Missouri'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
  2008 Estimate Sampling error (%) Change since 2003 (%) 2003
Estimate
Forest Land Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 15,396.9 0.8 5.6 14,576.4

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

8,533.9 1.3 4.4 8,177.2
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 620,235.2 1.0 10.2 562,770.7
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 20,143.3 1.2 11.7 18,026.1
Annual net growth of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 536,216.0 3.7 na na
Annual mortality of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 214,123.4 4.6 na na
Annual harvest removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 132,437.4 9.6 na na
Annual other removals of live trees (1,000 ft3/year) 68,663.0 15.0 na na
Timberland Estimates
Area (1,000 acres) 15,047.7 .8 7.0 14,064.9

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

8,317.2 1.4 5.7 7,869.6
Biomass of live trees 1-inch diameter or larger (1,000 tons) 606,444.0 1.1 11.6 543,225.9
Net volume of live trees (1,000,000 ft3) 19,703.9 1.2 13.2 17,406.9
Net volume of growing-stock trees (1,000,000 ft3) 16,809.4 1.3 15.1 14,607.3
Annual net growth of growng-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 509,696.7 3.3 -19.0 629,381.8
Annual mortality of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 128,628.9 5.2 57.2 81,836.2
Annual harvest removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 114,293.0 10.1 36.2 83,908.1
Annual other removals of growing-stock trees (1,000 ft3/year) 60,402.6 16.6 74.2 34,681.1
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, 2004-2008

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 White oak 4,021.8 2.9 10.7 12,408.9 3.7 20.0
2 Black oak 2,941.4 3.2 5.5 9,564.2 4.0 11.4
3 Post oak 2,095.9 3.6 10.4 4,603.2 4.9 24.2
4 Northern Red oak 1,018.2 5.7 3.5 3,642.6 6.9 8.7
5 Shortleaf pine 900.6 6.7 11.6 3,785.1 7.1 19.0
6 Eastern redcedar 672.6 5.4 24.9 996.9 9.9 5.7
7 Scarlet oak 654.2 5.7 9.9 2,064.6 6.9 14.8
8 Black walnut 617.6 6.3 21.2 1,787.7 8.3 35.2
9 Shagbark hickory 560.9 6.0 21.0 1,418.5 8.7 34.4
10 Black hickory 435.8 5.1 7.0 879.4 8.8 4.3
  Other softwood species 15.4 73.3 108.1 68.7 76.3 163.2
  Other hardwood species 6,208.8 2.7 15.1 14,106.3 4.1 24.6
  All species 20,143.3 1.2 11.7 55,326.2 1.8 19.1