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  1. Forest statistics for the Northern coastal plain of South Carolina, 1992

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    Author(s): Michael T. Thompson; Raymond M. Sheffield
    Date: 1993
    Source: Resour. Bull. SE-135. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 55 p.
    Publication Series: Resource Bulletin (RB)
    Station: Southeastern Forest Experiment Station
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RB-135
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    Since 1988, area of timberland in the Northern Coastal Plain of South Carolina increased by 3 percent to 4.7 million acres. Nonindustrial private forest landowners control 67 percent of the region's timberland. Area classified as a pine type remained stable at 1.9 million acres. More than 116,000 acres were harvested annually, while 177,000 acres were regenerated by artificial and natural means. Volume of softwood growing stock decreased 26 percent to 2.5 billion cubic feet. Volume of hardwood growing stock declined 13 percent to 3.1 billion cubic feet. Extremely high mortality drove net growth downward. Net annual growth of softwoods declined 84 percent to 28 million cubic feet. Hardwood growth dropped 77 percent to 23 million cubic feet. Annual removals of softwood growing stock increased 9 percent to 175 million cubic feet; hardwood removals jumped 18 percent to 87 million cubic feet. Annual mortality of softwood growing stock was up eight times the level recorded in 1986, whereas hardwood mortality was up four times the previous level.

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    Thompson, Michael T.; Sheffield, Raymond M. 1993. Forest statistics for the Northern coastal plain of South Carolina, 1992. Resour. Bull. SE-135. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 55 p.

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    timberland, forest ownership, timber volume, timber growth, timber removals

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