles 

17. Net volume of timber on commercial forest 

land, by diameter class, species group, and 

class of material 

18. Net volume of sawtimber on commercial 

forest land, by species group and tree grade 

19. Number of growing stock, cull, and salvable 

dead trees on commercial forest land, by 

species group and diameter class 

20. Average net sawtimher volume per acre on 

commercial forest land, by ownership, major 

forest type, and species group 

21. Average net volume per acre of growing stock 

and cull timber on commercial forest land, by 

ownership, major forest type, and specles 

COMPARISONS 

32. Land area, by class and major forest type, 

1934-1936, 1949, and 1959 

33. Net volume of growinn stock and cull timber. 

by diameter c&ss an2 species group, 1934- 

1936, 1949, and 1959 

34. Timber-growth projections, 1958 to 1989 

COUNTY TABLES 

35. County area, by class 

36. Ownership of commercial forest land, by 

county 

37. Net volume of sawtimber, by county and 

species group 

38. Net volume of growing stock and cull timber, 

by species group and county 

group - 22. Average net volume per acre of growing stock 

on commercial forest land, by stand slze, 

major forest type, stocking, and site quality. 
Table 1. Lvld area.U by cirss and sulvey umt, F,,,fida, ,959 

(I" thousand acres, 

LM~ clam j state 1 ~~rth~~ Northwest centrd I 

Commercial forest imd 19. 585.8 7, 167.2 5, 722. 0 4. 825. i 1. 871. 5 

Nonforest land: 

Cropland 2,493.6 667. 3 623.8 827. 1 275. 3 

Improved pasture 2. 383. 1 461. 6 188. 0 1. 2ZS.Z 504. 3 

Idle or abandoned 

cropland 1. 047. 3 397.2 220. 8 241. 7 187. 5 

Marsh or 6. 031. 3 456.7 167.4 1, 995. 3 5,471. 8 

Urban ad other3 1. 786.0 413.0 315.4 536.5 421. i 

Total nonioreet 13. 801. 3 2. 395. 8 1. 515. 5 5. 028. 8 4. 860. 1 

All land1 34. 817. 1 9, 636. 7 7. 258. 7 9, 985. 6 7, 936. 1 

l/ From U. S. Bureau of the Census. land and water areas of the United 

states. 1950. 

21 Includes 803,600 acre8 of water according to Survey standards but 

defined by the Bureau of the Census as land area. Also inclvdes 4. 500 acres 

of marsh repone,, by the Bureau of the ceneus as water. 

31 Includes urban. suburban renldenti%l and induatrid areas. rights-ofway, cemeteries. schools, etc. 

V Adjusted io mclvde 4. 500 acres oi marsh reponed as wahr by the Bureau ai the Census and 91, 500 acres classihcd as water by the Bweau of 

the census but as land by the parest Survey. ~lso adlusted to mxclude 12.100 

acres of Ccnavs water created slnce 1950. 

Table 2. -Commercial forest land. by ownership and Suriey Unit. Florida. 1959 

Natianai forest 1. 027. l 418. 3 542. 9 65. 8 -~ 

other Federal: 

(In thousand acres) 

hdian 18. S .. -- -~ 18. 9 

Bureau oi Land 

Management 2. 8 0. 4 0.5 1. 8 . . other 588.4 10.7 497.4 77.5 2.8 

Tot* 610.1 11.1 497.9 79.4 21.1 

mnershlp =,ass 

Other public: 

State 539. 6 160. 3 191. 2 114.4 83. 7 

Covnty and municipd 40. 8 K6 3. 7 10. 9 16. 6 

Total 580. 4 159. 9 191. 9 LZ5. 3 100. 3 

State 

Pulp company 3, 713.9 2. 085. 1 1. 626. Z 2. 6 .- other wood-ua1ng 

industries 795.9 450.9 251.6 95.4 . . 

Total 4. 509. 8 2, 535. 0 1. 857. 8 96. 0 ~- 

- Farm 5, 374.5 1.285. 8 L. 017. G 

-- 

2. 608. 6 562. 6 

Nanheast 

Miecellaneous pnuate 7. 483. 8 2. 756. 1 1, 590. 9 1,949. 9 1. 185. 8 

Total commercial 19. 585. 8 7, 157.2 5. 722. 0 4. 825. 1 1. 871. 5 - 

Tahie 3. --Commercial forest land. by mnerahlp, stand aire, yld stockhp, Fionda, 1959 

(1" thousand acres, 

~orthweet 

I stan* sire and stochng Forest ' MlSC. 

Heal9 sawtimber stands: 

Well stacked 805. 0 57. 3 .. -~ 11.2 2b. 5 281. 3 161. 8 253. 8 

M~drvm siacked 259.2 18.6 .. -- 3. 5 15. 3 69. 8 57. 5 93.4 

Poorly stacked 55. 8 4.1 .. -- .~ . . 12. i 8. 8 30. 1 

Total i.120.0 91. 0 -~ .. 17. 7 41. 9 363. 3 228. 2 377. 9 

Light rawtimber stands. 

cent~ai 

Well stocked ' 1. 810. 7 146.2 .. -- 33.2 44. 4 528.0 367. 8 151. 1 

Medmln stoclrcb . 1.411.5 Y0.4 4.7 0.1 41. 5 38. 7 386. 6 370. 3 477.2 

Poorly stocked , 1. 205. 2 71. 8 .- 1.6 57. 6 41. 5 253.8 323. 1 455. 8 

Total 4,487.4 308.4 4.7 1.7 134. 3 124. 6 1, 168.4 1.06i.2 1.684. i 

Seedliw and raplm. stands: 

south 

WeU stocked 905.2 79.3 -. -- 15. 1 27. 5 314.9 159. 4 309. 0 

Medium stocked 1. 066. 9 27.3 .- 0.1 10.2 31. 3 40L.B 246. 4 346. 11 

Poorly stocked 1.994.1 115.2 -~ 0.4 51. 8 61. 5 441.8 515. 8 807. 5 

Total 3,966. 2 2Zi.S .. 0. 5 77. 1 126. S 1. 158.5 819.7 1,462. 3 

Nonstocked and other areas 6, 898. 5 166.0 14.2 0.6 . i 297. 3 179. 0 884 2 2.432. B 2. 925.4 

All clasaer 19. 585. 8 1. 027. 1 18.9 2.8 588.4 580.4 4. 509.8 5. 314. 6 7.483. 8 
Table 4. -Commercial forest land, by omershlp. major forest tme. and stocking. Florida. 1959 

(In thousand acres1 

Bureau of mate, county. 

Type and stacking Ownerships I 

Pine types: 

WeU stocked 2. 711. 0 361.1 -. .. 71. 8 113.4 960.4 390.4 873.9 

Medium stocked 2.062. 4 156. 1 -. 0. 2 46. 3 86.4 734. 6 368. 3 670.5 

Poorly stocired 6,834. 0 224.1 -- 2.0 113. 5 206. 0 993. 0 2, 136. 5 2, 158.9 

Total 10, 667. 4 741. 3 .. 2. 2 231. 6 405. 8 2.688. 0 2. 895. 2 3. 703. 3 . -- 

Oak-pine type: 

Well stocked 301. 3 3. 6 -. .. 4. Z 111.1 107. 8 74.5 -- 

Medium stocked 251.4 8.4 .. 16. 7 8. 4 65. 0 83. 5 51.4 -- 

Poorly stocked 359. Z 26.9 .. 55. 8 10. 5 47. 8 86. 0 132.2 -- 

.- Total 911. 9 38. 9 -- 

-- 

.. 72. 5 23, 1 223.9 271. 3 276.2 

-- - .- - 

Well stqcked 1. 994. 2 70.3 ~- -. 15. 2 32. 5 508. 1 561. 1 806. 3 

hledium stocked 1. 605. 3 52.6 4.1 .. 15. 8 27. 0 412.9 455. 8 836. " 

Poorly aiocied 4. 407. 0 124.0 - 14.2 0. 6 253. 3 81. 9 i76 9 1. 184. 5 2. 051. B 

Total 8, 006. 5 246.9 18. 9 0. 6 284. 3 151. 5 1. 587. Y 2, 202. 1 3. 504. 3 -- -- -- 

AIL imes: 

Table 5. --Commercial forest land. by ioresf type and Survey Umt. Florida. 1959 

(in thousand acres1 

Longleaf pine 4. 202. 4 i.ZZD.4 1,262. 2 1. 663.4 48.4 

Slash plne 5, 287.5 2, 029. 3 1. 264. 9 894. 8 I.OO8.5 

Loblolly pine ,360. 3 139.2 220.2 9.8 ~~ 

Shorileli plne 38. 9 8. 4 22. 3 7 2 . . 

Pond plne 347.3 203.2 104. 8 39.3 ~~ 

Sand pine -- -- 422. 0 262.4 -- 47.5 303.7 . -- 8 3 

Tatai 10.667.4 3. 871. 9 2,922 0 2, 718. 3 

~ .... ~ 

1, 155. 2 -. -- 

Xardwood types: 

Oa*-pmz 911.9 417.d 349.4 103. 7 41. 4 

Oai-h.ciory: 

Upland hridaroods 699. 2 218.7 293 3 127.2 .. 

Scrub oak 1.954.4 631. 0 833. 8 480. 2 3.4 

Oak-gum-cmress: 

Bench-hardwood 52. 4 3. 7 48. 2 10.6 -- 

Wafer oak-pm 9, 034. 8 1, 246. 7 814. 7 1f796.9 1176.5 

Cium-cypress . 1,882.2 691. 4 458. 5 414. i 318. 2 

Tatri 8. 544. 9 3,274. Y 2,797. B I. 932. G -. 539. 5 

--- - -- 

palm 373.5 20.4 2.1 174.2 175. 8 

-. 

All :ypet: 19. 585. 8 7. 167.2 5,722. 0 4. 825. 1 1, a71 5 

U Incivdes 1. 500 acres of Avstrallar pine type. 

Includes 3, 000 acres oi Australian plne type, and 9, 500 acres oi caJepultree type. 

Forest type State 1 NvnhebSt / Cent?& ( South 

.- - 

saitviao* types: 
Pine iypes: 

~nblc Ga. --commercial forest land. by ounership, major farest type, and site quality, for *he entire statr rlarida, 

iln thousand acres1 

Poor slte 2.402.0 ZZZ. 1 .. 1. B 89.2 

Fa17 ene 68. 5 -. .. 202. 8 1. 075. 5 742.2 

3,818.0 211.3 73.0 111.5 

Gaod sde 4, 646. 4 307.9 -. 0. 6 69.4 794.0 1. 002. 5 1.425. 8 

221 8 1. 600. 2 811. 2 1. 535. 3 

Tot82 10, 667.4 741. 3 .. 2.2 231. 6 405. 8 2. 688. 0 2. 895. 2 3. 703. 3 

Oak-pine type: 

Type in* azie q"alityli ownerships forest 

Poor elie L, 890. 7 92. 2 .. 0. 6 136.4 

ralr 41. 6 -~ 228. 1 

4.716. 7 101.0 18.9 120.8 408. 8 ~77. 0 

Good site 1,399. i 53.7 .. ~- 

82. 6 814. 1 1.486. 8 1. 982. 8 18.0 21. 3 435.1 i0G. 5 544.5 

Total 8.006. 5 246. 9 18.9 0. 6 284. 3 151.5 i.58i.B 2.202. I 3. 504. 3 

I .- Ail types: I 

-- 

Bureau at 

Land 

Management 

Other Forest 

prwate 

Poor site 4. 373. 8 322. 5 . ' .. 2.2 246.8 119. 2 Far site 8.638. 8 327.4 18.9 .. . 241.9 - 194. 2 Good slte 6, 573. 2 377.2 . . -- 0. 6 88.7 -267. 0 

Pine types: 

438. 1 1. 5C4.4 L 139. 8 

1,7746 2.5672 3,514. 6 

2. 286 1 1. 303. 0 2, 22s. 6 

Table 6b. Commercial f~rest land. by ownerahip. major forest tme, and site quality. Noriheast Florldr, 1959 

(I" ihousad acres) 

Poor slte 271 6 145. 4 .. -~ .. .- Felr sit- .. 33.1 27. B . . 65. 3 

981. 1 70. 4 4.9 37 7 

Good slie ~. 345. 1 163.4 359. 8 

2. 618. 6 124. 2 0. 4 1.9 91 2 1, 104. 3 341.9 064. 7 

Total 3, 871. 9 340. 0 .. 0.4 6. 2 128.9 1.483.5 533.1 -- 

1,379.8 

Oak-pine type: 

Tatrl 19. 585. 8 1. 027. 1 18.8 2. 8 588.1 580 4 / 4. 508. 8 5, --- 

374. G 7, 483, 8 

li spe description of .1te quality mder Defimtion of Terms. 

Type and site q~alltyLi 

Poor site 

Fair 51'P 

Good =lie 

Tot& 

All tmes: 

All 

ownerahlps 

Poor sltr 725. 5 116. 8 .. -- 1.2 25. 7 98. 1 PO. 8 332. 9 

Fazr sits 2. 810 6 78. B ~~ .. 7.6 39.1 939. 2 643. 0 I. 102. S 

rmiood site 3. 631. 1 162. 7 .. 0 4 1.9 85. 1 1. 498. 7 . SSZ. 0 1, 320 3 

Total 7, 161.2 418. 3 .. 0. 4 10.7 159. 9 2, 536. O 1. 285. 8 2. 756. 1 

Ll Sen description of site qualliy under Deilnition ol Terms. 

