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The forests of the South are often called "America's Woodbasket." Here are just a few of the many reasons why:
- 214 million acres of the United States' forestland is in the South.
- The South produces 15.8% of the world's timber production, and 58% of the timber production in the United States.
- By volume, the four most abundant Southern softwood species are loblolly, slash, longleaf, and short leaf (Southern Yellow Pine), making up one-third of the total inventory.
- Annually, softwood harvests total 6 billion cubic feet or 420 million tons of sawlogs, pulpwood, and other industrial roundwood products.
- Each year, Southern landowners plant one billion seedlings. Following annual harvests, 3.3 million acres are reforested.
- 89% of Southern forests are privately owned; 11% are managed by government agencies.
Southern Forest Fact Sources: American Forest & Paper Association, USDA Forest Service, Frederick Cubbage and Robert Abt; North Carolina State University, Department of Forestry
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