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Figure 16.13--Trends in timberland area by State, year, and forest management type, Southern United States (excludes Kentucky).

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In million acres, by state, forest management type and year:

State	Forest management type	1952	1962	1970	1982	1989	1999
Alabama	Planted pine	0.17	0.81	1.20	1.29	1.90	3.43
	Natural pine	6.67	8.33	6.96	6.72	5.34	4.02
	Oak-pine	5.80	4.84	4.98	5.08	4.43	4.52
	Upland hardwood	5.62	5.40	5.77	5.65	7.44	7.65
	Lowland hardwood	2.50	2.37	2.51	2.50	2.50	2.27
Arkansas	Planted pine	0.06	0.16	0.26	0.44	1.19	1.84
	Natural pine	4.48	4.69	4.18	3.87	3.00	3.24
	Oak-pine	2.18	2.67	2.87	3.00	3.04	3.14
	Upland hardwood	8.50	8.35	7.78	6.57	7.27	7.13
	Lowland hardwood	4.41	4.10	2.95	2.83	2.73	3.02
Florida	Planted pine	0.29	1.51	2.65	3.28	3.99	4.63
	Natural pine	10.31	6.91	5.37	4.49	3.09	2.55
	Oak-pine	0.75	1.14	1.56	1.42	1.12	1.46
	Upland hardwood	2.45	2.57	2.42	2.13	1.11	1.98
	Lowland hardwood	4.33	4.71	4.27	4.34	3.91	3.60
Georgia	Planted pine	0.36	1.59	2.74	3.59	5.03	6.07
	Natural pine	13.26	11.62	9.86	7.85	5.89	4.57
	Oak-pine	2.27	3.60	3.67	2.96	3.05	3.57
	Upland hardwood	3.62	4.97	5.23	5.81	5.58	5.42
	Lowland hardwood	4.47	4.51	3.61	3.53	3.42	3.78
Louisiana	Planted pine	0.10	0.89	1.27	1.41	1.47	2.17
	Natural pine	4.63	4.58	4.02	3.71	3.51	2.84
	Oak-pine	2.64	2.24	2.20	2.18	1.90	1.89
	Upland hardwood	2.05	1.80	1.73	1.74	2.17	2.08
	Lowland hardwood	6.62	6.53	5.90	5.45	4.75	4.74
Mississippi	Planted pine	0.28	0.65	0.93	1.14	1.54	2.96
	Natural pine	5.15	5.13	5.17	4.11	3.25	2.79
	Oak-pine	4.31	3.31	3.16	3.43	3.47	3.22
	Upland hardwood	3.54	4.32	3.99	4.31	5.51	5.83
	Lowland hardwood	3.57	3.64	3.52	3.52	3.17	3.71
North Carolina	Planted pine	0.10	0.36	0.76	1.00	1.61	2.09
	Natural pine	8.61	7.96	7.08	5.72	4.63	4.10
	Oak-pine	2.03	2.41	2.47	2.48	2.25	2.57
	Upland hardwood	5.65	6.25	7.01	7.25	7.00	7.17
	Lowland hardwood	3.20	3.02	2.81	2.60	2.63	2.62
Oklahoma	Planted pine	0.01	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.25	0.47
	Natural pine	0.73	0.73	0.75	0.77	0.71	0.62
	Oak-pine	0.61	0.64	0.67	0.70	0.75	0.70
	Upland hardwood	3.41	3.06	2.70	2.37	2.60	2.59
	Lowland hardwood	0.33	0.43	0.45	0.42	0.44	0.50
South Carolina	Planted pine	0.23	0.76	1.08	1.36	2.00	2.67
	Natural pine	5.89	4.78	4.43	4.21	3.39	2.85
	Oak-pine	0.83	1.45	1.79	1.72	1.53	1.89
	Upland hardwood	1.77	2.46	2.88	2.95	2.48	2.48
	Lowland hardwood	3.16	2.72	2.27	2.27	2.50	2.47
Tennessee	Planted pine	0.11	0.30	0.32	0.32	0.36	0.46
	Natural pine	1.69	1.16	1.02	1.04	1.04	1.01
	Oak-pine	2.19	1.33	1.60	1.42	1.59	1.63
	Upland hardwood	7.61	9.54	9.19	9.40	9.59	9.93
	Lowland hardwood	0.95	1.04	0.70	0.79	0.68	0.85
Texas	Planted pine	0.10	0.29	0.46	0.56	1.19	1.77
	Natural pine	5.64	5.17	4.58	4.05	3.06	2.53
	Oak-pine	2.18	2.31	2.46	2.59	2.37	2.50
	Upland hardwood	2.89	2.86	2.95	2.67	3.37	3.13
	Lowland hardwood	2.27	2.33	2.27	1.78	1.57	1.81
Virginia	Planted pine	0.05	0.24	0.43	0.43	1.17	1.47
	Natural pine	4.93	3.85	3.28	3.28	2.16	1.85
	Oak-pine	1.30	1.57	1.75	1.75	1.68	1.93
	Upland hardwood	8.28	9.54	9.90	9.90	9.64	9.47
	Lowland hardwood	0.94	0.56	0.50	0.50	0.59	0.62