State Report for Florida

For Florida, estimated merchantable wood volume is expected to decrease from 24.984 billion cubic-feet to 24.744 billion (a change of -1%), while estimated sawlog wood volume is expected to decrease from 11.479 billion cubic-feet to 11.312 billion (-1.5%). Estimated merchantable bole biomass is expected to decrease from 456.51 million tons to 455.64 million (-0.2%), while estimated stump biomass is expected to increase from 31.358 million tons to 36.248 million (15.6%), and estimated tops and limbs biomass is expected to increase from 92.238 million tons to 154.26 million (67.2%). Finally, estimated aboveground biomass is expected to increase from 632.66 million tons to 707.27 million, a change of 11.8%.

Figure 1: Percent difference in volume and biomass for Florida

Species breakdown

The top ten species in Florida in terms of standing biomass are slash pine, live oak, laurel oak, pondcypress, loblolly pine, swamp tupelo, longleaf pine, water oak, red maple, and sweetbay. These species account for 79.2% of the total aboveground biomass and 76.5% of the total merchantable volume. For merchantable wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was live oak 0.1%, while the largest percent change was with slash pine -3.8%. For total aboveground biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was swamp tupelo 1.9%, while the largest percent change was with live oak 51%. For sawlog wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was red maple -0.7%, while the largest percent change was with live oak 4.9%. For merchantable bole biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was longleaf pine -0.1%, while the largest percent change was with laurel oak 12.3%. For stump wood and bark biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was slash pine -18.4%, while the largest percent change was with pondcypress 92.8%. For top and limb biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was swamp tupelo -8.4%, while the largest percent change was with live oak 285.3%.

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

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