Kansas' 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
  2008 Estimate Sampling error (%) Change since 2003 (%) 2003
Estimate
Forest Land Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 2,229.9 3.3 0.1 2,227.3

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

752.8 5.3 -0.9 759.9
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 78,172.9 4.7 2.0 76,622.2
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 2,931.9 5.6 1.7 2,882.7
Annual net growth of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 52,633.2 19.3 na na
Annual mortality of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 43,786.5 14.0 na na
Annual harvest removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 7,272.3 47.4 na na
Annual other removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 9,897.8 30.9 na na
Timberland Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 2,107.6 3.5 -1.1 2,131.2

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

686.9 5.3 -3.8 713.9
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 75,254.8 4.9 1.5 74,176.8
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 2,853.2 5.8 1.6 2,809.0
Net volume of growing-stock trees (1,000,000 ft3) 1,455.8 8.1 -2.5 1,493.3
Annual net growth of growng-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 23,657.9 30.6 na na
Annual mortality of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 16,196.8 22.9 na na
Annual harvest removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 2,089.2 96.6 na na
Annual other removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 4,928.8 35.5 na na
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

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 Cottonwood 395.1 27.6 13.6 1,210.1 30.6 5.4
2 Hackberry 381.5 11.4 7.9 821.0 15.8 -0.2
3 Green ash 221.1 11.9 0.0 359.9 17.1 -21.4
4 American elm 216.9 9.2 -8.1 169.6 25.4 1.1
5 Osage-orange 203.4 11.9 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Black walnut 169.0 11.1 -3.2 373.0 15.4 3.1
7 Bur oak 143.7 19.2 -17.2 363.9 26.7 -13.2
8 Red mulberry 125.6 15.8 -0.8 55.8 55.7 13.4
9 American sycamore 113.2 42.2 7.0 548.5 45.5 21.0
10 Honeylocust 104.9 16.2 -7.7 64.1 41.7 -14.3
  Other softwood species 89.7 16.0 -13.2 71.6 33.1 -61.4
  Other hardwood species 767.7 7.9 4.0 1,399.9 13.4 1.3
  All species 2,931.9 5.6 1.7 5,437.3 10.0 -1.5