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Abstract
The 1990 forest inventory of North Alabama revealed the following: Timberland area is 2,105.1 thousand acres, a decrease of 4 percent.The distribution of live-tree volume shows that the large increases that too place in all but the 6-inch class between 1972 and 1982 have abated. Past declines in the 6-inch class have continued for both hardwoods and softwoods.Live-wood volume totals 2,515.0 million cubic feet, about the same as in 1982.Hardwood sawtimber volume is 4,992.7 million board feet, an increase of 16 percent.Net growth is nearly double the removals of live hardwoods.Removals of live softwoods increased by 42 percent, and now represent nearly half of total removals.The growth-to-removals relationship is tight for live softwoods, with removals exceeding growth in six of the 10 counties.
Citation
McWilliams, William H.; Duncan, K.L.; Vissage, John S. 1990. Forest statistics for North Alabama counties - 1990. Resour. Bull. SO-149. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 38 p.
