Minnesota's forest resources in 2005

Patrick D. Miles; Gary J. Brand

doi:10.2737/NRS-RB-6

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Minnesota's forest resources in 2005

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patrick D. Miles, Gary J. Brand

Year:

2007

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-RB-6

Source:

Resour. Bull. NRS-6. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 33 p.

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Abstract

Reports forest statistics for Minnesota based on five annual inventories from 2001 through 2005. Minnesota's total forest area is estimated at 16.3 million acres or 32 percent of the total land area of the State. The estmated total live-tree volume on forest land is 17.7 billion cubic feet or 1,085 cubic feet per acre. The estimated aboveground live-tree biomass on Minnesota's forest land is 465 million dry tons or nearly 28.5 tons per acre.

Keywords

annual inventory, forest land, timberland, forest type, volume, biomass, growth, removals, mortality, Minnesota

Citation

Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J. 2007. Minnesota''s forest resources in 2005. Resour. Bull. NRS-6. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 33 p.