NailOnal 

iarest I"*'"" sureau of 

 and 

~anag=~~"+ 

Other state. county, 

and rorest ~rrm 

munli,pa~ ("dustw 

M'sc. 

prlYaiP 
Table 6c. Commeimal forest Land, by omershp. major forest type. and sit. quality. Northwest Florida, 1958 

(In thourand acres1 

Hardwood typesPoor site 

Far,- srtr 

Oood site 

I an Tme uld site qurlityi' 

Total 2,450. 6 141.7 -. 0. 3 260. 7 53. 8 628. 2 519. 7 840. 2 - -- 

A11 types: 

Poor site 1. 133. 0 123. 7 -~ 0. 3 196. 0 8.4 338. 3 64.2 902. L 

ralr site 2,5432 223.0 -~ ~- 211.3 58.6 798. 3 549.1 102.9 

Good site 2. 045. 8 1JS.2 .. 0.2 80.1 127.9 741.2 404. 3 "2. S 

Total 5, 722. 0 542.9 -- 0. 5 491.4 194.9 1, 877. 8 1. 017. 6 1. 590. 9 -- .. .- 

11 See description of rlte ~YPIIII. under Deijnitlon of Terms. 

Pine types: 

Poor slie 381. 6 76. 7 -~ ~. 40.2 ~~ 169.8 13. 6 81. 3 

Fair site 1. 016. 1 126. 3 ~. ~~ 64.2 25. 3 440.4 104. 3 255 6 

Good site 1. 524. 3 168.1 . . 0 2 59. 8 99.0 559. 5 293.9 342 8 

Total 2, 982. 0 372. 1 -~ 0. Z 164.2 124 3 1. 169. 7 411.9 879. 7 

-. . - 

Indian ownerships 

Table Sd. --Commercial forest imd, by nwnershlp. malor forest fme. and slte quality, Central Florida, 195P 

Mlsc. 

forest 

Pine ivpes: 

Poor site 

Fair slie 

Good site 

Total 

Oak-pmL type: 

Poor site 1. 546. 5 22.0 ~- 1.8 45. B 19.1 2.7 989.1 56% 3 

Fair site 2.426. 7 25. 6 ~- . . 23.0 62. 2 91. 1 1, 200.0 1. 078. 8 

Good site 752. 9 IS. 3 .. .- 7. 7 44.0 Sh 7 318. 9 307. 8 

Total 4. 825. L 65. 9 -~ 1.9 77. 5 125. 3 98.0 2. 508. 6 1, 949. 8 

L/ see d..,,,ptlon of site qudlty mder Definition oi 'rcrrns. 
Table 6s. Cammerciai forest land. by ownership, major forest type. and site qualng. South Florida. 1959 

(In thoucrnd acres1 

Bureau of Other state. county. 

and 

mvni~lp~l "dYStry 1 - 

0ak-pi"e we: 

poor site 18. 6 -- .. -~ .. .. -~ 

~- .. -~ 7.3 11.3 Fair alte LS. 4 .. -. ~. -. .- .. .. 15.4 Good a1te 7.4 .. -. ~- 3. 3 4. L 

Total 41. 4 -. -~ .. -. -- .. --- 10. 6 30. R 

Hardvoad types: 

Poor rite 

Fair szte 

Good BdP 

Total 

Poor site 869. 8 .. ~. .. 2. 8 66. 0 .. 359.7 

-~ 4+l. 3 Fsir slte 858. 3 18. 9 .. -~ 34.3 .. 175. l 

. . -~ 530. 0 Good slte 143.4 .. ~- .. .. 21.8 1156 

.. -- ~. - 

Total 1. 871. 5 18. 9 2. B 100.3 .. 562.6 1, la88 

L/ See description of site qualley vndrr Deflnrtion of Terms. 

Table 7. Commercial ioreat land. by awnershxp and a~ea~condlixon classes. Planda, 1959 

1. IYG. s .. ZZ. B 50. 9 685.4 zn7.4 ssi. 9 ~~4.3 

880.2 43.0 .. 26. 5 35.8 1 325.7 / IS04 258.8 q61.7 

3 6. 318. 6 S15. 7 4. 1 0.2 . 116.4 185.4 1.791. 1 l.529.7 2. 115.4 ;zC.y / 

4 100.0 6. 8 : -~ -~ 8. 8 0. 3 , 7. 1 1 32. 0 45. 0 -'7i, C 

'- li see descnptlon ai area~cvndrtian classes under Deimalan'o* Terms 
Tab," 8. --commerc1ai ,ores, land, by area-condition in* stand L~ertment 

in? full produrtiuliy. Florida. 1959 

il" thousand acres1 

Type ( All 1 NO 1 Stand 1 , RRgg~[t'o" 

condition or I treat- ~mpioue- Wlthout site Wlih site 

miaCI , I ment oreoaration aremaratiun 

Total 1.796.9 1.786.9 .. .- -- 

2 Fiafwooda 

and uplrnds 811.3 811.3 ~. .~ .. 

Lowlands 68.9 68.9 .. -~ -- 

Total 880.2 880.2 .. .. . . 

4 Fialwnads 

and uplands 100.0 100.0 .. .~ ~ ~ 

Lowlands ~~ ~. .. ~. ~. 

5 FlatuloOds 

and upiands 8.804.1 ~- ~~ 3,982.3 4.821.8 

Lowlands i.tiii6.O -- ~~ 312.2 L.373.8 

Total 0.1 -- .. 4.294.5 6,185.6 

... Other wood-using 

lnduairles 26.5 1S.5 8.7 1.3 -. 

Farm 231.8 76.6 42.5 81.0 27.7 

M~scellaneova pi~uaie 2385 106.5 53.6 5.0 21.4 

Total 647.3 289.6 154.3 144.3 49.1 

Table 9. --Commercial forest land cut over annually, by ownership 

and Survey Unit. Flonda, 1958 

(1" thousand acres, 

Total cot over 704.0 318.3 191.7 144.S 49.1 

411 Flaiwoodr 

cla~~e~ and uplands 14,620.5 2.372.1 5.444.3 3,982.3 4,821.8 

Louiands 4,965.3 405.0 2.874.3 - 312.2 1,3738 

Total 19,585.8 2,777.1 6.318.6 4,2945 6.195.6 

South 

~~bl~ ,pa. --~*t sawtimber an commercial forest innd, by ownershlp. major forest iype, and spec~es ~raup. for the enilre Statc of Florida, L95E 

Puhllc 56.7 28.7 27.4 0.8 .. 

Pilvate. 

Pub romnanv 149.5 90.0 59.5 -. -~ 

Ownerrhlp State ~ori&eaat 

I 1 I I 

Pine types: 

Soiwood a, 345. 8 1. 053. 1 .. -- 171. 0 511.9 2.5916 1. 560.4 2,4518 

~rrdwoad 141. 7 3. n .. -- ~. .- 22. T 62. 2 53. 0 

TOM 8,487. 5 1. 056.0 -~ .. 177.0 511.9 2, 514. 3 1. 622. 6 2, 504. 8 

. - 

(1" mlllion bard lee, 11, 

Oak-pine type: 

Saimood 1,2894 41. 3 . ~-. 51 9 17. 7 498.0 385.2 288. 3 

Hard~wood 228. 6 .. -- -- 1. a .. 109. 9 64. 1 52.8, - Totd 1, 518. 0 47.3 -. .. 53. 7 17. 1 607. 9 419. 3 342.1 

- 

Northwest 

Hardwood tmes: 

SofCwood 5. 109. 3 350.7 ~- .. 89. 5 91. 0 1. 532. 1 1, 182. 3 1, 853. 1 

Hardwood 7. 259. 5 203. 3 . -~ .. 82. 5 75.2 2.430. 6 

~- 1. 130. 3 Z. 747. 6 

Toid 12. 378. 9 554.0 .. -. 172. 1 IbS 2 3, 963. 3 2,922. 6 6.600. 7 

.- -- .- -. 

N1 fmes: 

Softwood 14,744.5 1,451. 1 .. .. 318. 4 620.6 4, 622. 3 3. 137. 9 4. 594 2 

iiardwoad 7. 639. 9 207. l .. -- 84. 4 75.2 2. s63.2 i. 856. 6 1. 853.4 

Toid 22, 384.4 1, 558. 2 .. .. 402. 8 695.8 7. 185. 5 4. 994. 5 7,4476 

-. U international i-mch rule. I 

Central 

Bureau ai state, caunty. 

Land Forest Irldlu .."...... ....... All Nailonai Type and speexes group ownersh,pr 
riabie iob. --~*t ~olumr of sewtimber on commercxal forest land, by ownersh~p, malor forest tme. and group, ~~nh~~~t FI~~~~~, ,969 

(in mrlilon Maid feet ll) 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

O*lr~plne type: 

TnF and spenes gmup 

Softwood 119.4 23. 8 .. ~~ -. .- Hardwood -~ . ~ .. .. ~~ 

340. 6 149.4 182. 9 172. 1 

74.7 28.4 as3 

Total 858. 8 23. 8 .. .. . . .. 415. 3 211.3 -- 

210.4 

Herdwood types 

Softwood 2. 025. 0 122.2 .. .. .. 5.9 -. .. 917. 8 

Hardwood 3, 174. 0 Bi. 6 .. 14. 4 364.6 81+.5 

1. 124. 6 708. 3 1.242, i 

Total 5. 199. 0 203.8 .. ~- .- 20. 3 - -- 

2, 042.4 1. 072. 9 1. 859. 6 -- 

Ail tmcs: 

