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APPENDIX 1
Comprehensive tables

Table 1. Volume of hardwood growing stock in subregions of northern California, Oregon, and Washington.


	Volume of growing stock in million cubic feet (MMCF)

	California	Oregon				Washington				Region Total

Species	North- west	South- west	West- Central	North- west	Total	South- west	Puget Sound	Olympic Peninsula	Total

Bigleaf maple^*	72	118	345	446	909	321	587	281	1189	2170
Black cottonwood^*	2	1	10	50	61	66	277	52	395	458
California black oak^*	345	110	21	--	131	--	--	--	--	476
California-laurel^*	204	93	--	--	93	--	--	--	--	297
Giant chinkapin^*	50	45	40	1	86	--	--	--	--	136
Oregon ash^*	--	20	23	38	81	46	30	27	103	184
Oregon white oak^*	148	60	128	114	302	4	1	8	13	463
Pacific Madrone^*	716	274	13	4	291	--	45	15	60	1067
Red alder	121	814	871	1404	3089	1248	1626	1352	4226	7436
Tanoak	1438	350	--	--	350	--	--	--	--	1788

^*Inventory not available for these species on federal lands in SW Oregon Total combined volume of these species on federal lands in SW Oregon was 449 MMCF in 1976.

Sources: NW California, all ownerships, 1981-1984 inventory, Resource Bulletin PNW-131, June 1986.
Oregon non-federal land, 1985-86 survey: Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-138, September 1986; Resource Bulletin PNW-RB140, September 1986; Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-143, March 1987.
Oregon federal land, 1976 survey: Resource Bulletin PNW-72, March 1979; Resource Bulletin PNW-76, 1978; Resource Bulletin PNW-82, March 1979.
Washington, all ownerships, 1988-89 survey: Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-191.

Table 2. Green lumber recovery percentages for some northwestern and eastern hardwood species


Species	Log grade	Average diameter (in.)	Select and Better (%)	No. 1 Common or Better (%)

Northwestern
Bigleaf maple^1,3	1	23	41	80
	2	19		58
	3	18		31
California black oak⁶	1	24	27	60
	2	21		35
	3	15		19
Giant chinkapin⁷	1		18	63
	2			45
	3			30
Pacific madrone⁵	1	21	33	69
	2	18		52
	3	14		36
Red alder^1,2	1	19	26	69
	2	19		36
	3	17		31
Tanoak⁴	1	25	29	65
	2	21		52
	3	19		43
Eastern
Hard maple	1	19	46	73
	2	16		48
	3	14		17
Red oak	1	22	46	73
	2	17		51
	3	16		21
Yellow birch	1	18	48	73
	2	17		49
	3	13		13
White oak	1	19	41	67
	2	19		45
	3	17		23

¹Grade recovery is based on standard NHLA grades based on the poor face, not modified grades for red alder and bigleaf maple. ²Pfeiffer, J.R., and A.C. Wollin. 1954. Red alder log and lumber grading. Oregon Forest Products Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon. Report No. G-3. 21 p. ³Wollin, A.C., and J.R. Pfeiffer. 1955. Oregon maple log and lumber grading. Oregon Forest Products Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon. Report No. G-4. 21 p. ⁴Dickinson, F.E., and D.R. Prestemon. 1965. Tanoak log grades and lumber yield. California Agriculture Experiment Station, Berkeley, California. California Forestry and Forest Products No. 41. ⁵Dickinson, F.E., D.R. Prestemon, and W.A. Dost. 1965. Pacific madrone log grades and lumber yield. California Agriculture Experiment Station, Berkeley, California. California Forestry and Forest Products No. 43. ⁶Malcolm, F.B. 1962. California black oak�a utilization study. USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Report No. 2237. 10 p. ⁷Prestemon, D.R., F.E. Dickinson, and W.A. Dost. 1965. Chinkapin log grades and lumber yield. California Agriculture Experiment Station, Berkeley, California. California Forestry and Forest Products No. 42. ⁸Vaughn, C.L., A.C. Wollin, K.A. McDonald, and E.H. Bulgrin. 1966. Hardwood log grades for standard lumber. USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Research Paper FPL-63. 52 p.

Table 3. Average mechanical properties for northwestern (bold-face) and some eastern hardwood species.


Species	MOR (lb/in.²)	MOE (lb/in.²)	COMP (lb/in.²)	Side hardness (lb)	Impact bending (in.)	Shear (lb/in.²)	SP. GR. 12% MC

Black cottonwood	8300	1.26 X 10⁶	370	350	22	1020	0.35
Aspen	8400	1.18 X 10⁶	370	350	21	850	0.38
Red alder	9800	1.38 X 10⁶	540	590	20	1080	0.41
Yellow-poplar	10100	1.58 X 10⁶	500	540	24	1190	0.42
American chestnut	8600	1.23 X 10⁶	620	540	19	1080	0.43
Silver maple	8900	1.14 X 10⁶	740	700	25	1480	0.47
Bigleaf maple	10700	1.45 X 10⁶	930	850	28	1730	0.48
Giant chinkapin	10700	1.24 X 10⁶	680	730	30	1260	0.48
Black ash	12600	1.60 X 10⁶	760	850	35	1570	0.49
Cherry	12300	1.49 X 10⁶	690	950	29	1700	0.50
Black walnut	14600	1.68 X 10⁶	1010	1010	34	1370	0.55
California-laurel	8000	0.94 X 10⁶	1400	1270	31	1860	0.55
Oregon ash	12700	1.36 X 10⁶	1540	1160	33	1790	0.55
California black oak	8700	0.99 X 10⁶	1440	1100	16	1470	0.57
Southern red oak	10900	1.49 X 10⁶	870	1060	26	1390	0.59
Northern red oak	14300	1.82 X 10⁶	1010	1290	43	1780	0.63
Sugar maple	15800	1.83 X 10⁶	1470	1450	39	2330	0.63
Eastern white oak¹	10300	1.03 X 10⁶	1200	1370	29	1810	0.65
Pacific madrone	10400	1.23 X 10⁶	1620	1460	23	1810	0.65
Tanoak	16300	1.80 X 10⁶	1080	1410	NA	2180	0.66
Oregon white oak	10300	1.10 X 10⁶	2110	1660	29	2020	0.72

MOR�modulus of rupture: strength measurement of the load required to break a test sample. MOE�modulus of elasticity: stiffness measurement. COMP�compression perpendicular to grain. Impact Bending�drop distance in in. for a 50-lb hammer to break sample. SP. GR.�specific gravity. ¹Burr oak figures from Wood Handbook (USDA Ag. Handbook #72).