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Appendix C – Examples of NBK Continous Forest Inventory (CFI) Data Appendix C – Examples of NBK Continous Forest Inventory (CFI) Data Table 13a Total Volume Summary over all Types - Thousands of Board Feet Forest No. Berkshire 2000 39989.1 Acres. Based on 249. Samples ============================================================================================================ Species or Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Gro Stk Rgh Cull Rot Cull Total % Species Group ============================================================================================================ White pine 2154.727 6329.241 4962.161 13446.131 3.85 Hemlock 17042.063 17042.063 4.88 Spruce/Fir 27312.777 27312.777 7.82 Pitch pine Red pine 244.903 244.903 0.07 Other Softwood 83.108 83.108 0.02 Sugar maple 3594.079 17608.570 23652.258 13411.406 58266.316 16.69 Red maple 582.821 3967.273 18253.057 17376.383 40179.539 11.51 N.Red oak 17457.340 27523.766 27295.451 9636.321 81912.875 23.47 Black oak 239.206 198.824 438.030 0.13 White oaks 116.907 281.999 398.906 0.11 Yellow birch 913.590 2762.343 8275.196 5108.589 17059.719 4.89 Black birch 499.903 844.225 2074.214 802.744 4221.086 1.21 White birch 218.928 2356.346 5055.802 4244.681 11875.757 3.40 Beech 580.342 3423.107 14867.854 18871.303 5.41 White ash 8661.495 12155.797 9479.132 6600.409 36896.832 10.57 Poplar/aspen 439.972 1175.545 1039.433 2654.950 0.76 Black cherry 2576.779 3418.303 6323.973 4855.605 17174.660 4.92 Other hardwoods 134.435 336.056 522.215 992.705 0.28 ============================================================================================================ Totals 34504.934 74185.313 111789.938 128591.484 0.000 0.000 0.000 349071.625 Percent 9.9 21.3 32.0 36.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Table 13b Total Volume Summary over all Types - Hundreds of Cubic Feet Forest No. Berkshire 2000 39989.1 Acres. Based on 249. Samples ============================================================================================================ Species or Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Gro Stk Rgh Cull Rot Cull Total % Species Group ============================================================================================================ White pine 2758.92 8524.60 7496.44 2155.49 1821.90 283.71 23041.05 2.24 Hemlock 27550.65 9298.28 320.45 474.26 37643.63 3.66 Spruce/Fir 53138.25 20369.19 28.66 147.64 73683.75 7.17 Pitch pine Red pine 320.18 398.95 719.13 0.07 Other Softwood 271.19 165.39 436.58 0.04 Sugar maple 6671.06 32215.56 47468.75 29989.69 38473.00 1897.94 9346.25 166062.27 16.16 Red maple 849.29 7812.11 37844.04 41173.84 56614.32 4591.24 15045.87 163930.72 15.96 N.Red oak 23895.41 42660.99 45391.19 17343.97 32661.08 701.81 9825.16 172479.59 16.79 Black oak 363.98 513.76 140.58 1018.32 0.10 White oaks 191.28 486.52 1158.48 157.53 921.87 2915.68 0.28 Yellow birch 1639.09 5870.97 18392.99 12761.01 25043.75 2137.01 8587.88 74432.70 7.24 Black birch 868.39 1928.29 4511.43 1875.42 5490.71 147.04 761.04 15582.32 1.52 White birch 392.51 5009.33 11592.49 10666.83 18428.61 429.28 4840.94 51360.01 5.00 Beech 1295.51 6769.08 32466.37 41164.35 1265.05 17191.97 100152.30 9.75 White ash 12298.54 19337.90 17016.96 11718.06 12310.22 428.74 4876.06 77986.49 7.59 Poplar/aspen 711.54 2141.53 1960.41 2857.63 1187.64 8858.75 0.86 Black cherry 4225.31 5990.83 13491.17 10779.95 7085.30 2597.83 3262.26 47432.66 4.62 Other hardwoods 246.90 747.34 839.91 5915.41 1024.23 942.15 9715.93 0.95 ============================================================================================================ Totals 50839.59 126202.82 214082.83 261352.45 279730.75 17548.71 77694.68 1027451.81 Percent 4.9 12.3 20.8 25.4 27.2 1.7 7.6 Table 13c Total Growth Summary All Types MBF, CCF and Change Over Growth Period Forest No. Berkshire 2000 All Types Acres 39989.1 Based on 249. Samples ========================================================================================================= Species or Total MBF Total MBF Change in Total CCF Total CCF Change in % MBF % CCF Species Group Now 10yrs* MBF Now 10yrs CCF ========================================================================================================= White pine 13446.131 20457.023 7010.893 23041.05 30710.66 7669.62 3.9 2.2 Hemlock 17042.063 23964.750 6922.688 37643.63 49804.28 12160.65 4.9 3.7 Spruce/Fir 27312.777 33677.008 6364.230 73683.75 85403.59 11719.84 7.8 7.2 Northern Berkshire District Forest Resource Management Plan 1 Pitch pine Red pine 244.903 577.997 333.094 719.13 1105.02 385.89 0.1 0.1 Other Softwood 83.108 183.461 100.352 436.58 436.58 0.00 0.0 0.0 Sugar maple 58266.316 73521.016 15254.699 166062.27 192314.00 26251.73 16.7 16.2 Red maple 40179.539 58787.418 18607.879 163930.72 201577.63 37646.91 11.5 16.0 N.Red