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The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect

Metric Unit Data

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Chapter 2: Current and Historical Trends in Use, Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands-Metric Unit Data
by Richard A. Birdsey & George M. Lewis

Table 12. Area of forested wetland in the conterminous United States, 1986 and 1997¹.

	1986	1997
	(Million ha)
Wetland class:
Estuarine Forested Shrub	0.27	0.27
Palustrine Forested	21.02	20.53
Palustrine Shrub	6.97	7.43
Total	28.26	28.23
¹ FromDahl (2000).

Users of these tables are kindly requested to cite their source:
Birdsey, Richard A.; Lewis, George M. 2002. Current and Historical Trends in Use,
Management and Disturbance of United States Forest Lands. IN: Kimble, John et al. (eds.),
The Potential of U.S. Forest Soils to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect.
Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. XXX p.

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