Bureau ai 

Land 

~~~~~~~i 

Table iOc. --Net of saurtlmber an commerciai fore6i land. by ownership. malor forest type. and species group, h-orihreai Florida. 1959 

(In million bard feet 111 

-- , 

Ail Naiional nvreav or : Other state, coun+y. ! 

Typo in* rpec,es group _"ei*;ps or , and FOFPSt 1 MirCn,"". 1 Fcd=rll 1 UP 1 .Idusti 1 .==- 1 :Z 

Other 

Federai L_.i 

Pine typos: 

Soitwood 

rirrdwo~d 

Total 

3. 111. 7 594.0 -~ ~~ 162. o 230 3 sia, s 531. 7 cil.9 

85. 6 3. 8 .- .- .~ Y. 5 51. 7 ~~ 

- 20 6 

3. 203. 3 597. 8 .. -. 230. 3 832.4 587. 4 692, 3 .- 162. 9 -. . - ~ .. - -. . -. ~ 

~ 

~ 

~~p 

State, county, 

and 

munic,pd 

Hardwood iipes: 

I 

Forest ! 

industry 
7;ble lad --Net volvme of sa*lmber on commercial forest land. by ownerrhlp, major forest type, and species group. Central Floridu. LBS9 

11" mi,,,on board feet III 

Pine types: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Toin, 

Oak-pmc type 

SOihvOOd 

Hardu.aad 

'rota, 

iiardivood types: 

Softwood 

Hardwoad 

Total 

qpr ""d species group 

Table iOe. --Net sawtimber on cammerc~al forest Land. bi ownership. milor iorert type. and apecles South Flarldi. 1059 

,In million board feet ?/I 

Burma" of 

,.an* 

Management 

Pine trpos: 

Softwood 310. 2 ~~ .. .. 7.0 14.9 ~. 98.9 219.4 

Hardwood .. .. ~ ~ ~- ~~ ~ ~ .. -- .- -~ 

- .- ~. . 

Total 340.2 .~ .. . . 14. 9 -. 98.9 ZlY.4 7.0 

-. ~ 

Oabpmr true: 

Soitvood 34. 8 .. ~. ~. ~. . . ~ ~ 24. 9 0. Y 

iiard>vood -. ~~ ~. .- . ~ . ~ ~ ~ .~ .. 

Tors 34. 8 .~ . . . . .. . ~ -. 24. Y n. i. 

- 

HuFdwood t*es 

Softwood 655.0 ~. ~. ~~ -- -- . . 88 9 556. 1 

Hardwood 35. 1 ~. -- ~- ~ ~ ~. .. .- 5.3 25. 8 -- Total 890. i .. . . .. . . .~ - ~ 104.2 585.9 

-- ~- 

A,! types: 

Softwood 1, 030. 0 .. ~. .. 7.0 14. 9 ~ ~ 223.7 785.4 

HbidWOOd 35. 1 .. . . ~ ~ . . . . -~ 5. 3 29.8 

-- - -- . ~. 

Total 1. 065. 1 -. ~ ~ .- 7.0 14.8 -- 228.0 815.2 

.- 

U 1nter.1at.onaJ i-lnch mle. 

Ail 

"wnerships 

... 

1 -- Natlond 

forEat 

Other State. county. 

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6161 '~P>-'OIJ qlnos 'dno=a =.!=ads pus 'adbl %razor rorsw %lljr~duao bq ,puii isuol im3Jauuxo~ uo 2aqrn!l ljrla Xialr avjrnra lo aazn[on I+-- ZTI a~qe~ 

-- 

'Ylel firl&p~! 

imara~ 

pd~arimru 

pue 'dt~noa 'ajriS wapa~ 

~aiiio purl JY ntaarttl Salaadti pup aii<~ 
ne?iav pine 

Longleaf pine 5,9804 1,260.9 11.686 

Slash pine 4.4322 1.411.2 19.892 

Loblolly pillr I.PRR.2 35&1 4.696 

Pond plne 268.0 82.2 1.219 

Other yellow plne 224.9 118.6 1.728 - Total 10,273.1 3.243.0 45.281 

?able 13a.-het volume of sawtimber and growing slack on cnmnlercial ioresl 'Table L3b.Net volume of slrtlmber and gror~ng atock on commercial iorest 

land, by rpecier, iar the entirp State of Florida, IUSS land. by specler. Northeast Flonda, 1959 

Total saitvoodi 14.744.5 4,143.1 63,713 

Sprc~es Sarf~mber 

Preferred hardwoods 

Sweetgum 687.3 260.4 3.525 

Yellow-poplar 63.8 27.0 375 

whir. =".i ivamn chestnut oaks 94.7 22.9 298 

Other hardwoods: 

Tupelo and blackgum 2,059.0 122.7 9,707 

Soft maple 389 1 169.0 2,344 

Other whlle oaks 768.2 238 1 3,070 

Other red ar*s 1.55S.C 552.2 7,424 

Hickory 401.9 LZ9.1 1.710 

Besch 25.1 5.5 59 

Xollg, dogwood, persimmon .. 1.8 21 

Other hardwoods 1,053.1 134.9; 5.005 

Total -- 6,356." 2,252.7 30,354 

Total hardwood& 7,639.9 2.740.1 36.991 - 

AII species 22,584.4 7,483.2 . .- -- . -- 100.104 

-- Milllo" MliilO" Mlilion Milllo" TB b-ft.1 a c*3/ bd,m cords3 

Groumg rfock Species 

2 internailonal i~aricil ruh. 2/ Excludea hark. 3 lnclud~ nark 

Sawlimber 

Yellow P'"E 

Lorlgleai pine 

Slash pine 

r.obially pine 

Pond pine 

Other yellow pine 

Total 

Growing stock 

lahie 1SC. --Net "oivme ni rawtimber an* grow,og stack an commPrriii forest 

land. by sper1es. Northwest Florldr, IUSP 

-.~ 

Ofher softwoods 

Cyyiers 685.8 204.2 2,493 

Cedar 62.2 29.0 389 

Total 748.0 233.2 -- 2,802 

Total so(twoods 4.711.1 1,507 7 ?0.560 . ~ .. Preferred hardraads: 

sweetgum 263.1 n6.s 1.300 

Yeliow~pnplar 54.5 23.6 329 

Whlre and swamp chestnut oaks 48.2 13.8 183 

Chcrrybark and shumard oaks -- . . ~~ 

Ash 148.5 39.9 534 

Hard mrpie -. 0.5 8 

Total 514,s 111.7 2.311 -. 

Specier 

Other whlte oaks 216.1 49.3 922 

Other red oaks 560.3 198.6 2,727 

Hlckory 252.9 78.5 :,OC>6 

Beech 25.1 5.5 69 

Holly. dogwood, pernmmon .- 1.0 14 

Other hardwoods 507.2 219.4 3,054 

Total --. 2.631.6 948.4 :2.847 

Total hardwoods 3,1465 1,123.1 15,201 

Ail species 7,8576 2.630.8 35,163 

hlilllon Mililon -d 

b- F- c~Y 

Sawlimber 

Yellow nne. 

Growlrig iinck 

Longleaf plne 1.779.1 513.1 1.134 

Slash plne 2,24114 742.1 10.482 

Loblolly plne 625.7 157.9 2,101, 

Pond plne 116.5 55.8 787 

Other yellow pine 71.1 19.1 898 

Cypress 1.859.4 605.2 7,430 

Ccdar 10.6 3.6 43 --- Tatnl 1,810.0 508.8 1,473 

TOtrl 6011W00ds 5.769 8 2.1382 . .... ~ 

. . 28.875 

Preierr~d hardwoods: 

Sweetgum 195.4 123.0 1,870 

Yellow~~oolar 5.9 2.7 37 . . White and swamp chestnut oaks 48.5 9.i 115 

Cherryhark and shumaid oaks 32.1 6.5 82 

Ash 146.3 4B.9 PRS ~ ~ 

Hard maple 5.1 1.3 11 

Total 532.3 212.5 2.906 

Other Miduoads. 

Tupelo and blackgum 805.6 305.0 4,110 

Soil ".rule 21S.L 92.2 1.268 

Other u.hlte oaks 410 i 121.2 1,552 

Other reti orkr 832.6 266.4 3,567 

Total hardwoods 3.375.3 1,372.8 -- 15,183 

?I1 specles 10,146.1 4.311.0 $4,558 . -.- . - 

u i"r.r".t~o"., +~.,Ic~ rule. 2/ L~~ll>dPi bPFk 3 Includes hark. 

Trbl- lid. -Ner volume oi rawilmbcr ani gmw1ng block on commercla: rarest 

Imd, br srrecles, Central r:orldr, 1059 

YPllOU PLne 

Longleaf pine 

%ash mne 
Table i3e. --Net volume af sawtimber and grarlng stock on commercial rarest 

land, by suec~es. Soutn Flonda. 1159 

Yellow pine: 

Lonelea: pine 

Slash plno 

LohloUy plnc 

Pond pine 

other yulbw p,ne 

'rota, 

~~ 

Yellor~poolar ~. ~ ~ .. Whlt~ and swamp zheslaul oak6 ~~ ~ ~ ~~ 

Cnerrybark anci rrrlmard oak6 . ~ . . ~ ~ 

Ash . ~ ~. . . Hard maple . ~ .. ~ ~ 

Total . ~ . . ~ ~ 

Other hardwoods 

Tupelo and blackgum .~ 0.1 

Sail maple 6.1 6 0 82 

Other white oaks 3.8 L.7 22 

Other red oaks Zi.2 10.4 135 

Hlrrory .~ . . . ~ 

Holly. dogrood, peri>mmon 

"Lher hmrdwouds 

Total 

Total hardwoods 

Ail epecies 

Table 146. NPL YolUme of Umber on commcrclal forest land, by speclei group 

- 

and class oi matvnrl. Northearl Florida, 1859 

Class of materia, ; Total Hardwood 

------ Mllllon Thousand Mllllon Pilousand Millloo Thourand 

C". f'. & cu.. cords cui+ c* 

Class ai mrterlal Tolri 1 Soitwood I Ha;-drooi 

----pp 

MllllOrl Tnousaild Lhl;lor. Thousand Mllllon Tnoui?~,d 

e. re. Cords - 'S. cerd5 - 

Slwtlmher tires: 

Saw-logporflon 3,8077 47,518 2.5888 32.353 1,218.8 lS.185 

Upper sirm 1,280.8 ifi.b^i 725.2 9.659 555.8 7.208 -. Total 5.0885 04.385 3,314.0 41.992 3,7745 22.391 

i'oletlmber frees 2,39+, 7 36,319 1,429.1 21,721 905.6 14,598 

Total grouLngiiYck 7,483.2 100,704 4.743.1 83,713 2,740.1 31.991 ..- . .. ~ 

Cull trees: 

-~ SO""* 

SawtlmberBlrrfrees 1,410.3 18,636 151.2 1,970 1,309.i 16,655 

Poletlmber~ 

slie tieel 1,123.5 10,456 '10. 0 195 1,083. 5 15.861 . Tatal 2,593.8 35.082 201. 2 2.565 2,392.6 32.527 

Salvable dead trees 1. I 17 1.3 17 .~ .. 

All tlmber 10,5137 141,205 s.861.2 86,471 5.552.5 74.739 

Sariogpaitlon 1716.9 21.558 1.185.9 il.818 13L.O (1,020 

Upper stem 552.9 7.255 318. 1 4.265 ZS<.8 5,1100 -- Total 2,2698 28,803 1,5040 18,181 165.8 9,520 

PaleilmbrrtreeS 1,041.2 l5.RS5 u54.2 '1.692 407.0 6.163 .- Total growlrlglfock 3,311.0 44,658 2,138.2 28.815 iLl7Z.R 11.183 

.- C",. ,revs. 

Sound cullr.l' 

iaut~mberSire trees 588. 3 7.491 5G.R 7(11 531.5 6.784 

Paieflmbcrslze trces 413. 9 S.Oi8 10.0 152 403.9 1.X6 

Total 1.002.2 13.559 66.8 858 035.4 LZ.700 

Rotten culls 17. 7 234 2.7 ZB . 11.0 Z(15 

To:=: ""1, 

treca 1,019.9 13,791 89.5 088 950.4 1Z.iiOS 

... - - Hardwood llmbs 165.8 2,050 -~ . . 165. H Z.Oi .- ..~ --

Srlvabir dead frees 0.8 I1 0.8 I1 ~~ ~ ~ 

~ 

-. ~- - ALI hmbtr 4497.5 60.512 2,208.5 2L.774 2289.0 3Ci.7311 

li i:!al"des valvmf "i pa,",. - 
Table 14c. -~Nel volumr or timber an commercial forest land, by speclea group 

rnii ri~si of material. Northwest Florida. 1'159 

Table 14d. --Net Miume oi Limber on commercial Iorraf land. by ipemes group 

and cilss ol material. Central Flor~da. 1959 

-. tipper rtcm 450.4 6.165 232.9 3.114 227.5 3.022 

Total 1.769.8 ZZ.iiZ 1,042.2 13.395 127.6 9.237 

~~ 

Poietlmbertree~ RS1.0 13.128 485.5 7,165 395.5 5.964 

'Total growingstock 2.830.8 35,761 1,507.7 20,580 1,1231 li.20L 

Cull trees. 

Sound "Y116:J 

Sawtimberslzctreei 297.0 3.742 3. 527 253.8 3.215 

Paletimberslle trees 181. i 2.732 L4. 1 213 167.0 2,589 

Tolrl 478. 1 6.524 i7.Z 140 420.9 5.784 

Rotten culls 20. G 257 10. 3 115 10. 3 142 

Class ai maierlal 

Total cull 

trzcs 4S8. 7 6.781 87. 5 855 43L.2 5.925 

Hardwood llmbs 143. 3 1.769 .. ~. 143. 3 1.169 

S;)~abie dead frees 0. 1 2 0.1 .. ~ ~ 

-~~ 

- -- dl) tlmbrr 3,272. 9 44.313 1.515. 3 21,417 1,691. 6 22,886 - 

1/ includes voivme of palm. 

pppp-p 

Mllllon Thousand MILilorl Thouszrld Mllllon Thousand 

C&. C& C&. Ed EU.. 

Sawtimber trees '. Saw-lonoortlon 1.309.1 15,465 809.3 10,251 500. i 6.211 

'Toll1 Softwood 

--pppp 

Miliian Thousand Million Thousand Milllo" Thourand 

CY.. fS E*. C* cU.. Cd 

Hardwood 

Savilmber trees 

i-iw.loc ~orflon 582. 7 7.131 401. 7 4,865 181.0 2.265 -. Upper stem 206.2 2.678 115.8 1,53S 89,s 1.199 

Total 188.9 9,808 518. 5 6,404 210.4 3.405 

Totmi growing stock 1.153. 3 15,396 737.5 9,643 425.8 5.753 

Cull trees. 

Sound ..ne:Y Sawtlmbersize trees 454. 7 1.153 30. 7 310 424. 0 5.393 

trees 836. 1 11.243 35. 7 440 800.7 10.803 

~~~~ 

Hardwood hmbr 16. 5 943 -~ .~ 76.5 913 

Salvable dead trees 0. 2 0.2 .~ ~. 

ALL timber 2.0764 27.584 773.1 10.085 1.303.0 17.499 

,I Includes volume oi pmlm. 

'rota, growing stock 318. 1 4.889 359. 1 4.635 18. 4 254 -- 

Tab]. 14r. net Mlvme or Limber on commercial forest land, by rpecles group 

and class of material. South Florida. 1958 

Cull trees: 

sound cuns:d Sawflmbertrees 130. 3 L.640 30. 5 366 98. 7 1,274 

ciais oi makerla, 

Total Cull 

trees 284.0 3.8118 44.1 558 239.9 3.280 

Hardwood limbs 4. 6 57 .. .. 4. 6 51 

.- 

Saivable dead trees 0.2 0.2 2 -. .. 

------ Milhon Thousand Million Thousand Million Thousand 

cn, --- rt. Cords "".if. ce cY.. CH 

Sawtlmher trees: 

Saw-log portion 198.1 2.383 191.9 2,299 6. 8 84 

Upp~r stem 01.3 758 51.4 711 3. Y 17 

Total 250.0 3,141 249.3 3.010 10.7 L31 

rota1 saiiwond II~~~WOU~ 

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Table 18. --Net volume of sawtlmber on commercial forest imd. by species group and tree grade, Florida. 1959 

(In miiilon board feet) 

Tree grade LI 

Species group grades AY11121 .- 314 Softwoods: 

Pine 

cypress 

Crdar 

Told 

Hardwoods: 

LO, 273. 7 132.5 3.050. 3 6, 776. 5 314. 4 

4. 394.8 348. i 1.956. 1 I, 950.9: L39.7 

76. 0 8. 0 15. 5 45.3 . , 1. 2 

-- 14, 744. 5 488. 5 5,021 P 8. 772. 7 451. 3 

.. - 

Tupelo and bleckgum 2. 058. 0 648. 4 796. 6 578.4 31. 6 

Yellow-poplar 63. 8 8. 8 -20.0 30. 6 *. 4 

Sweetgum 557. 1 173.7 253.5 209. 9 30. 0 

,preferred omks lac. s 26. o 65 o 27. 2 8.5 

hher Oaks 2. 411. 8 501.8 912. 1 758. 8 251. I 

vEickory 407.9 110.5 152.4 127. S 17. 5 

All other hardwoods 1. 893. 5 385. 5 710.4 104. 6 92. 0 .- Total 7. 539. 9 1. 855. 7 2. 910. 0 2,4350 439.2 ~ p~~ - 

All species 22. 304.4 2. 344. 3 7, 931. 9 11. 207. 1 900. 5 -. - 

U Tree grade based on lag grade of butt log. (See Appendu. for drfrnlilan of log grade uld butt log. 1 

21 includes -- Q. alba _Q - michauxil. 4, faicatavar. pagodaefalla, and Q. shvmardli. 

Sound culls: 

Softwood 126.513 61.883 27.973 16.234 6.263 8,662 2, 748 1,543 028 369 148 122 

Hardwood 1,945,098 1. 390.863 309.208 121,829 5Z.90i 30. 389 18, 180 9, 381 5.421 2. 543 1.514 2. 165 

Totrl 2, Oil. 671 1,452,746 331.181 138. 163 89. 168 39.051 21.528 10.924 6.049 2. 912 1,682 2,287 ~.~ 

Rotten culls: 

Table 19a. --h-umber of growlng stork. cull, and salvabie dead irees on commercial ior~rt imd, b? specirs group md dlarneier laa as. 

for ine enilre State of Fionda, 1959 

(In thousand irees, 

Safhvood 45. 327 35, 557 6.075 1. 417 1. 148 250 232 284 94 46 83 lil 

Hardwood 116.985 86, 574 16.264 7, 041 2. $58 1. 795 857 716 158 433 241 340 

Total 162.312 122, 13: 22, 339 8. 458 3.106 2, 045 1. 089 1. 000 252 479 124 -- .- - 489 - 

Pdm 94. 506 .. .. 1, 5F3 18, 707 40.260 27. 382 5. 553 840 ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~.. 189 12 -- . -- - 

Sdvabie &ad trees I20 ~- -- 32 8 14 14 13 ~~ 

- 

Tree quality yld 

Species group 

- 

I .. -- ~-p Diameter class linches) 'raid 

- --- 10 

- .. 

12 1 14 / 16 1 IS 20 ZZ+ 
Table Lob. --Number of #rowing stock. cull, and salvable dead trees on comercia forest land, by species gmup and diameter class. Northeart Florida, ,959 

iln thousmnd trees1 

Crowing stock: 

Tree quality and 

apec1es group 

SomVood 1. 429, 157 727. 198 356,614 161, 222 86,638 51. 343 29, 508 10. 865 3, 754 1. 163 

Hardwood SO1 263 872,58@ 630. 385 181,615 72.688 35.967 21.126 12,276 7.874 4.279 2.522 1. 722 1.8112 

To+d 2,401. 753 1. 357, 583 538.229 233. 810 122,605 72. 769 41, 874 18, 737 8. 033 3,685 2. 223 2. 105 - Sound culls: 

Softwood 38, 535 20, a89 7.098 4,417 L.663 2,671 787 662 161 97 60 Hardwood 39 

660,058 446,568 113.887 45.571 21,674 14.883 8,383 4,281 2.415 995 494 908 

Total 698,584 467.457 120.B86 48. 988 25, 337 17. 551 8. 170 4. 833 2. 616 1. OaZ 554 947 

Rotten "",is 

Diameter ciass (inches1 

Softwood 28, 636 24.258 4. 108 .~ 244 .. .. .. .. .. .- 26 

Hardwmd 52. 061 36. 872 7.262 4, 188 1. 538 791 358 534 67 147 147 156 

Totdl 80,687 61. 130 11, 370 4. 188 1.782 791 358 534 57 147 147 182 

Palm 26. 272 .. .- 245 3. 844 12. 067 8, 561 1, 481 223 61 .. .. 

SaLvable dead trees 82 .. .. 32 8 22 9 6 5 .. .. .. 

