US timber
regions
The main US timber-growing regions and their leading species — the US South, Pacific Northwest, Appalachia & Central, Northeast and Lake States. Forest inventory from the USDA Forest Service FIA. No prices.
US South
The largest US timber-producing region, from Texas to Virginia. Loblolly, slash and shortleaf (Southern Yellow Pine) plus oak, hickory and bottomland gum and cypress. Around 87% of timberland is privately owned, with the highest planted-pine rates in the country.
Pacific Northwest
Oregon and Washington carry the highest per-acre volumes in the nation, driven by Douglas-fir, western hemlock and Pacific silver fir. A large share of the forest is federally owned.
Appalachia & Central
West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio: oak-hickory and northern hardwoods, prized for high-value hardwood sawtimber and veneer (red and white oak, black cherry, hard maple, yellow-poplar).
Northeast
Maine and the northern forest: spruce-fir (red spruce, balsam fir), eastern white pine and northern hardwoods for pulp and dimensional softwood.
Lake States
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota: aspen-birch, maple-beech-birch and red pine; pulpwood and northern hardwoods. Minnesota is led by quaking aspen.
Standing live volume – all states
Billion cu ft, USDA Forest Service FIA. Click a state for its profile.