Illinois Forestry Development Council

Forest Resources of Illinois: 2002

by Scott Bretthauer and John Edgington
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois.

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Table of Contents

List of Figures (415KB) 2
List of Tables (416KB) 4
Introduction (417KB) 6
Acknowledgements (415KB) 7
Data and Terminology (555KB)
      USDA Forest Service 8
Illinois Geographic Information System           9
General Land Office Data 10
Telford and Miller 10
Illinois Natural Areas Inventory 10
Additional Sources 10
Notes on Comparison Between Years 11
Geographical Regions 11
Forest Types 13
Species Groups 16
8
Early Illinois Forest Resources (890KB) 18
Current Conditions and Trends of Illinois Forest Resources (2.8MB)
      Forest Land 22
Timberland 23
       Timberland Forest Types 26
  Timberland Stocking 29
  Timberland Stand-Size Classes 31
  Timberland Age Distribution 34
  Volume of Growing-Stock Trees 38
  Number of Growing-Stock Trees 39
  Growth, Mortality, and Removals              40
22
Ownership of Illinois Forest Resources (1.2MB) 44
Benefits from Illinois Forest Resources (804KB) 51
Summary (411KB) 58
Tables (517KB) 59
Literature Cited (418KB) 78
Glossary of Terms (443KB) 81


Funds for this publication were provided by the Illinois Forestry Development Council, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Department Report Series 2002-01

Citation: Bretthauer, S. M., and J. M. Edgington. 2002.
The forest resources of Illinois: 2002.
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois. 88 pages.

Last modified: Monday, April 07, 2003

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