All trees 5.207, 388 1. 886,170 670,585 288. 363 151. 376 103. 203 59.863 25. 601 10. SO4 4, 885 2. 924 3, 234 

2 

Table 180. --Number of growing stock, cull. and saluable dead trees on commercial forest land, by species group and diameter ciass. Nolshwest Fionda. 1959 

(In thousand trresl 

4 5 

SoINlood 710.848 308. 514 178, 313 83, 961 85,843 33. 871 18, 538 8, 196 3,288 1. 322 455 343 

Bardwood 750,060 472,200 131,572 55.843 SS.636 22.231 10.428 7,880 4, 888 2, 342 1,337 1,592 

Total 1,180, 808 778, 814 316, 885 148, 284 88,481 56. 102 28.986 18. 086 8, 107 3, 664 1, 792 1, 035 

SOWd culls: 

Tree qulllty and 

species group 

SomVDod 8. 218 6, 788 1 418 705 412 158 180 245 84 416 83 105 

Aardwood 41. 083 30, 838 7 118 2 134 884 581 380 75 65 130 65 127 

Total - 60.298 SF, SOU 8. 534 2, 836 1,276 180 680 320 158 176 148 232 

Diameter class (inchel) 

Z 1 4 6 8 10 I2 14 16 18 I 20 1 2Z+ 

P elm 1, 1% . . .. .. 451 857 813 74 .. 27 . . ~ ~ 

.~ ~ 

Selvable dead trees 11 .. .. .. .. 8 .. 3 . . .. .. ~ ~- ~~~~ 

.. 

All trees 2.488.715 1,572,721 45&,728 18s. 120 120.878 88,310 38, 038 18.838 10, 344 4,939 2, 583 2,023 

8 

Growins stock: 

10 12 14 16 18 20 ZZ+ 
7.~~1~ 1 Bd. Number of growing srock. cull, and ralvable dead trees on commercla1 forest irnd. by apscles Croup and diameter class. Cenir2il Florldi. IYSLI 

(In thousand trees1 

Savable dead trees 16 .. . . .. .. 14 .. .. .. i .. -- 

- 

All treci 1,097,061 59,. 177 223. 108 106,818 69.510 51. 163 30.980 12,018 5, 037 2. 363 1,266 1, b21 

Tree qullity a"* I - .- Diameter class (mchesi 

spsc>es group 

~- 

5am,u culls: 

Soihvood 35. 310 16, 508 2.170 4, a88 1, 572 1, 780 803 273 64 8 L 15 45 

krrdwood 53, 388 28. 880 13, SR4 6, 884 2, 284 780 348 224 95 74 .. 26 

Tot;! 116.B88 45, 368 25, 164 11. 673 3.866 2,560 1. 151 487 158 165 :5 70 

Ee::er culis: 

baztviood 8,186 4,711 386 712 236 .. 52 99 .. .. .. .~ 

Hardwood 7. 066 6. 630 384 .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 20 . . - Total 13,222 11, 361 770 712 238 .. 52 38 .. 52 20 .- -- -- -- 

r;dm 28,217 .. .. 812 8,560 8, 893 5, 828 1, 117 i20 !I 1Z . . 

Trble 1%. --Number ai growing stock, cull. and salvible dead trees an commerc,al fomsr land. by species group and dlarneter class. South Florida. 1859 

(In thousvld trees1 

~- 

Groa.lni itocir 

4 

Tree que1itg ~d 

'pEc'es g'OUp 

6 

Growulg siock: 

Dlvneier =lase iulcheai 

10 

8 

12 

10 

14 16 18 

12 14 L6 18 ! 20 1 22- 
'Table 20~. -.ivcrage net aawtlmber volume per acre on cammsrcia, forest land, by owoership, malor rorert type. 

and species group, far the enilrn State of Florida, 1959 

S~ltwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

(in board feet, 

All types: 

1 laciudes Bureau ot Land Management 

(Ores, I~~~~~ other state, county. Frresf17p Farm , MIS=. ~ederalli and munlclpal industry ; T?PC an* specie= F~OUP 

Trhle 20h --Average net iawtlmber wlurne per acre on cornrne~cial forest land, by ownership, ma~or lorest type 

and Epecler eroup. Northeast Florida. 1959 

I i I private 

ovnershlps 

-- .. 11" board ieoi, - 

Type and sPPoes group 41, OvnrrshipE National tare., State, county, Forest 

a"d mumcipal 1ndusl;y Farm pr,vr,e 

_ ...~ .- 

Ork~plne type. 

Soifwoad 

Hardwood 

TOLll 

Hardwood types. 

Soltwood 104 1,750 ~ ~ .. LY 1 1.010 581 494 

Hardwood L.103 l.iSR . . .. 466 1,238 1.141 1,002 -- 'rota~ 1,807 2.918 ~~ .. 611 2,248 1,728 i.406 

Soifwood Y45 1,402 -~ .~ 1,124 1,137 902 ill 

nardrood 471 195 ~. 90 ,478 580 480 .- -. ~~ 

.- Total 1.41b 1,597 .. .. 1.211 1.615 1,482 I,L91 

-. - .... A 

Y Includes Bureau oi Land Management. 
'Sihl? ZOc. Average net ~iwtimber volume per acre an comrnerc~al forest land, by ownership, malor forest t)~e 

and apec~es groop. Northwest Florida. 1959 

(in board feeti 

Tyne an* spener group 

Pine types: 

sortwoo* 

Hardwood 

Total 

Oa*-pl"e type 

Soifwood 

ilardwood 

Total 

All fwez: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Table 20d. Averagr net sawt~mber volume per acre on cornmerc~al forest land, hi ownerrhhp, ma]nr forest type. 

and apecles group, Central Flarlda, 1959 

41: ownersh>ps 

A,, typos. 

Softwood 463 520 . . 103 1.127 2,454 377 "45 

Hardwood 224 30 . . 39 240 277 188 -. 281 

Tufa1 687 550 .. 142 1.357 2,741 565 126 

- .- 

Nlti0"e.l rorest 

1," board Ice,, 

1/ Includes Bureau or Land ManlgpmPni. 

,"din" 

- - - 

Type md specles group 

.. 

-- 

41: ounrrships / Natlona: forest ! lndlan 

I 

Other 

F~~F~~IY 

state. county. ! Forest Farm MISC. 

and municipal I ~"~~==~ 1 1 wt- 
CLE 

EEC . ~ ZLI lit) .. . . ~ 

~~ ~ ~ ~. 

~p 

.. ~. ~~ 

YEZ ~~ Cil ,El ~~ . . 
Table zia. Averagr net ralvme per acre ai growing stock an* cull flmber U on commercl~ rarest land. b) ownersh,p 

mapr forest We. and species gmup. for the entire State ai Florida. 1959 

Flue types: 

Growing stock. 

sonwood 

Hardwood 

Tot* 

Cull timber: 

Saiiwoad 

Hardwood 

'rota, 

Oak-pine ,me: 

Growing stock: 

Soitwoad 

Hardwood 

Total 

Cull ilmber: 

soih-oa* 

Bnrdwood 

Total 

Wlrdwood +per: 

Growing stock: 

soitwoo* 

Hardwood 

Total 

culi timber: 

SO*,"OOd 

Hardwood 

Total 

All types: 

crowing EIYE*: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Toral 

Cvll ilmber: 

Soih-ood 

Hnrdwood 

Totdl 

All timber 

5. 9 0. 1 12.4 0.2 -- -. 15.6 0.2 2.5 ill) 5.4 0.1 4.0 0.1 6.1 0.1 

8.2 0. l 0. 5 (31) ~- -- 19.0 0.3 0.5 1311 3.6 (3) __63 0.1 17.8 0.2 

15. 1 0.2 12. 9 0.Z .. .. 345 0.5 3.0 l@,fi 9.0 0.1 10.3 0.2 23.9 0.3 

All 

owncrshlps 

U includes voiume o* palm. 

21 includes Bureau of Land Management. 

31 L~~~ thm 0.05 cord per acre. 

- 

CVblc feet - =cord * Cords - - feet - 

National 

iorest Indian Other Federal 21 state. county, and munlclpd Farm Forest industry 

MiSC. 

private 
Table Zlb. Average net volwe per acre of growing rrock md cull tlmberi! on commercid forest land. by owncrshlp, 

ma>or iorcs* type. md spec.en gruup, Null*.rnr, Florida, 19jS 

Fares: type, 

forest 

-. 

Pine tries 

Growma stock: 

sonwood 336. 5 4. 7 498. B 7. 1 .. ~. ~~ -~ 300. 3 4. 1 366. 5 5. 2 321. 5 4. 5 215 1 3. 9 

Herdwood 6. 1 0. l ~- .. -- .. -- .. -. .. B. l 0 1 5.3 0. l 9.3 0. l 

-~ .- -- Total 342. Y 4. 8 498. 8 1. 1 .- .. 300.3 4. 1 372. 6 5. 3 326. 8 4. 6 284 4 4. 0 

Cull tlmbcr 

Soitwood 8.1 0. 1 12. 9 0. 2 .. -- .. -~ 7.8 0.1 5.8 0.1 8.3 0.1 no 0.1 

Hardwood 8.4 0. l .. .~ .. -- .. ~- .. -- 3.0 ia/i 6 n 0.: 17. B 0.2 

Total 16. 5 0. 2 12. 9 0. 2 .. .~ .. -. 7.8 0.1 9.9 0.1 14.7 0.2 25.9 03 

Oak-pinr type. 

Growlnr stack. 

Sotiwood 498. 0 5. 6 739. 0 9. 9 .. -- .- .~ -. ~~ 725.2 9.5 390.1 5.2 347.5 4.7 

Hardwood 117.8 L.8 .. -~ .. .~ .. -~ .. -- 122.3 1.6 85.0 1.2 153.2 2.L 

Tail1 616.8 8.2 138.9 9.9 -~ -. .- -~ .~ -~ 847 5 11. Z 415. 1 5 4 500. 8 5. 8 

Cull tlmber: 

Sotiwoad 14.9 0.2 107.4 1.3 .. -- .. -- .. ~. 22.9 0.3 15.2 0.2 -- .. Hardwood 208.0 2.8 .. -~ .. -- .. -- .. ~. 143.1 2.0 387.0 5.5 88.4 l.4 -- Total 220 9 3.0 107.4 1. 3 -~ ~- .. -~ .~ ~- 166.0 2.3 412.2 5.1 98 4 1.4 

Cull timber: 

Soiixood 11.2 0. 1 .. -~ .. ~- .. ~~ .. ~~ 16.1 0.2 33.4 0.1 7.4 0.1 

Hardwood ZRY.1 3.9 269.2 3.7 .. -. 88.7 1.1 55.0 OY 330.2 4.5 172.3 2.4 326.0 4.4 

Totd 300. 3 4. 0 269.2 3. 7 .. .. 88.7 l.1 55.0 0.1 345.3 4.7 185.7 2.5 332.4 4.5 

All tmea: 

Growing stock 

Cull timber. 

l/ infiudes volume "i palm. 

21 Incivder Bureau ui ,.a"* Management 

31 Less than 0.05 cord per acre. 
~aue zlc. nveriae net volume PET acre or growmg stuck od cull t~mber U on commermrl forest land, by ounershlp, 

malor forest *me. a6 species group. Nanhwest Florida. 1959 

Soitwood 310. 5 4. 1 247. 1 3. 5 ~. ~- L93 0 2. 5 268. 1 3. 8 484. 6 5. 3 339. 2 4. 4 130. 8 3. 1 

Hardwood 127.9 1.9 llT 0 2.0 .. .. 26.2 0.4 59.6 LO 151.5 2.1 261.4 3.8 63.3 1.0 - Total 438. 5 6. 0 364. L 5. 5 .. .. ZIB.2 3.0 321.9 4.8 63s. 1 8,s 600.6 8.2 294. 1 4. 1 

Cull tlmber. 

rarest tme, 

,111 types. 

Growme stoc*: 

~~t~~~a~ 

Toial 458.8 6.3 582.3 7.9 .. .. 255.3 3. 5 SO?.+ 7. 0 470. 7 6. 3 521.7. 7. L 421. 0 5.8 .- 

Cull timber. 

other state. county, MIS". 

Total 87.2 1.1 92.8 1.2 -- -. 114.0 1.5 S3.3 0.8 79.8 1.1 80.8 1.2 93.9 1.3 --- --- .- 

Ail timber 547 0 7. 4 614. 9 9. 1 .. .. 369. 3 5. 0 560. 7 7. 8 550. 5 7.4 602. 0 8. 3 117. 9 7. L 

PFivate 

I/ Includes volume of palm. 

21 inrludes nuream ~~~d *~~~~~~~~i 

3l Less than 0. 05 cord o-r acre. 

Cub," Cllbl" Cvbir C*COTdlieetCardsi_lcmds~~r*~Cordh - .- - Kc&sec&-e - - 

industry 

rorert 

forest Farm Federa 21 , and munic,pd 
Table Zld. --Average net volume per acre a, 6'Owl"g stack uld cuu ilmber II an commerciai forest land, by ow,,ershlp 

major forest type. and species group. Central Florida, 1869 

Pine typsr: 

Growing stack. 

Sof*ood 

HardWood 

Total 

Cull timber: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Oak-pim tpe. 

Growing stor*. 

Soiiwood 

Hardwoad 

Total 

Cull limber: 

Soifwood 

Hardrood 

Total 

Bardwood types: 

Growmg stock: 

Soifwood 

Hardwood 

ToVal 

Cull timber. 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

411 types: 

Grounng stock: 

Sonwood 

Hardwand 

Total 

Cull timber 

Softwood 

Ilrrdwoad 

Toid 

All timber 

1 A" 1 ";;a 1 hdlan Other Bate, county. Forest 1 Mlrc. 

"WnFrships 1 Federd Zl and mvnlrlprl mdust~ ; 1 private 

~ .- 

li Includes volume of palm. 

21 lochdes Bureau Of Land Minagemcnt. 

3 Less than 0.05 cord per acre. 
Table ?I*. Average net volume per acre oi grawmg aioci and cull timber ?I on commercial iaresi land, by ownership 

major rarest type. and spec~es group. South Flomdr. 1950 

Pine types: 

Growing stock: 

Soitwood 

Hardwood 

Told 

Cull tlmber: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Oak-pine tme: 

Growing stock: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Cull tlmher: 

Soitwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Hardwood types: 

Grawmg stoc*. 

Sof:uood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Cull tmlber: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Toid 

All imes: 

Forest type, 

Bpecles G'UUP, "d 

class oi m-iiena1 

IJ lnciudei volume of palm. 

Includes Bureau of Land Management 

31 Less than 0.05 cord oer acre. 

All National Other Slate. county, ( Forest MlEC. 

oulner5hips ~eaeral Zl and municipal private 

-. 

41 Excluded becavse of exc~ssive sampling error. - 

- 
Ilblr 22. :\YEFB~P ile: VOLUmF PEI lYiP 0: gF"Ylne Stuck on commercial forest land, hl stand sire major forest type. 

iforklng, and iltu qurllly, Flunda, lDSY 

PIKE TYPES 

.. 

stm* sire 

Sawtlmber Polrflmber Nonsfocked 

- - - - - 

reef Cords 

Good site. 

