Wisconsin's Forest Resources, 2008
From Forest Service, US Department of Agriculture Northern Research Station

This publication provides an overview of forest resource attributes for Iowa based on an annual inventory (2004-2008) conducted by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station.
These estimates, along with web posted core tables, are updated annually.

Table 1. - Annual estimates, uncertainty, and change, Wisconsin, 2008
  2008 Estimate Sampling error (%) Change since 2003 (%)
Forest Land Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 16,697 .5 5.1

Number of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000,000 trees)

10,919 1.1 2.5
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 603,803 .9 4.9
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 23,242 1.0 5.7
Annual net growth of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 607-983 2.3 na
Annual mortality of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 279,211 2.7 na
Annual harvest removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 342,334 5.4 na
Annual other removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 17,507 17.2 na
Timberland Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 16,440 .5 5.2

Number of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000,000 trees)

10,755 1.1 2.5
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 595,214 0.9 5.0
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 22,911 1.0 5.8
Net volume of growing-stock trees (1,000,000 ft3) 20,944 1.0 7.8
Annual net growth of growng-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 586,150 2.4 -10.9
Annual mortality of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 204,072 3.0 7.0
Annual harvest removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 294,766 5.5 34.5
Annual other removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 32,299 18.6 -76.8
Note: Sampling errors and error bars shown in the tables and figures in this report represent 68% confidence intervals for the estimated values. 
       

 

Table 2. - Top 10 tree species by statewide volume estimates, Wisconsin, 2008

Rank Species Volume of live trees
on forest land (1,000,000 ft3)
Sampling
error
(%)
Change
since
2003(%)
Volume of sawtimber trees on timberland (1,000,000
bd ft)
Sampling
error
(%)
Change
since
2003 (%)
1 Sugar Maple 2,511.6 3.2 2.5 5646.3 4.6 11.7
2 Red Maple 2,414.5 2.7 8.0 4,217.2 4.4 24.8
3 Northern Red Oak 1,873.8 4.0 2.6 6,819.5 4.6 12.0
4 Quaking Aspen 1,783.7 3.1 -4.4 3,344.1 4.7 9.0
5 Red Pine 1,507.6 5.5 8.1 5,967.3 6.2 10.3
6 Eastern White Pine 1,471.1 5.9 14.8 6,848.5 6.5 19.5
7 American Basswood 1,192.3 4.0 5.2 3,423.5 4.9 16.0
8 White Oak 844.9 4.7 2.5 2,680.8 5.8 11.0
9 Northern White Cedar 818.2 6.4 11.7 2,225.9 7.7 18.8
10 Bigtooth Aspen 719.5 6.0 -2.4 2,080.9 7.4 5.5
  Other softwood species 2,028.7 2.9 4.9 5,370.8 4.2 4.1
  Other hardwood species 6,075.9 1.8 9.1 12,617.8 2.8 17.7
  All species 23,241.8 1.0 5.7 61,242.7 1.5 13.8