Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types

Ralph Alig; Herbert A. Knight; Richard Birdsey

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-260

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Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Ralph Alig, Herbert A. Knight, Richard Birdsey

Year:

1986

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-260

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-260. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.

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Abstract

Forest area data were examined from the most recent surveys of the 12 Southern States by the Forest Inventory and Analysis units of the USDA Forest Service. From 1977 to 1985, forest industry acreage in the South has continued to increase, miscellaneous private acreage has increased at a slower rate, and farm forest acreage has continued to drop sharply. During the same period, the largest area changes among cover types have occurred in pine types. Area in natural pine has decreased 18 percent, and planted pine area has increased by 41 percent.

Keywords

Forest area, timber supply, forest ownership

Citation

Alig, Ralph J.; Knight, Herbert A.; Birdsey, Richard A. 1986. Recent Area Changes in Southern Forest Ownerships and Cover Types. Res. Pap. SE-260. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 12 p.