State Report for Connecticut

For Connecticut, estimated merchantable wood volume is expected to decrease from 5.3592 billion cubic-feet to 5.1541 billion (a change of -3.8%), while estimated sawlog wood volume is expected to decrease from 3.3944 billion cubic-feet to 3.3334 billion (-1.8%). Estimated merchantable bole biomass is expected to decrease from 101.51 million tons to 91.952 million (-9.4%), while estimated stump biomass is expected to decrease from 5.4558 million tons to 4.7258 million (-13.4%), and estimated tops and limbs biomass is expected to increase from 23.438 million tons to 38.786 million (65.5%). Finally, estimated aboveground biomass is expected to increase from 132.06 million tons to 137.3 million, a change of 4%.

Figure 1: Percent difference in volume and biomass for Connecticut

Species breakdown

The top ten species in Connecticut in terms of standing biomass are red maple, northern red oak, black oak, sweet birch, white oak, eastern white pine, sugar maple, scarlet oak, eastern hemlock, and white ash. These species account for 81.4% of the total aboveground biomass and 81.1% of the total merchantable volume. For merchantable wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was scarlet oak 0.1%, while the largest percent change was with eastern white pine 13.4%. For total aboveground biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was white oak -0.3%, while the largest percent change was with eastern hemlock 27.7%. For sawlog wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was sugar maple 0.5%, while the largest percent change was with eastern white pine 20%. For merchantable bole biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was sweet birch 3%, while the largest percent change was with white ash -20.3%. For stump wood and bark biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was eastern white pine -0.5%, while the largest percent change was with white ash -49.5%. For top and limb biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was white ash 7.8%, while the largest percent change was with eastern hemlock 145.5%.

Figure 2: Percent difference in total aboveground biomass and merchantable volume for the top ten species in Connecticut

Figure 3: Percent difference in component biomass and volume for the top ten species in Connecticut