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Table 4.—Net volume, average annual net growth, average annual removals of sound bole volume of trees (at least 5 inches d.b.h.) on timberland, and growth-to-removals ratio (G/R) for select species, Missouri, 2013-2018
Species	Net volume	Average annual net growth^a	Average annual harvest removals	G/R ratio
	million cubic feet
White oak	4,115	44.7	28.6	1.6
Black oak	2,836	31.6	26.8	1.2
Post oak	2,048	16.6	6.8	2.5
Shortleaf pine	951	15.9	9	1.8
Northern red oak	878	10.4	6.6	1.6
Eastern redcedar	813	29.2	3	9.7
Black walnut	723	23	8.9	2.6
Shagbark hickory	624	13.2	2.3	5.6
American sycamore	472	10.6	1.2	9.1
Scarlet oak	463	-2.8	10.9	-0.3
Hackberry	449	13.5	1	14.2
Black hickory	407	6.1	1.1	5.7
Chinkapin oak	390	3.4	2.1	1.6
American elm	385	5.2	0.9	5.5
Mockernut hickory	383	7.2	1.4	5.1
Silver maple	380	0.6	0.7	0.9
Sugar maple	326	6.4	1.2	5.2
Honeylocust	311	6.6	2	3.4
Bitternut hickory	287	6.7	1.7	4
Pin oak	272	8	1.3	6.1
State total	20,927	305.7	137.6	2.2
^aAverage annual net growth = average annual gross growth - average annual mortality. Average annual net growth, average annual harvest removals, and G/R ratios all based on plots that were timberland at both times.