Well storkeil 193.0 11.1 1,3205 15.1 506.5 1.7 45.4 0.6 ~~ ~~ 

Mediumstocked 381.0 5.3 886.5 i2.O 279.3 4.2 51.4 0.7 l50! 1.9 

Poorlyalofkcd 94.2 IS 549.9 7.2 L91.6 2.9 3&5 0.5 32.0 "4 

Tafrl 434.9 6.1 1,111.3 15.4 386.6 5.8 42.8 06 3< 9 0.5 

Well Stocked 410. 4 6. 7 990. 6 13. 5 461.9 1. 0 53. 1 0. I ~~ ~~ 

Medlum stocked 261. 1 . 3. 7 63<. 0 8. 5 261 L 3.8 45. 0 0.6 196.0 2. 6 

Poorlysiocked 51.1 0.7 538s 72 143.1 2.1 . 27. 2 0. 4 - 22.9 0 3 

Total 158. 2 2. 4 785. 4 10. 6 298.2 1.5 31.6 0. 5 25. 6 0. 1 

Wpll stockcd 306.5 1.5 812.0 1. 348.0 5.4 4L.4 0.5 . ~ . . hledium stockrd 2". 0 3. 4 60ii 1 7. 8 263 6 4.0 

. . -~ 

58. 3 0. 8 266. 2 3.4 

Poorly stocked 23. 0 0. 3 140.4 2.2 11.5 0. 1 -. 10.2 0.1 

Tolrl 80.0 1.2 722.3 8.8 247.7 1.8 30.0 0.4 11.3 0.2 

ivcii stocked 657.0 9. 3 1.243.8 17.0 471.8 7. i 7.1 0.6 .~ . . hlcdlum stocked 331.0 4. 6 802. 8 10. 8 271. 8 4. 1 50.2 0.7 '87.3 2.4 

Poorly stocked 54. 5 0. 8 546. 1 7. 2 162. 1 2. 5 ~~. 2,. 7 0.4 !9. 8 C 3 

Total -- 

-. 264. 5 3. 7 1,039. 8 14.2 325.4 4.9 38.9 0 5 21.9 0.3 

.. ~- 

OAK-PINE TYPES 

Good nts. 

well stocked 1.004 s 13. 4 1.432. 3 18 9 440.9 6.4 lo6 n I. n ~~ . ~ 

Mrdlvmiturk~d 469.6 6.4 RW.4 11.5 216.0 1.0 73.2 1.0 218.3 2.7 

I'oorly stocked 237. 7 3. 2 631. < 8. Z 231. 8 3. 5 93.1 1.2 11L.5 1.4 - 

'Total fifis.2 9.U 1.181.4 5.7 351.0 . 5. 1 88.0 :. 2 :22 8 1. 5 

Well stocked 681.2 9.2 1055.6 1.0 273.5 1.2 110.3 1.2 . . ~. Mpdrum rfoiked 317. 0 4. 3 709.9 IO4 116. 5 1. 8 1ZP.O 1. 7 . . ~ ~ 

Pooriystockcd 121.6 1.1 141.8 4.5 ~. 221.0 3.L - 62.9 0.8 88.3 1.1 

'Total - 270.5 3.7 882.5 11.7 2114.7 1.0 890 1.2 88. 3 1. l 
Weil stocked 1.801. 7 23. 3 2.LL3. 6 26. 8 872. 1 L2.6 40. 3 0. 5 .. . . MDdlum stocked 1.39C. 1 17. 9 1,642. 7 20. 9 113.2 8. 1 71. 9 1.0 631. L 1.0 

Poorly stocked 671.7 B 5 970.2 12. 1 244.2 3.4 129.5 1.6 161. 1 2.0 -. 

Table 22. Averax" net wlume per acra of growing stock on cammerclal iorpst land, by stand sxze, malor corest type. 

sfochng, and slie quall!y, Florida. 1959 (conunued) 

XARDWOOD TYPES 

Total 1,419. 2 19. 0 1.792. 1 22. 8 723.0 10. 4 85. 3 1.0 175. 1 2. L 

Fshr site. 

Well stocked 819.3 11.6 1.462.2 18.8 527.8 1.5 112.4 1.6 -~ ~ ~ 

Medium stocked 556. 1 8. 7 1.113. 3 14. 5 418. 5 6. 8 131. 5 1. 7 371.2 5.0 

Poorly stocked 132.8 1. 7 770. 6 9. 9 218. 5 3. 9 61. 4 0. 9 31.2 0.5 

Total 445.0 5.9 L.211.0 1.5.7 149.0 6.4 92.0 1.2 361 0.5 

51te quallly 

stacking 

Well stocked 281.4 3.8 1,199.2 14.4 355 0 5. I 1. 1 0. 1 . . .. Medlum stocked 69.6 1.0 ~ ~ .~ 348.8 4.9 20.1 0.3 . . .. P0orllatocked 11.".Z 353.3 4.0 157.7 2.3 7.1 0.1 6. 1 0. 1 

Total 21.3 0.3 782.1 9.3 260.3 37 10.0 0.1 6. L 0. 1 

All Elfrs: 

Well stocked 1.191.0 15. 6 1.199. 1 23.0 589. 3 8. + 91.8 1. 3 .. .. Medivm 811.6 10. 7 1.336.0 17.2 488.2 6. 8 107. 0 1.4 419.8 5. 4 

Poorly focked 116.8 1. 5 851. 4 10. 8 258. 5 3. 6 54. 3 0. 7 22.4 0.3 

Tots1 526.6 6.9 1.485.5 19.0 415.9 6.8 73.9 1.0 23.4 0.3 

CL'blC CoTdS C& 

- ieet - - - ieet - 

Good site: 

Stand slre 

ALL TYPES 

All stand sires 

Msdlurn stocked 820. 5 8. 3 1,210.4 15. 8 313. 3 4. 6 54. 1 0. 7 189. 0 2. 3 

Poorly stocked 176. 1 2. 3 782.9 9. 9 198. 6 3. 0 42. 6 0. 5 -- 42. i 0. 6 

Total 675.9 9. 1 L.407. 1 18.4 413.7 6.2 48.6 0.7 46.2 0.6 

Well stocked 727. 5 9. 8 1.316.4 17.4 419. 5 7. 3 80. R I. 1 ~~ -~ 

Medium stocked 506. 5 6. 8 993.9 13.0 390.4 5. 6 93. 3 1. 2 231. 3 3. I 

PYOIIY 94. 2 1. 3 ill. 3 9. 2 214. 3 3. i 49.4 0. 1 2" 7 0.4 

ToLd 322.9 4. 3 8,103. 1 4 379.9 5. 5 66 1 0.9 31.8 0.4 

iawilmber 

Poor mte: 

Well stacked 302.2 4.4 844.2 11.8 352.2 5. 3 34.5 0.4 ~~ .~ 

Medium 197. 3 2.8 606. 1 7. 8 272.4 4. 1 41. 1 0 5 266.2 3. 4 

Poorly Efvcked 19. 8 0. 3 353. 3 4. 0 153. 1 2. 3 11. 1 0. 1 9.4 0. I 

Total 57.3 0.8 727.8 9.8 249.2 3.7 22.3 0.3 9.9 0. 1 

A,! sites: 

Well stacked 885.5 12.0 1.519. 0 20.0 511. 7 1. 6 60. 1 0. 8 ~~ .~ 

bledlum stocked 555.9 7.2 1,100. 8 14.1 320.0 5. i 70. 4 0. 9 117.8 2 8 

Pooriy stocked BP. 1 11.2 747. 1 9. 5 191. 4 2.9 39. 9 0.5 22.2 0. 3 

Total 382. i 5. 1 1.279.9 16.8 316. 4 5. 5 52. 8 0.7 24. 0 0. 3 

Paletimber Seedling Nonsracked 

, and sapilng and ofher 
Pine 611.5 34. 8 .~ -. 8.6 1. 9 211.6 118.6 110. 0 

Cypress 30.5 19. 8 . . ~ ~ .. .. 1. I 8.7 1. L 

Hardwood 91.6 0. 6 .. ~~ . . ~. 26.2 S1.l -. 23. i 

Total 733.6 55.0 ~~ . . 8. 6 7. 9 218 0 228.4 194.8 

Trblr 23.--Net annual growth. mortality, and cui or sawflrnher and growing stock on commercla: (ores, land, 

hi. ounershlp and species group. Flonda. 1858 

-'GROWlKG STOCK (In m>lilon cublc feet) 

-. 

Net annual growth 

Growth. muriaiiti. 

and cut. by sprc>es 

group 

Plne 211.8 18.0 .~ ~. 5.3 8. 9 69 3 42. 1 

.~ B8. 2 

cypress 35.4 1.0 0. I 0. 3 0. 5, 9.9 9.9 13.7 

Hardwood ~~ 

- 54.6 1. 6 . . 0. 7 0.5 18.2 ?Pi# 24. 6 .- Totri 311.8 20.5 0. ~~ I 6.3 ~0.d Pi. + ll:0 106. S 

mne 90.1 I. 7 ~~ . ~ 2.1 3. 1 29. 6 1i.s an. I 

Cypress 17.4 0.4 . . . ~ 0.2 0.2 4.9 4.9 6. 8 

Hardwood 7L.6 1.6 ~~ .. 0.7 0.7 20. I 21.: 21.4 

Total 119. 1 9.7 .. ~ ~ 3.0 4. 6 54. 6 43.9 63. 3 

SAWTIMBER (In million board leei) - 

Net annual growth. 

Pine 929. 2 78. 1 .. .~ 23.2 32.5 i0,.8 164.3 

.~ 321.5 

Cypress 165.1 3.5 2.5 1.1 2. B 46.0 58. L 

.. .~ 52. 4 

Hardwood 223. 1 2.1 1.3 1. 3 67.4 60.9 -- 89. 5 

Total 1.317. 7 8" 3 2.5 . . 25.6 36.6 420 0 285. 3 463.4 

 annual mortallfy' 

OwnFrehlPB 

Annual cut. 

GROWING STOCK (In tno~sand cords1 - - 

Net annual grou.th: 

Nallonal 

rarest 

Plne 3.041 252 ~. ~- 7'1 128 I,Ool i 2l 070 

cypress 454 12 .. 4 122 128 LBO 

Hardwood 889 22 .. ~. 1 l 240 268 ... 13Y 

Total 4,384 288 1 .~ 94 144 1.363 1,007 1.489 

Plne 1.293 108 . . .- 34 53 

6 ~~ 

+25 280 412 

Cypress 223 .~ 2 3 80 63 89 

xardvood 887 24 -~ ~. 12 10 261 zle 376 

Total 2,503 139 ~ ~ . . 48 86 752 621 817 

lndlar 

Plne 2,198 152 ~. .. 31 35 105 621 tiG4 

Cypress 78 <S -~ ~ ~ .. .- 2 28 

Hardwood 277 .. .~ . ~ 69 193 72 

~- 

D~ITC. 
Total 724. 1 49.0 102. 3 19. 7 245. 3 307. 8 -. 

GROWING ST~CK (In mililon cub~ ieetl 

Table 24 Annual morinlify ai Ea*.mber and grawvlg atoci on commrrclal forest lad, by .pemes gmup 

- and cruse of death. Florida. 1958 - cause of death 

Plnc 80. I .. 21.9 4.0 28.4 34.9 

Cmr~as 17.4 10. 6 .. .. 2.6 4.2 

Hardwood 71.6 2.8 3. 6 2. 1 19. 3 43.7 - 

- 

Toid 179. 1 13. 5 25.5 7.0 50.3 82. 8 

GROWING STOCK (In thousand cords1 .- 

Pvlc 1, 293 ~~ 314 10 407 502 

Cypress 223 136 -~ -~ 33 54 

Hrrdwood 987 3P 49 30 267 602 .- Total 2. 503 175 353 100 707 1. l58 . 

specxes grovp 

All causes . - 

Pine types: 

SAWTIMBER ih mzlllon boird feet) .- 

Pine 395.0 ~- 102. 3 19. 7 130.4 142. 5 

Cypress Bl. b 49.0 .. .~ 15.7 16. 9 

Hardwood 247.1 ~. .. .. 99.2 148. 3 

Fire 

Table 2%. Average rnnull net grouih per acre or snumntber on cammerclal forest land. by owncrrhp, major ,orpsi type. 

and spenes ~rallp, (or the entlrc State of Florida. 1958 

(1" board fee,) 

Oak-pine type 

soitwood 95 116 . . 1s a8 123 lza 66 

HarOvaod .. ~. 3 .- l i Y 

Total 104 116 .. 22 28 132 133 76 

'rme and 

Species group 

Hardwood types: 

Insects 

Soitwood 56 79 137 41 61 78 42 50 

Hardwood I I 3 ~. 2 15 11 12 

Total 67 82 137 43 63 93 53 CZ . -- 

XU 

ownerships 

I! includes Bureau of Land Management 

3 Less then 0.5 board ,om p*r acre. 

Dlseasea 

~~t~~~~l 

fvr~at 

Other Unhawn 

lndlan i other / Federa! 1: slate. county. 

