Table 20.  Volume of Roundwood Products Harvested in the United States for Pulpwood and Fuelwood, by
           Region, Species Group and Timber Class, 1991
           (Thousand Cubic Feet)

Region Total of All Sources Growing Stock Other Sources Total Softwood Hardwood Total Softwood Hardwood Total Softwood Hardwood
Northeast Pulpwood........ 521,903 246,167 275,736 410,925 191,952 218,973 110,978 54,215 56,763 Fuelwood........ 939,654 84,473 855,181 121,417 11,245 110,172 818,237 73,228 745,009 North Central Pulpwood........ 631,787 142,859 488,928 547,984 126,640 421,344 83,803 16,219 67,584 Fuelwood........ 745,157 33,993 711,164 105,253 6,559 98,694 639,904 27,434 612,470 Southeast Pulpwood.......1,586,159 1,162,982 423,177 1,386,013 1,041,529 344,484 200,146 121,453 78,693 Fuelwood....... 444,066 53,436 390,630 259,853 28,900 230,953 184,213 24,536 159,677 South Central Pulpwood...... 1,810,075 1,076,094 733,981 1,651,639 1,009,962 641,677 158,436 66,132 92,304 Fuelwood....... 408,223 16,152 392,071 108,770 5,227 103,543 299,453 10,925 288,528 Great Plains Pulpwood........ 303 303 0 303 303 0 0 0 0 Fuelwood........ 58,560 2,635 55,925 3,718 361 3,357 54,842 2,274 52,568 Intermountain Pulpwood........ 29,668 29,518 150 28,160 28,010 150 1,508 1,508 0 Fuelwood........ 95,764 79,494 16,270 6,832 5,219 1,613 88,932 74,275 14,657 Pacific Northwest Pulpwood........ 455,847 402,269 53,578 81,696 73,499 8,197 374,151 328,770 45,381 Fuelwood........ 256,494 174,077 82,417 152,725 95,507 57,218 103,769 78,570 25,199 Pacific Southwest Pulpwood........ 13,535 7,174 6,361 3,214 1,704 1,510 10,321 5,470 4,851 Fuelwood........ 238,750 161,575 77,175 89,362 76,667 12,695 149,388 84,908 64,480 U.S. Total Pulpwood..... 5,049,277 3,067,366 19,81,911 4,109,934 2,473,599 1,636,335 939,343 593,767 345,576 U.S. Total Fuelwood..... 3,186,668 605,835 2,580,833 847,930 229,685 618,245 2,338,738 376,150 1,962,588 U.S. Total Roundwood....17,889,347 11,180,887 6,708,460 14,041,025 9,848,125 4,192,900 3,848,322 1,332,762 2,515,560

Note: Pulpwood data is included in this table for separate analysis under another title. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Resources of the United States, 1992, General Technical Report RM-234 (Revised) (Fort Collins, CO, June 1994), Table 36, pp. 110-111.

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