Virginia's Forests

William Bechtold; Mark Brown; John B. Tansey

doi:10.2737/SE-RB-95

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Virginia's Forests

Informally Refereed

Authors:

William Bechtold, Mark Brown, John B. Tansey

Year:

1987

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RB-95

Source:

Resour. Bull. SE-95. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 95 p.

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Abstract

Between 1977 and 1986, area of timberland in Virginia declined from 16.0 to 15.4 million acres. Volume of softwood growing stock increased by 5 percent, and volume of hardwood growing stock increased by 11 percent. Softwood net annual growth decreased by 7 percent, and hardwood growing-stick growth decreased by 1 percent. Softwood removals remained almost unchanged whereas removals of hardwood growing stock fell by 6 percent. Softwood growth exceeded removals by 11 percent, and hardwood growth exceeded removals by about two to one.

Keywords

timberland, forst ownership, timber volume, timber growth, timber removals

Citation

Bechtold, William A.; Brown, Mark J.; Tansey, John B. 1987. Virginia''s Forests. Resour. Bull. SE-95. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 95 p.