and munrclpal 

~~~~~i 

IndusLry 

Firm I r~<~~~. 1 prxvate 
 able 25b. --~verage amud net growth per acre of sswtlmber on commercibl lurest land. by ornership, forest tme. 

and specler group, Northerat Flonda. 1958 

(in board fee*) 

Pine types 

Softwood 97 97 .. ~- 45 115 80 90 

Hardwood 1211 .. . . -- .~ 1 lZ/l (211 

Total 91 97 .. .. 45 117 80 90 

Type and 

Speciea group 

Oak-pme type. 

Softwood 116 78 .. .. -- 130 130 88 

Hardwoad 14 -. -~ .. .. 9 18 1R 

Toirl L30 78 .. .- .. 139 148 107 

S~ftwood 29 36 .. .- 3 45 22 22 

Hardwood 33 13 -- .. 13 37 35 30 

Total 62 48 . ~ .~ 16 82 51 52 

All tmer: 

Sdtwaod 71 86 -- .. 37 92 51 59 

Hardwood 14 2 .~ .~ 2 15 19 15 

Total 85 88 -~ .. 39 107 16 74 

I/ Includes Bureau oi Land Management. 

Z/ Less than 0. 5 board foot per acre. 

All ' National Indian ownerships 

Oak-pine type. 

Softwood 8& 163 .. 18 30 111 114 68 

Xlrdwood 5 ~. .. 3 .- 9 8 

Total 89 169 ~ - 22 30 1211 122 71 

Hardwood types: 

sonwood 19 19 -- 29 33 zz I i 

Bardwood 32 11 .- 3 42 45 30 

Total 51 30 .~ LO 37 75 68 41 

All types: 

Softwood 65 70 .- 44 118 60 65 68 

Hardwood 14 3 . . 15 25 16 

Total 79 73 .. 46 120 75 90 84 

I/ lnciude. Bureau of Land Management. 

U Leas than 0.5 boar* ioo: per acre. 

forest 

Table 25c. --A~erage annual net groMh per acre of sawtimber on commercial forest land, by ownership, major forest type. 

uld sp~cier group, Norihwest Florida, 1958 

(In hoard feet) 

Type ad 

specler group 

Other 

Federal ii 

State, county, 

and mumcipal 

Fareat 

industry 

All 

ownerships 

Farm 

Natronal 

forest 

Mlsc. 

prlvite 

Other 

Federal ll state. couniy, and mumclpal 

Forest 

Industry 

ills". 

p'Lvait 
Table 256. --Aurrage annual net grov.ih per acre of saurtlmber on commerc~al forest land, by ownership, mqor forest iypc. 

and species group, Central Florida, 1958 

(In board feet1 

Saiiwaod 28 202 ~- 41 48 40 17 36 

Hardwood (21) .. -- -~ -~ 121) tzi1 .~ 

Total 28 202 . . 41 48 40 17 36 

Type and 

SpeclPS group 

OaL~plne type: 

Xardwoad types. 

Soiiwaod 34 13 ~- 48 111 38 25 

Hardwood is 2 -- 3 9 49 I1 24 

Total 52 15 . . 57 160 49 4s 

Ail 

ownershipa 

U rnclvdei Bureau oi Land Managemen, 

21 Less than 0. 5 board font per acre 

National 

iorert 

Xardwood types: 

S~iirood 

Hrrdwood 

Tdal 

Table Z5e --Auerbge annual net growth per acre of saMimber on commerc~al forest land, by awneyshp, major forest type, 

and species gmup. South Flonda, 1958 

,in board feet) 

All types: 

Soitwoad 33 .. 131 42 6 31 3C -~ 

Hardwool - i -- ~. .. .. -~ 1ZlI 

Teal 34 .. 137 42 6 . . 31 38 

LI lncludea Burelv of Land Management. 

21 Less ihan 0. 6 board foot per acre. 

I"*'=" 

Type md 

speoes group 

Other 

Fcd~rai LI 

All 

ownerjhlps 

State. county. 

sno municipal 

Natlonal 

iarest 

Forest 

industry 

indlan 

Farm 

Other 

Fe*rai il 

MISC. 

private 

State. ruunt).. 

and munic,pa, 

Fvrerf 

industry 

Mlsc. 

private 
~abie 26a. --~verage vlnual net growth per acre of growing stock on commercial forest land, by ovnershlp. forest tme, and speclea group. for the entire State of Florida, ,958 

Natlona, Indian Other State, cuunri. Forest 

rarest Federal and muliclpal industry 

- - - feet - 

Pine types. 

sonwood 17. 1 0. 3 22. 9 0. 3 ~- -- 184 0.3 20.0 0.3 22.6 0.3 11.4 0.1 16.0 0.2 zadwood 0.2 (21) (a11 1211 -- -- 0.1 IUI (ail (a/) - 0.2 IUI ... 01 ILI 0.2 ill) 

Totd 17. 3 0. 3 22. 9 0. 3 -. .. 18.5 0.3 20.0 0.3 22.8 0.3 115 0.1 16.2 0.2 

Hardwood tmea: 

All iypcs. 

U includes Bvreau of Land Management 

zi Less than 0. 05 cord per acre 

Table PGb. --Average mud net grou.th per acre of growmg eiock on commercial forest land. by ownersip. forest type, 

and species gmup. Northeast Flonda. 1958 

Tmc and A,, ~~ti~~~l j ,ndlan i other stnte. cuuniy. , poresz Farm M1TC. 

zpecies group ' ownerships - .L forest Federl li rnd mumclpal 1 .".".+=. P=Z"=+~ 

Pine tyoes: ~ ~ 

Softwood 23.4 0.1 22.3 0.3 -- -- .. .. 14.8 0.2 26.3 0.3 20.8 0.3 22.4 0.3 Hardwood a. 2 I?/) - - -- .. .. .. .. .. .- 0.2 (211 0.2 I 0.2 (W1 

Totll 23.6 0.3 22.3 0.3 ~- -- -- ~- 14.8 0.2 26.5 0.3 21.0 0.3 22.8 0.3 

Oak-pins type: 

Softwood 25.4 0.3 16.9 0.2 ~~ -- -. -- .- .. 21.4 0. 4 21. 0 0. 3 23. 1 0. 3 

Hardwood - 4.2 (ill -- -- -. -- .. .. -- -- -~ 

--- 3.4 (#I 3.3 Ill1 ~- 

6.1 0.1 

Total 29.6 0 3 15. 9 0. 2 .. -~ -- -- .. .. 32.8 0.4 27.3 0.3 ZY.2 0.4 

Hardwood types: 

Softwood 6.5 0.1 10.0 0.1 -- -- .. .. 0.0 1211 9.0 0.1 5s 0.1 5.0 0.1 

~ardwood 9.3 0.1 1.1 0.1 .. .. -- ~- 2.6 (211 lo. j a. 1 lo. o o. i s a o. I 

- Total 15.8 0.2 17.1 0.2 -- - .- ~- 3.4 (21) 19.5 0.2 15.9 0.2 3. 0.2 

All tmes: 

Sofiwoad 16.7 0.2 20.1 0.3 .. -. -- -- 12.0 0.1 20.3 0.1 13.9 0.2 14.6 0.2 

~wdw~od 4.1 izl) 1.2 (211 -- ~- -- -- -- 0.5 (?/I 4.1 (211 5.3 I 4.2 (211 

Totd 20.8 0.2 21.1 0.3 -- -- .. .. 12.5 0.1 24.4 0.3 19.2 0.2 18.8 0.2 - ~- 

I/ includes Bureau of Land Mma~ement. 

21 Less than 0. 05 cord per acre. 
Table 261. --Average annual net growth per acre of gmwlng stock on commerc1;il forest land, by ownership. major farpst type. 

ad specler group, Northwest Florida. ,958 

Pine types 

- 

Type and ' XU. 

Softwood 13. 0 0. 3 24. 0 0. 3 .. .. 23.4 0.3 39.5 0.6 18.3 0.3 26.7 0.4 24.0 0.3 

Xardwood a. 3 121) 0 I IZlI -- -~ -- 0.2 I 0.2 IZII 0.3 I -- 0.6 (a 0.4 Ill) 

Total 23. 3 0. 3 24. 1 0. 3 .. .. 23.6 0.3 39.8 0.8 38.6 03 27.3 04 25.3 03 

Oak-pme type 

hxiional ' ,"*>an 

Sortwoad 15.9 0. 2 7.2 0. l .. ~. 7.9 0.1 13.9 0.2 24.2 0.3 18.9 0.3 14.3 0.2 

Hardwood 4.0 I?/) 2. 3 I?/) -- -~ 3.7 (21) 2.2 (211 3.8 121) 6.6 0.1 2.4 131) 

Toid IS D 0. 2 9. 5 0. 1 .. .~ 115 0.1 161 0.2 28.0 0.3 25.5 0.4 167 0.2 

Softwood 3.8 0. 5.8 01 .. ~. 2.4 IU) 8.0 0.1 4.7 0.1 4.5 0.1 2.5 1211 Hardwood 9.3 DL SZ 0.1 .~ -- 1.5 Ill! 5.6 0. 10.9 0.1 4.0 0.2 -- 

8.6 0.1 

Total 13.1 0.2 10.8 0.2 ~~ -~ 3.0 (211 !3.6 0.2 15.6 0.2 185 0.3 11.1 0.1 

- 

Other 

species group 

I1 Inclvdei Bureau a* Land IlanaZEmcnt 

- 21 Less than 0. 05 pard ppr acrp. 

Es !&k CExP ieet - feet - 'eet eds 

awnershLps forest FFdfrai l1 

~ ~ 

Softwood 8. 9 0. 1 17. 2 0. 3 .. .. 6.9 0.1 178 0.3 6.3 0.1 5.5 0. 7.Y 0.1 

Xardwoad (?/i I -- -- .. .. .- ~. ~- -~ 0.2 I?/! I211 (U) -~ ~- 

Total fi. 9 0. 1 17.2 0.3 ~~ -- 6.9 0.1 17.8 0.3 6.5 0.1 5.8 0.1 i".I 

Mist. 

Table 26d. Average annual net growth per acre of growing stock an commerc~d forest Land, by ownerihlp, formst ips, 

and species group. Central Florida. 1958 

. .. Softwood 10.9 0.1 1.0 IZIi -- -- 7.8 0. 1 -- -- .. .- 17, 5 0. 3 5. 2 0. 1 

Hardwood 0. 8 121) .. .. .. .. -~ -~ -. .. .- ~- I. 0 (?I) ~. ~~ 0.7 121i 

ToVal 11 7 0.1 1.0 I211 -~ .. .. .~ 7. h 0. I .- -- 18. 5 0. 1 5. 9 0. 1 

pxvate rlrm and municipal 

State. covniy. 

Type and 

species provp -- 

Hardwoad types: 

Softwood 6. 1 0. i 2. 1 1211 -- -- 0.4 I 6.9 0.1 19.5 0.2 5.2 0.1 52 0.1 

~~~d~~~d a; IU) 3.5 I -- -- o. B I?/) 3. 3 IZI~ 5. 6 0. 1 -< (2!! 5. 3 0. I 

~ota~ 10. o o. I 5. 6 (zl) ~~ ~~ 1.2 IU~ 10.2 0.1 25.1 0.3 10.4 0.1 10.5 0.2 

mdust? 

Faiest 

~- 

All National 

owrlershlps - forest 

411 tprs: 

Soitrood 6.6 0.1 8.7 0.1 ~~ .. 5.2 0.1 12.6 0.2 14.7 0.2 5.1 0.1 6.5 0.1 

Hardwood 2. 0 (?I! 1. 6 IZIl -~ -- 0.2 I 4 I 3.7 (211 1.6 (211 2.5 I211 

Tota: 8. 6 0. I iil. 3 0. 1 .. .. 5.4 Oi 14.0 0.2 18.4 0.2 7.1 0.1 9.0 0.1 

U lnciudea Bureau of Land bfanaeement. 

21 Less than 0.05 cord per acre. 

c- 'eer 

Tab," 27. *""raCr net giortt per a;ir of growing siocX 0" carnrnerclrl roresr land, hi stand sire malor ,ores, 

tyP' stocilng, and s>le quailty, FLnrlda, is58 

PINE TYPES 

Well stoiked 43.8 0.8 48.9 0.1 58.0 0.5 4. 3 0. 1 .. ~~ 

~~d~~~ ilockcd 23.5 0. 4 32. 8 0. 4 32. i 0. 5 4.3 0.1 5. 1 0. 1 

Poorly storlied 5.0 0. 1 16.3 0.2 LOB 0.3 2.0 (Xi 1.9 Ill) 

s,te qualllr 

*"d itoclilng 

Well stocked 31.3 0.4 31.9 0.5 42.0 0.6 8.4 0. I ~~ ~. 

;iledlum 4.6 0. 2 18.4 0. 2 22. i 0.4 28 0.1 5.5 0. I 

Poorly stocked 2.9 0.1 14.8 0.2 13.8 0.2 1.4 Ill1 0.8 I*) 

Total 10.3 0.1 27.0 0.4 27.2 0.4 3. 3 0. L 0.S iYI 

Well stocked 18.7 0.2 21.0 0.3 23.5 0.4 7.4 0.1 . . .. 

MEdlilm stacked 13.3 0.2 2.4 0.2 21.8 0.4 4. Z 0. i 10.9 0. i 

poorli stocked 1.6 WI ~. ~ ~ 12. i 0.2 I. 4 111 o. n -- Total 4.9 0. 1 17.2 02 19.3 0.3 3. A 0. I 0.4 Ill) 

- fir, - reel - - - 

Goad slle 

Stand ill* 

OAYI~PLNE TYPES 

Foor rite. 

well stocked 7. ! 0. l ~. ~ ~ 7.1 0. I ~. . . ~~ ~~ 

Medium ~f""*rd ~~ 

.. ~. . . .. ~~ ~. . . ~~ ~~ 

P"",li SfoCkCd 5.5 0. I ~. ~. 7.8 0. L 5 5 0.1 i. i 0. 1 -. 

Total 5.4 0. 1 -. -~ 7.5 0.1 4.8 0. L 4.1 0.i 

Nonstarked 

and other 

-~~ ~ 

--- 

1/ Less than 0. 05 cord per acre. 

seedllne 

'"d srpllng ill stand sires Sawrlmber Pnleflmbrr 
Well sturkrd 47.2 0.6 50.0 0.7 42.9 0.6 3. i I>) . ~ ~ ~ 

Medlllmslaricd 31.3 0.4 11.2 0.4 25.1 O.< 1.2 (111 6. 5 0. 1 

pnor.l>ELO~*Pd 1Z.B 0.2 7, 0.2 -- 10.1 0.1 1.9 WI 4.3 01 

'rota, 30.2 0.5 $0.1 0.6 4.5 on 2. n rlil 4 0.1 

'libln 27 irerage annual net growth per arrC o! gmulng stock on carnmercxal ior~sl lanli, "y stand s:lc, malor ior-*l 

tYw, ~to~king, and sltr ijuil~ty. Florlda 1958 icontlnued) 

HANDWOOD TYPES 

Well stocked 15.n.2 11.8 0.1 21.4 0.3 7. 6 0, i ~ ~ ~ ~ 

Mrdlurn sloakpd 4. 2 (1) ~~ .. 6s 0.1 3.7 (11 . . ~ ~ 

ilaarly atorlied 0.6 (2) 3.8 0.1 13.0 0.2 0.1 (11, - - 0 2 ill! 

lofrl 1.4 (11 7.9 0.1 15.8 0.2 1.7 (11) 0.2 n/I 

slip quallti 

stvcr7rbe 

Wsli stocked 25.2 0.5 43.5 0.6 31.4 n.4 5.9 0.1 ~ ~ ~ ~ 

Medlurnslocked 22.1 0.3 30 1 0.4 21.5 0.3 I. 7 0. L 8.4 0.1 

Poorly storlied 3. 0 0.1 16.7 0.2 LL.4 0.2 1.9 (l!! ..~ .. 0. 6 U!l 

TOial 11.2 0.2 4 0,s 21 :< 0.2 ? ? C> , 0 /I!/ 

ALL TYPES 

""' c* @&CYhlL cOT65CYblCCOTdic& 'eet - .- ire, - iP*, - 

ier, Cordi 

Good s1ie 

- sand slle 

Good sile. 

