State Report for Kansas

For Kansas, estimated merchantable wood volume is expected to decrease from 3.4485 billion cubic-feet to 3.0705 billion (a change of -11%), while estimated sawlog wood volume is expected to decrease from 959.68 million cubic-feet to 924.33 million (-3.7%). Estimated merchantable bole biomass is expected to decrease from 64.507 million tons to 54.403 million (-15.7%), while estimated stump biomass is expected to increase from 4.1394 million tons to 4.4327 million (7.1%), and estimated tops and limbs biomass is expected to increase from 15.038 million tons to 35.371 million (135.2%). Finally, estimated aboveground biomass is expected to increase from 85.681 million tons to 96.478 million, a change of 12.6%.

Figure 1: Percent difference in volume and biomass for Kansas

Species breakdown

The top ten species in Kansas in terms of standing biomass are hackberry, Osage- orange, American elm, black walnut, eastern cottonwood, green ash, honeylocust, red mulberry, northern red oak, and bur oak. These species account for 70.5% of the total aboveground biomass and 69.9% of the total merchantable volume. For merchantable wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was hackberry 1.9%, while the largest percent change was with red mulberry -26.7%. For total aboveground biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was Osage- orange 3%, while the largest percent change was with hackberry 46%. For sawlog wood volume, the species with the smallest percent change was bur oak -0.6%, while the largest percent change was with green ash -22.7%. For merchantable bole biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was hackberry -6.7%, while the largest percent change was with eastern cottonwood -32.7%. For stump wood and bark biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was green ash 0.7%, while the largest percent change was with American elm 58.1%. For top and limb biomass, the species with the smallest percent change was green ash -11.9%, while the largest percent change was with hackberry 278.4%.

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

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