North Carolina's forests, 1990

Mark Brown

doi:10.2737/SE-RB-142

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North Carolina's forests, 1990

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Mark Brown

Year:

1990

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RB-142

Source:

Resour. Bull. SE-142. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 101 p.

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Abstract

Since 1984, area of timberland in North Carolina declined by less than 1 percent and currently totals 18.7 million acres. Nonindustrial private forest landowners control 76 percent of the State's timberland. Volume of softwood growing stock increased 4 percent, and hardwood growing-stock volume also increased 4 percent. Softwood net annual growth rose 18 percent to 590 million cubic feet, whereas hardwood growth declined 9 percent to 570 million cubic feet. Annual removals of softwood and hardwood growing stock increased 19 and 36 percent, respectively. Annual softwood mortality leveled off, while hardwood mortality nearly doubled.

Keywords

Timberland, forest ownership, timber volumes, timber growth, timber removals, timber mortality

Citation

Brown, Mark J. 1990. North Carolina''s forests, 1990. Resour. Bull. SE-142. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 101 p.