A,1 Stand sires 

Well SlocXid 45.0 0.6 10.1 0.7 54.0 0.8 4.7 0. I ~~ . . Mrdlvm stocked 25. i 0.4 33.e 0.s 30. 9 0. S 4.3 0. I 5. 1 0. I 

Pavrly stocleci 7.0 0. L li 1 0.2 .- .. - 1x2 0.3 2.1 131 - .- a. 2 UILTotal 27.8 O.< 41.5 0.6 39.9 0.6 3.5 0. 1 2.2 (Ill 

.- 

Sarflrnber Seedling 1 Nonslo~Ird i polst,mber 1 - m* sapi1ng and otnpr .- 

~~ - 

Total 3.4 0.L 16.4 0.2 18.0 0.2 3.0 0. : O.$ (YI 

1 Less than 0.05 ~ord per acre 

Table 30. Tlmber cut from shwtlmber and grois,mg stork. by product and 

species gmup. Finnda. 1958 -- I From Samlmber From growing stock 

Product 

Thovjand board reef Thourind cub>" iert 

saw lops 

veneer logs 

and bits 

Pulpwood 

rvelwnOd 

Piilng 

P01E6 

Posts 

Hewn ties 

All produc1s 133, 552 641, 936 91, 616 189. 309 1F6. 636 22. 573 

11 Includes excelslor bol:s. turnery bolls, etc. 

Table 31. --Dlspa61tlan of timber cut from grow~y stack. Florida, 1956 

~1~~~~~t~sonwood ~~~d~~'rota1 

Thouslnd Thousand Thousand 

- 

cu,fi, EEx% - 

- 

cu. fi. Percent - 

- 

cu. n. mt 

(loggmg residue) 4. 631 2. 8 4. 122 18.2 8. 753 4. 6 - Transported to mill 162. 005 P7. 2 18. 551 81. 8 180. 656 95. 4 

,IQmd ." 

Coarse 267 0. 2 5. 241 23. L 5. 513 2. 9 

rlne 5,764 4.0 1.114 4.9 1.878 4.2 

Tot11 tlrnb~r cut 186, 535 100. 0 22. 673 100.0 188. 309 100. 0 

11 Excludes coarse maiena1 use* far indusfiial :,,el which 1s generally evnllablc for "a" when mar*eis dPveloD. 

Tabl~ 32a. -Land area, by ?lass and major forest type, for the entire 

State of Florida, 1934-1936, 1949, and l959 

(in thousand acres1 

Pinc and type 17. 124. 8 14. 780 8 11, 824. 0 3. 166. 8 

Hardwood type 4,7349 1!6.660.3 U7.8~1.8 il.301.5 

Land clrrs and *ores, typP 

. - - 

Total Z1,RSS.7 21,451.1 19.585. 8 -1.8C5.3 Table 3Zb. --Land area. by clara and major forest tme. 

Noncommerclil forest land 1. 644. 2 1. 59b.D 1.490. 0 -163.9 

- 

hortheart Florida, 1931, 1949, and 1959 , , 

- - 11" thourand arrps1 , ,;,ps 

Uoniorest 

Cropland 

improved 

land: 

paitwe 

2. 

474.7 

318. 2 3. 

(31) 

346. 8 2.483 

2. 38% 

6 

L 

(?/I 

(21 1 

PIdle or abandoned cropland 918. 5 1. iZ1 9 1. 041. 3 -74. 6 

llarsh or pralne 5. 189 4 5, 899. 7 5, 287. 1 -512. 0 

Urban and other 121. 3 1,063. 2 1, 786. 0 1722 8 

Year of Sumey 

Total 11,269. 1 11,4316 12,9977 -1.566. 1 ~ 

MI land 41 34,7730 34,418.6 34.013. 5 -465. 1 

.. . 

11 inciuder palm1 tmc. 

21 Cornpanson no: uaiid, pasture vlcluded wlth cropland m thr 1949 Survey. 

- 31 Dais no, avallahle, included With cruplBnd. 

41 ~~~i~d~~ 

Change 

h~ancammerc~ai forest land 86.8 92.0 73. 1 -18. 3 

., ,. .. Cropland ,950. B as& 5 667. 3 121) 

Improved pasture 48. 1 (SI) 175.t' 461.6 llll 

Idle or abandoned cropland 143. 9 4li.7X 307.2 -18.5 

Vl;il.sh or nralne 487. 2 2". 7 365. 4 -14. 7 

1934~1936 

All land 4) 9. 731. 6 9, 525. 6 8, 545. 4 119.0 

li Lnciudes prim type. 

21 Cornpairson no? valid, pasture lncl~dsd with cropland 1x1 the 1948 Survey. 

31 Data "0, available; included wlih cropland. 

41 Excludes all water areas. 

L,L,,<<-q67;= +/2.5- ,44u5/ed -~- - / 6 ,s,x ,/Y: 

25. - Ccmp * //86,2- - 'y: 7.2 

L: .T, ). __I.--, 59 ,:". ' ' 

/4 vq %fu/ b&?Ci L fi4: 2. 

1949 ,959 1949-1959 
Table 32c. Lane area. by clrss and ma~or forest me, 

Northwest Florida, 1934, 1949, and 1959 

(in thousand acres1 

I! lnciudcs palm type. 

21 Compa~isvn nut valid: pasture included nth cropland in the 1949 Survey. 

3 Data not avallable: included With cropland. 

41 Excludes a,, water arorr. 3 Table 326. --Lane area, by class and major forest type. i 

Centrd Florida, 1935. 1949. and 1959 

Land class and <ores, tiye 

Land class md forest type Year of Survey Change 

1949 1959 1 19"-1958 

Pine and oak-pine type 5. 157. 1 3.905.8 2,8627 1.043. 1 

Xardwood type 884.8 A! 1,0414 1!1.952.4 ilZl 0 

Totil 6. 142. 3 5. -447.2 4. 825 1 922.: -. 

Cammerclal iDIESt land: 

mne and oak-pme type 4.531. 1 4.235.5 3.268.2 967. 3 

Hardwood type 1.386.4 Ii1.592.5 ii2.453.8 1181.3 4,; Total - 

6. 017. 5 5. 828. 0 5. 722. 0 206. 0 1 DT7 ,.;. , . ~~~commercial forest land 17. I 132.1 21.1 Ill.o ' 8.. 

Noniorest land- 

-@; ----- L," $> 

+oz,<.Lc---- 

"'Cropland 59e. 9 623. 9 1Zi) 

Improved pasture 31. Z la!) />. 2, 188. 0 1211 

Idle OF abandoned cropland 219. 5 234.3 220.9 -13. 4 

Marsh or pmmne 103. 8 127.4- 105.8 -21.5 

urban and other 155. 9 107. 3 315.4 1118. i 

Total 1,216. 3 1. 258.8 1.454.0 1194 2 

Year of Survey I Change 

Noncommercial forest land 177. 7 232.0 110. 7 -101.3 

1934 

Nodorest Land. 6096' 

Cropland 562. 3 1, :36.1 927. 1 @I I 

improved pasture 297. 6 (311 5Z.S 1,2292 (U ) 

idle or abandoned cropland 189. 6 234.4 241. 1 i7.3 

hlarsh or prairie 2. 340. 8 2. 062.0 1. 561. b 400. 4 

ilrhan and other 280. 1 361. 3 S36. 5 iZ68 2 

Total 3. 670.4 3. 789.8 4. 686. i 4806. 3 

1940 

I! includes palm type. 

21 Campansan not vrbd. pasture included rlth cropiand in the 1949 Survey 

31 "ot nvai~able. wlih croplPnd. 

# Excludes all wafer arras. 

All land i! 9,990. 4 9. 779. 0 8,651. 9 -LZ7. 1 

j - 11 inciudes palm type. 

Table 32e.--Land area. by class md mqor foreit we, 21 Companson not vahd, pasture included wltn cmplanrl in the 1848 Survey. 

SouthFlondr. 1936. 1849. and 1159 31 Drta not auailrble; Included nth cropiand. 

1," ,hausand acrrsl u Excludes a21 water areas. 

Year ai Survey Change Land class and iarcst type ' 3 -. , 7 

1959 

1836 

1949-L958 

.( ; 

(I Commercial iorest land: I 8 . 

Flne and oabplne type 1. 580. 7 1. 755. 5 I. 207. 1 548. 4 

Hardwood +me 587. 1 u 418. - 

1 1/ 664. 4 1245. 7 

Totrl 2. 167. B 2, 174.2 1. 871. 5 302. 7 ir~ i 

Eoncommercial foresi Land 1, 352. 0 1. 130. 8 1,204. 5 164. 7 - 

Naniorest land: 

Cropland 146. 2 640.4 275. 3 (21) 

I 

~mpra~ed pasture 91.8 i31i?e:-C. 504.3 (2!1 so$.-? : 

,dle or abandoned croplnnd 66. 5 217. 5 in;. s joo - .-., i: Marsh or pia~ne 3.857.6 3.4196 3,1549 264.7 ----- *. -r - 

Urba and other 118. 6 242.6 -. . -- .- , ,. Total 4, 279. 7 4. 510. 1 4. 543. 1 13. 0 63' All land 41 7,799.5 7,8541 7.Si9.1 -235.0 

194s 1959 - - 1949-1959 : .- 
I.ah:P ?3a.--ict ""iurnp4' or grnwlng stock and cull :~~bei, by *,?.meter class brld spenes provp, ,ar ,he 

SIrte ai Florida, 1931-1935. 1949, and lS5L 

(1" rnIlll0" cubic lee0 

GROWING STOCK 

Dllme,er (inil,es, 

group 10 I2 1s 16-18 201 

Hardwood 1934-1936 841.4 144.3 139.1 128.5 116.9 XB. 7 102.5 lZl.2 

1949 1,424. 6 198. 7 174. 8 201.3 200. 1 149. 4 201.0 299. 3 

1959 1,575. 1 178.0 184.4 236. 1 272. 1 208.9 261.6 23i.O 

ALL TIMBER^ 

I: in order to promdP s bans ior valid "ompansons. ad~ultmenlr have bcpn made I" aliar iar dliierences in 

"tillration slahdarda from survey to survey. Thus, tnr wlumes shown here nli "0, agree Wlth wlurnrs prevl"usli 

PYhUShed YI CLlrrrnf volvmes apvearlng elsewhere m this 

21 Excludes "","me of palm. 
Table 33b.--Net voiume3 of grouing stock and ~ull tlrnber, by dlameier class and sprcles zroup 

Northeast FLorlda. 1934, 1949. and 1959 

I," million cubic :eet, 

GROWING STOCK 

Hardwood 1834 906.7 50. 1 80.1 90.6 132.0 124.7 193.9 227.3 

1949 134.8 58.0 88. 6 118.5 120. Z 126. 5 117. 5 105. 5 

1959 1,019.2 91.4 128. 1 146. 8 132.0 135.9 189. 2 193. 8 

Cypress 1934 712. 5 44. 1 83.1 135.4 140.3 102. 5 101. 6 105.2 

1949 505. 7 45.8 91. 5 139.4 125.4 69. 1 26. 3 10. 2 

1959 644.3 51. 7 93.1 118.9 lS8. 8 102.4 65. 1 33.8 

Hardwood 1934 1,271.1 111. B 140.9 150.8 182.9 151.6 239. 3 284.4 

1949 1,321.9 137.5 170.2 208.8 208.1 191.3 206.8 198.6 

1959 1,707.+ 162.4 204.9 252. 7 251. I 232.3 299. 4 290. 0 

- 

3 in order to provl*e a basis car valid complnsonr, adjvatmcnts have been "lade to allow for differenrcs m 

",,,,ration standards from survey to survey. Thus. the vv,vmer shown here rill not agree With volumes previously 

p"bhshed or current volume. appearing elsewhere in this report. 

21 Excludes w,ume or palm. 
1..i,le 33c. --Net voiumel ai gionnp stoc* md ""11 timber, by dlamefer ciaas and specxes group. 

Norfhiesi Florida, 1934, 1848, and 1959 

,I" million cubLC feet) 

GROWING STOCK 

Cypress 1934 245.9 IS. 8 27. 0 36. 7 38. 1 36.6 40.8 50. 0 

1949 110.1 6. 5 14. 7 17. 3 13.6 13.8 20.9 23. 3 

1959 273.9 19. 1 57. 3 38. 6 40.4 4 1 56.3 33. 1 

Hardwood 1P34 1,062.3 84.8 108. 5 120.4 110.8 154.8 216.8 206.2 

1949 1.2Y2.4 125.6 117. 5 117.0 1114. 8 186. 3 214.3 237.9 

1959 1,122.8 132.2 184. 3 234.2 203.4 217. 4 298.2 253. 1 

,j 1" order to pro"lde a basis far vahd camparlsona, adJustments have been made to allow for differences in 

,,ti,iznt,on standards irom aurvzy to survey. Thus, the wiumes Shawn here Will not agree With Wlumes previously 

p"h,,shed or "olvmes appearins elsewhere in this roport. 

21 Ex'iudes wiume or Palm. 
Cypress 1936 

1948 

1959 

Table 336. Net volumed oi eronng stock and ~ull tlrnher, by diameter class and species group. 

Cantra! Florida, 1935, 1S4Y, and 1959 

(1" million rvblr feet) 

GROWING STOCK 

Hardwoad 1938 224. 7 42.5 37. 3 39.6 26.6 20.5 29.2 29.0 

1948 337.0 51.5 39.2 44.2 49.7 24.5 49.2 78. 6 

1559 330.0 39.4 38.8 46. 3 81.9 35.7 52. 5 55.4 

- -- 

ALL TIMBER~ 

Plne 1916 533.1 26.3 91.4 134.8 107.5 73.0 61. 2 32.9 

1940 415.9 29.8 100.2 141.7 110.5 51. I 31. 7 10. 9 

1959 332. O 28.9 76. 8 90. 3 66. 1 13.4 28. i R. 0 

Cypress 1936 308.2 31.7 46.6 71.1 57.8 35.0 32. 2 38. R 

1949 311.0 35. 1 51. 6 68. 3 60. 1 46. 6 19.6 23.7 

1'111 441.2 44.3 13.3 84. 5 82.3 65. 7 63. 8 27. 5 

SpecleS 

6'O"P 

1959 675. 1 58.0 80. 8 98.4 107.9 82.8 109. 0 119.2 - 1/ I" order to proil*v B bas>. tor valid camparlsoni, ad,"aimenla have been made ,a allow for dliierrnces in 

ufi!J/ailon standards ,ram survey to survsy. Thus, ti," Mlvmei shown here rill not agree nth volumes prevloualy 

PYbllshed or rurrEnt vaiumes appearing elsewhere in LhlS report. 

2/ Flciude8 volume of palm. 

