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

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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 14. Area of old timberland in the Western U.S., by region and forest type, 1997¹.

	Rocky Mts.	Pacific Coast	Alaska	Total West
	(Thousand ha)
Forest Type
Douglas Fir	2,666.1	2,282.4	0.0	4,948.5
Ponderosa Pine	1,525.7	2,326.5	0.0	3,852.2
Western White Pine	0.0	39.7	0.0	39.7
Fir-Spruce	2,778.6	938.9	412.8	4,130.2
Hemlock-Sitka Spruce	161.9	675.8	1,689.6	2,527.3
Larch	76.5	34.4	0.0	110.9
Lodgepole Pine	1,457.3	315.7	0.0	1,772.9
Redwood	0.0	45.7	0.0	45.7
Other hardwoods	306.3	357.7	16.6	680.7
Other Forest Types	334.3	490.1	286.5	1,110.9
Pinyon-Juniper	85.4	38.8	0.0	124.2
Chaparral	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nonstocked	0.0	7.7	19.0	26.7
Total	9,392.0	7,553.5	2,424.5	19,369.9
¹From Smith et al. 2001. Old timberland includes areas with an age of 100 years and greater.
Uneven-aged forest land is excluded.

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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