Forestry

Silvicultural Methods

Table 20--Average net annual growth and average annual removals of growing stock on timberland by species group

in Kentucky in 1988 ( http://www.srsfia.usfs.msstate.edu/scripts/ew.htm ).

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Species group Growth Removals

Shortleaf-loblolly pine

3.1 5.0

Other pine

10.2 7.2

Eastern white-red pine

1.3 1.0

Eastern hemlock

2.9 0.2

Cypress

0.2 0.0

Other softwood

7.4 0.9
Total softwoods 25.1 14.3

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Species group Growth Removals

Select white oak

43.6 23.8

Select red oak

17.5 10.6

Other white oak

22.6 12.4

Other red oak

43.1 35.4

Hickory

26.4 17.7

Yellow birch

0.0 0.0

Hard maple

24.3 4.9

Soft maple

27.0 7.5

Beech

7.4 5.6

Sweetgum

6.6 4.6

Tupelo-blackgum

4.7 1.8

Ashes

15.9 6.4

Cottonwood-aspen

2.1 1.2

Basswood

3.0 1.5

Yellow-poplar

78.1 19.1

Black walnut

4.1 2.3

Other soft hardwood

28.6 8.2

Other hard hardwood

4.1 2.3
Total hardwoods 359.0 165.0

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All species

384.1 179.3

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