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200 million
acres, or 40% of the United States'
timberland is located in the South. |
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The South
grows 23% of the nation's softwood timber
and 44% of the hardwood timber. |
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The most
abundant Southern softwood species, by
volume, is the Southern |
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yellow
pine, making up one-third of the total
inventory. |
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Southern
softwood removals comprise 53% of the
U.S. total; hardwood removals
60%. |
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The 13
Southern states harvest 43% of softwood
sawlogs and 53% of hardwood |
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sawlogs
produced nationally. |
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These
states also account for over half the
plywood roundwood and two-thirds |
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of the
pulpwood. |
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Annually, 9
million cubic feet of wood is harvested
in the South. |
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Each year,
the South's landowners (industrial and
non-industrial) plant 1.2 billion trees, |
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an
average of 3,288,000 trees per day. |
