A preview of West Virginia's forest resource

Joseph E. Barnard; Teresa M. Bowers

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A preview of West Virginia's forest resource

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Joseph E. Barnard, Teresa M. Bowers

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-249. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.

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Abstract

Forest land occupies 75 percent of the total land area of West Virginia. Sixty percent of the forest land is classified in the oak-hickory forest type and only 6 percent in all the softwood forest types. Since 1961, growing-stock volume increased 24 percent. Yellow-poplar increased 39 percent in volume and is now the prevalent species in the State.

Keywords

Forest surveys (West Virginia), forest area, resources (timber), statistics (forestry)

Citation

Barnard, Joseph E.; Bowers, Teresa M. 1977. A preview of West Virginia''s forest resource. Research Note NE-249. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11p.