State Report for Georgia

For Georgia, estimated merchantable wood volume is expected to increase from 45.84 billion cubic-feet to 46.4 billion (a change of 1.2%), while estimated sawlog wood volume is expected to increase from 26.148 billion cubic-feet to 26.186 billion (0.1%). Estimated merchantable bole biomass is expected to increase from 817.47 million tons to 833.87 million (2%), while estimated stump biomass is expected to decrease from 50.56 million tons to 49.097 million (-2.9%), and estimated tops and limbs biomass is expected to increase from 173.11 million tons to 257.79 million (48.9%). Finally, estimated aboveground biomass is expected to increase from 1.1298 billion tons to 1.2488 billion, a change of 10.5%.

Figure 1: Percent difference in volume and biomass for Georgia

Species breakdown

The top ten species in Georgia in terms of standing biomass are loblolly pine, slash pine, sweetgum, water oak, white oak, yellow- poplar, red maple, laurel oak, swamp tupelo, and chestnut oak. These species account for 71.9% of the total aboveground biomass and 74.6% of the total merchantable volume. For merchantable wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was sweetgum 0.1%, while the largest percent change was with white oak 4.4%. For total aboveground biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was swamp tupelo 0.8%, while the largest percent change was with laurel oak 31%. For sawlog wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was loblolly pine 0.2%, while the largest percent change was with sweetgum -6%. For merchantable bole biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was loblolly pine -0.7%, while the largest percent change was with laurel oak 11.6%. For stump wood and bark biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was yellow- poplar -0.9%, while the largest percent change was with swamp tupelo 68.7%. For top and limb biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was sweetgum 1.9%, while the largest percent change was with white oak 116.5%.

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

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