A,, 

clilSSei Year 

DlamEfcr "laas (inches) 

6 8 10 12 14 15-18 201 
Table 33c. -~Nel ai grou1ng stock and ""1, timber, by *lameter Class an* species group. 

South Florida. 1951. 1949, and 1959 

(1" mllilan ci>ll.c (ert, 

GROWING STOCK 

Hardwood 1935 

,949 

1959 

Cypress 1936 

1949 

1959 

1 I" araer to proIl*e a baSLS for valid comparisons, a*,ustments have been made to allow for d1fierencPs in 

"tillration standards irom survey ro survey. Thus, the volumes shown here Wiil not agree Wlth volunles preu,ol,sl, 

pubilshed or current wiumes appearing elsewhere in this report. 

21 Excludes volume of paim. 
LARGE SAWTIMBER (In mililon board ireti 

Assumed cut 

SMALL SAWTm8RER (ir miilion hoard feet) 

Prolrcrrd grad, 

,958 493. 2 465.4 3. 0 24.8 861.3 585.7 92.6 83.0 

1969 608.1 531. 3 46. 1 30. 7 673.4 545. 1 57. 0 51. 3 

1978 650.7 565.4 49.8 335 ilS.0 579.2 70.7 66. 1 

1989 647.5 552.4 55.1 40.1 712.8 166.2 75.0 70.7 

.- 

GROWING STOCK (in million cub~ feet) 

Period 

species 

~ ~-~p 

1958 8. 7 0. 4 0.0 8. 3 96.9 5.2 2. 1 29. 0 

1969 39. 3 10.0 5.5 23. 0 58. I 9.5 6. 1 42. 5 

1979 44.7 10.2 5.2 29.3 53.1 il7 5.8 48. 0 

1989 50.4 10.2 5.3 34.9 68.2 9.7 5.9 53. 6 

ALL TIMBER (In rnilllon cublc feeti 

1958 L98.0 159.9 1. 1 31.0 348.7 217.0 58.1 93. 6 

1969 314. 1 219. 1 35. 2 59.8 368.4 ZZL.4 41. 1 105.9 

1079 337. 0 219. 1 34.7 73.2 391.3 231.4 40.6 119.3 

1989 355. 0 233.6 35.2 86.2 409.3 235.9 41.1 132.3 

3 Based or1 prolection ol averape annual change between 1935 and 1958 
I Konrores: ares roiest Land 

Thourind --- Thousrnci Thousand Thousand Tnovsand 

- 

nCrF9 .- acres - acres -- 

E Percent I. ; - acres -- 

Alrchul 

Baker 

Bradin~ci 

Clay 

Columbia 

Ulrlr 

".lril 

ria~~er 

Gllchrlst 

Ham!Lon 

LairyPltr 

L"vi 

hZadlion 

hlarlon 

Nassau 

Putrlarn 

St. Johns 

su\vmnrc 

Taylor 

I'nlon 

Voluslr 

- 

'Tola: 

Y Gross area from Bureau of Lhr Crnsus. 1950. 

%I 1.esa tharl 5" icrui. 

is,." 

352.9 

484, 5 

361.6 

AS*, 7 

169.9 

308.8 

806. I 

389. B 

445, .5 

140. 8 

8ii. s 

737. 3 

401.4 

iZG.4 

391.0 

7,660.2 

Trble 35b. --County area, by rlass. Norfnwesl ~l~~d~, 1959 

122.0 BR.1 

32.3 11.6 

88. 2 LO. 2 

22. i 18. 8 

116.5 2.5 

288.3 18.3 

113. 9 7. 2 

129. 0 10.6 

Nonfore.: aFea 

LO. 4 8. 2 

87.8 38.8 

L11.5 88.5 

Pores: Land 

89.5 

85. il 

TO. l 

90.4 

72.8 

n?. 

62. 1 

54. 1 

65. 0 

7". l 

91. I 

85.4 

82.9 

H2. 9 

84. 9 

"1.1 .- 

7". :> 

II Gross area from Rureiu ui the Census. !910 

. . 

lrhli 358. --County area, a? ilrsi, bvuth T;o~I~~, lnj~ 

county 

Nanfaresr a~er Forcat laad 

- - .- Th",,sa"d Thousand Ti,ouri.,d T"",,sa:,d 

- acres - 

ariei - a<Fei - FFI<P,,, 

;LC:*& . .- - 

Bx-~ward 180. 8 667. 2 26. i 6Y.I: 17.2 2.3 

Chirloitr 532. 5 141.9 10;. 3 20. 6 25s. 7 60, n 

Collier 1.3562 358.0 83.7 371. 7 ' '536. B 12. 2 

~ade 1.319. B 998. 5 73. i 249. 4':'!,.*0'?e. s 2. 2 

Glades 574. 7 396. 2 23. 8 :;. L :. ,137.b 25.0 

Hcndrv 160.9 407. l 48. 3 "7 na 295.8 4t.1 

Lee 643. 2 179. 6 190. 3 6C. 4 i"'Y242. 9 50. 3 

Mer:ln 372.5 :17.7 06.4 17.0 : 171.4 56.0 

nioriroe OO;.~ 360.7 283. 1 216. 5 ' ' 17.2 2.8 

Pnlrn neath 1,849.9 912. 2 431. 9 136,s: 101.4 13.6 

iora? HS*R.O 4.543.1 1.408.9 1.21145 8. 24.6 - -. . . --. 

i1 G?oiS arra from Rilrenu ol ,hi CPrrsuS. 1950. . . . : 

Thousand Tliollsand Thousand Thovrand Thousand 

- Pel-""", - acrss - acres ilcrFr - 

ai-res - 

TY'"l 

a;eaL1 Lan* water No"- 

commErrlal 

- 

cDmmerrlal 
St. Johns 

SuwannrF 

TbvLor 

Table 36c.Ownership of commeralal iorrsl land, hy county 

Central Florldu. 1959 

11" thousand acrer1 

.~ -~~~ 

Hardee 

Hernand0 

Highlands 

Hlilsborough 

Indian Xlver 

Lake 

ManateOkeechobPe 

Orange 

OEceola 

Pasta 

Plnelias 

POI* 

St. Lucle 

sarrsota 

Seminole 

sumter 

Total 

Tom, 

Pibie 96b. --Ownersh~p of commerc~al io~ert land, by county. 

Northwest Flondr. 1351 

11" thousand acres1 

Tahl~ 36d. Ownerahip of rammernal forest land. by county, 

South Florida, 1919 

1," thouaanri acres1 

MBrfln 171.4 ~- 0.9 0.9 170. 5 

Monroe 17.2 ~. ~. .. 1:. 2 

Palm Beach 165.4 -- 42. 0 42.0 121.4 

Totai 1.871. 5 ~. iZZ.0 122.0 L.7$9.5 

Private 

Pub1.r 

Nrtlanal 

forest 

Other 

puhllc 
126. B 

271. l 

415. 1 

323.4 

400. 5 

494.2 

205.5 

485. 6 

723. 4 

i+2.1 

1.18:. 6 

510. L 

822. 0 

FLY. I 

25;. 2 

341. .% 

7.857 6 

Table 37b -~Nef volumeJ of sartlmbe;, by rovnty and species eraup. 

Xorthwe~i Florldi. 1959 

11" miilioc hoard fret) 

County 

Tabl" 37c. -Net "alorne~ of siwtimbri, by cnur,tg and BPFClCT g""Yp. 

Central Florlda, 1959 

11" million board feet, .-- 

. Softwood Total 

County 

Brruarri 58.7 58. 3 111.0 

Cltrua 121.5 57.7 113. 3 

De Sofo 17, 5 40. 7 58.2 

Hardec 46. 6 21.5 68. 1 

Hernallda Q5.4 113.8 209.2 

Highlrndb 85.2 29.2 114.4 

Hiiiaborough 291.0 109.3 400. 3 

lndlrrl Xlver 45.9 7. 1 53.0 

Lake 155.2 81. 8 221.0 

Manatsf 30. R 27. 2 58.0 

Okeechubec 26. 0 4. 8 30. 8 

Ormge 148. 3 50. 3 198. 6 

Osceoia 240. i 89. I 30". 8 

Pasco 287. 0 43. 9 330.9 

Flncliai 29. 2 1.9 Tahlc 3id. Net ialunc~ ni sru,t>mhri, by coullii and sl,eclas Cx-oup. PI. I 

Pal* 221. 5 156.9 50och Florldr, ,859 

184.4 

St. Lucle 24. 5 3. 1 28. 2 (In mllllan bnirr! i..eli 

Sarasofa 46. 8 4.4 51. 2 

Hardwood 

Seminole 65.2 63. 1 118. 3 TOYllf) 

Softwood Hardwood Total 

Sumrer 207. 1 136. 7 3#3. 8 ~-. ~.~ 

Total 2,233. 6 1,082. 0 3,315.6 Brownrd 7. 3 ~. 7.3 

CharlotLC 20. L ~~ 20. 1 

a Lop Ecnie. Inlenlahonii t~lnch Cnlller 592.2 1E? 612.1 

DidP 15. 1 15. l 

Glades 156. 6 ~ ~ 106. 0 

tiendry 03. 5 13.9 107.4 

Lee 62. 4 ~ ~ 62. 4 

Marfln 20.5 1.3 21.8 

h~~~~~~ en ~. 6.0 

Palm Sear!, 46. :< ~ ~ 40. 3 

Total 1030.0 91. 1 1.055. : - 

v ~oa sde, irlternarional i~lrlcr rule. 

Sa'twoo* HirdiuiiIld Total 
Table 38a. --Net volumrl/ of growlng stock and cull t~mber, by species group and county. honheast rionda. 1859 

(Ir. thoussrld cords1 

Alachva 

Baker 

Bradford 

ciry 

Columbia 

Dixie 

Dvval 

rlaglei 

G11chnei 

Hamiha" 

l.aayetie 

Leiy 

Madlaon 

Marion 

h.asrau 

Putnrm 

st. Johns 

suwrnnee 

Taylor 

umun 

Cull tlmber z1 

Plne Cypress Hardwood Total Pine Cypress Hardwood Tala, 

I 

653 166 512 1, 331 305 319 

2. 503 430 592 3, 115 41 52 290 382 

617 16 172 865 .~ 8 23 31 

844 144 431 1.419 2s 9 228 264 

1.555 494 381 2. 535 -~ 28 291 318 

947 655 1. 735 3. 331 .. 25 1,437 1,462 

407 50 911 1. 388 .. I1 359 310 

905 807 423 2. 336 24 49 1. 07s 1. 152 

94 161 176 431 ~. 10 306 116 

1, 304 246 505 2. 025 ~- 10 262 272 

888 311 630 1. 838 19 242 26G 

1.027 5fil 1.411 3,OlS 85 41 2,205 2, 311 

823 504 776 2. 103 2 L 10 335 366 

2,537 139 1.071 3.747 49 -~ 7 34 783 

811 265 1.034 2, lil 11 15 658 684 

800 63 811 1. 674 73 831 908 

077 171 977 2,125 42 15 666 724 

291 .. 642 933 za ~~ 257 279 

1. 844 709 1. 312 3. 865 -- 32 1, 506 1. 538 

963 204 330 897 -~ 16 60 85 

i/ Sound wood md bark. z/ lnrlvdcs vaiume or palm. 

Table 38b. --Kef volvmell of growmg stark and cull ilmb~r, by species eraup and raun.).. Knrihwssi Flonda. 1959 

(in ihousvld cords1 

county 

Ray 

carnoun 

Escambl, 

Franhlln 

Gadsdcn 

Gulf 

malmcs 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Lean 

Liberty 

akaioosa 

Santi Rosa 

Wakulla 

Wait"" 

ll Sound wood and bark. 

Zl incivdes volume of palm 
Table 38c Net volume?l ai grnrvlg stock and cull limber, by species grow and county. Cenirll F~O~Z~~, 1959 

(in thousand cords, 

county 

Table 386. --Npi volumell of giawvlg stock and cull ilmber. by species emvp and county, South Flnndi. 195s 

(in ihnusand cornsi 

couniy 

Brevard 218 33 262 513 14 6 714 734 L, 247 

Citrus 347 161 292 ROO 4 10 Ili 731 1. 531 

De Soto 65 21 180 277 .. .- 374 374 611 

lirrdee 163 18 90 269 5 .. 234 230 508 

Ilernando 328 4 640 872 -~ ~. 424 424 I, 395 

Hlghlvids 162 124 2 04 "90 -~ 179 186 675 

H~llnboraugh 329 790 COD 1, 609 .. 33 942 375 L. 984 

indlm River 95 127 44 2S8 7 II 298 316 582 

Lair 108 388 4224 1,220 14 14 1.425 1,453 2. GiS 

Manace 153 .. 119 272 .. 131 156 408 

Okeechabee 69 74 95 238 -~ 302 381 625 

Orange 308 472 398 1,178 .. IS 790 ROY 1, 915 

Osc~ala 4 36 398 331 1. 163 . . el 638 705 1. 858 

PaSro 166 891 126 1, 389 .. 13 199 272 1. 661 

Pinellis 77 63 18 158 2 ~. 39 35 193 

Polk 498 872 887 2, 257 15 83 727 825 3. 082 

St. I..uCiP CI 29 12 108 2 ~~ 226 228 355 

Sarisot. 266 .. 24 290 ZZ .~ I, 301 1, 323 1,613 

Seminole 162 39 278 473 8 4 1,949 1. 36: 1, 840 

Sumier 211 608 831 1.450 .. 10 320 330 1. 780 . Total 4. 527 5. 116 5. 753 15, 395 98 342 10, 803 11. 243 26. 63.0 

-- .. 

I/ Sound wood and bark. 

21 includes "alum" oi palm. 

Growmg sracx Cull timber 21 7U(PI 

Broward 6 28 .. 34 ~- 34 35 10 

Charlotte 74 10 .. 84 ~- 64 6C 150 

Colller 632 1.912 171 2.115 434 L, 181 2,222 4. 931 

Dade 55 -- ~- 6C .. .. 71 

Glades 255 3YG 7 656 ~~ 18 343 358 1,015 

Hendri 200 328 68 597 -~ 77 544 62: 1,218 

Lse 59 29" .~ 358 3 4 45 53 4!1 

Ma-fin .. , 8 85 .. 401 405 4BO 

Monroe 23 42 .. 65 -- 4 .. 64 

Pdm B-ich 204 25 .. 229 4 3 69 76 30i 

Total 1,514 3,041 254 % 8881 11 544 3. 290 3. 848 0, 73; ---- .. . . .. . . -. -- 

U Sound wood and bark. 

z1 Includer "",:,me "i palm. 

-. Groirlng ~iaci Cull tlrnber 21 Total 

- 31% 

Plne Cypress Hardwood Totil 1 Pine 

Plee 

Cypress Hardwood 

Cypress 

To:d 

iiardwood 

tlmbei 

Total Pine Clpress