Trends in Forest Types

• Natural Pine

• Upland Hardwood

• Lowland Hardwood

• Pine Plantation

• Mixed Pine/Hardwood

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For example, no net loss in timberland masks important changes in the distribution of forest types in the South. While hardwood types have been fairly stable, natural pine has decreased dramatically with an essentially offsetting gain in the area of pine plantations. These combined with changes in age class distributions may have implications for wildlife habitat in the South.