Forest statistics for South Mississippi counties - 1987

Abstract

The 1987 survey of the 17 counties in the South Mississippi unit indicated the following changes since the previous survey in 1977:Timberland area, now covering 4,329.0 thousand acres, is approximately the same.Publicly owned land, excluding National Forest lands which did not change, increased by 90.5 thousand acres; forest industry lands decreased by 114.o thousand acres.Pine forest types decreased by 9 percent, all due to decline of the longleaf-slash pine type.Oak-pine and oak-hickory forest types increased by 5 percent and 24 percent respectively.Sapling-seedling stands decreased by 5 percent; poletimber stands and sawtimber stands increased by 4 percent and 6 percent respectively.Planted area increased by 347.2 thousand acres and now accounts for 24 percent of all timberland.Softwood growing-stock volume increased by only 2 percent.Hardwood growing-stock volume increased by 25 percent.Net growth of softwood growing stock decreased by 8 percent.Net growth of softwood growing stock decreased by 8 percent.Net growth of hardwood growing stock increased by 39 percent.Removals of growing stock increased 16 percent. Softwood removals increased only 12 percent, but are now about equal to net growth hardwood removals increased by 34 percent.

Citation

Kelly, John F.; Dee Hines, F. 1987. Forest statistics for South Mississippi counties - 1987. Resour. Bull. SO-124. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 39 p.