oak 81912.875 103609.805 21696.930 172479.59 202445.23 29965.64 23.5 16.8 Black oak 438.030 1051.438 613.409 1018.32 1018.32 0.00 0.1 0.1 White oaks 398.906 1629.850 1230.944 2915.68 3447.70 532.03 0.1 0.3 Yellow birch 17059.719 25175.137 8115.418 74432.70 87995.55 13562.86 4.9 7.2 Black birch 4221.086 5640.731 1419.646 15582.32 18571.95 2989.63 1.2 1.5 White birch 11875.757 16471.020 4595.263 51360.01 60019.20 8659.20 3.4 5.0 Beech 18871.303 26638.199 7766.896 100152.30 116389.70 16237.41 5.4 9.7 White ash 36896.832 48114.332 11217.500 77986.49 92231.27 14244.78 10.6 7.6 Poplar/aspen 2654.950 4395.764 1740.814 8858.75 9943.00 1084.26 0.8 0.9 Black cherry 17174.660 24187.809 7013.148 47432.66 55342.61 7909.94 4.9 4.6 Other hardwoods 992.705 1925.503 932.797 9715.93 12187.29 2471.36 0.3 0.9 ========================================================================================================= Totals 349071.625 470008.219 120936.602 1027451.81 1220943.50 193491.70 * or growth period if not 10 years Table 14a Coarse Woody Debris - Total Oven-dry Tons Over All Types by Status Class and Diameter Class Forest No. Berkshire 2000 39989.1 Acres. Based on 249. Samples. All Species ================================================================================================================= = Live Trees Standing Dead Trees 3-5 Down Dead Trees 6-8 Total Dead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Status 1 & 2 Status 3 Status 4 Status 5 Status 6 Status 7 Status 8 Status Dead Dead Dead,down Dead 3 Dead partially Dead down partially down thru live Sound decayed decayed Sound decayed decayed 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Diam Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Class Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons ================================================================================================================= = 4 511. 119. 188. 38. 462. 998. 1805. 6 94335. 2160. 3835. 4424. 325. 3754. 6258. 20755. 8 187557. 4391. 8700. 7625. 1246. 7584. 11915. 41461. 10 280329. 5295. 12255. 8804. 1527. 9708. 13834. 51424. 12 328744. 4207. 14350. 10024. 2333. 12737. 20461. 64111. 14 341252. 3199. 9893. 4639. 1604. 7152. 12598. 39085. 16 285210. 2512. 7626. 4629. 3315. 9391. 10574. 38046. 18 211165. 1727. 5969. 3683. 1245. 5121. 2900. 20645. 20 128588. 4150. 3328. 2670. 2163. 12311. 22 85990. 592. 3035. 2279. 647. 5266. 1054. 12872. 24 65752. 1185. 1352. 797. 3334. 26 50300. 2261. 1161. 3422. 28 17648. 1126. 933. 1155. 3214. 30 6682. 433. 433. 32 7654. Northern Berkshire District Forest Resource Management Plan 2 34 6109. 2351. 2351. 36 6740. ================================================================================================================= = Totals 2104566. 24200. 76738. 50555. 12279. 65198. 86299. 315269. Table 14b Coarse Woody Debris - Total Hundreds of Cubic Feet over All Types by Status Class and Diameter Class Forst No. Berkshire 2000 39989.1 Acres. Based on 249. Samples. ALL Species ================================================================================================================= = Live Trees Standing Dead Trees 3-5 Down Dead Trees 6-8 Total Dead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Status 1 & 2 Status 3 Status 4 Status 5 Status 6 Status 7 Status 8 Status Dead Dead Dead,down Dead 3 Dead partially Dead down partially down thru live Sound decayed decayed Sound decayed decayed 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Diam Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Class CCF CCF CCF CCF CCF CCF CCF CCF ================================================================================================================= = 4 273.95 44.93 94.16 19.87 241.35 512.60 912.90 6 48612.08 1240.79 2156.93 2489.54 180.07 2107.94 3395.11 11570.39 8 97772.53 2721.42 5085.82 4565.43 763.59 4461.90 7189.24 24787.41 10 141648.45 3219.73 7088.27 5387.91 965.96 5857.10 8696.89 31215.86 12 164786.73 2637.63 8426.08 6166.19 1354.15 7736.55 13043.55 39364.15 14 166130.97 1894.87 6005.13 2819.23 928.94 4244.34 8182.24 24074.76 16 137317.03 1376.11 4396.28 2769.49 1945.81 5570.15 6695.70 22753.54 18 98160.84 1034.76 3872.85 2279.16 691.18 2980.18 1983.86 12841.98 20 60662.80 2367.97 2070.06 1595.39 1421.83 7455.25 22 38790.49 452.25 1663.31 1139.43 407.25 3109.22 746.91 7518.36 24 29398.16 797.44 755.29 598.43 2151.15 26 23039.41 1335.87 649.47 1985.34 28 7820.52 693.73 625.61 832.54 2151.88 30 3370.65 309.88 309.88 32 3557.26 34 2887.98 1322.14 1322.14 36 3222.02 ================================================================================================================= = Totals 1027451.81 14622.48 45211.83 30406.22 7256.81 38659.40 54258.26 190415.05 Table 14c Coarse Woody Debris - Total Trees Over All Types by Status Class and Diameter Class Forest No.
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