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Table 1.8 presents the area of conifers, broken down by principal species, ownership and country.
Sitka spruce accounts for around one half (51%) of the conifer area in Great Britain (Table 1.8), followed by Scots pine (17%) and Larches (10%). Sitka spruce is less dominant in England, accounting for just one quarter (26%) of the conifer area there.
|
Principal species |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
GB |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
|
FC1 |
|
|
|||
|
Sitka spruce |
49 |
50 |
225 |
323 |
|
|
Scots pine |
17 |
2 |
45 |
64 |
|
|
Corsican pine |
27 |
2 |
2 |
30 |
|
|
Norway spruce |
7 |
5 |
11 |
23 |
|
|
Larches |
10 |
12 |
26 |
48 |
|
|
Douglas fir |
10 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
|
|
Lodgepole pine |
4 |
3 |
49 |
56 |
|
|
Other conifers |
5 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
All conifers |
128 |
82 |
367 |
576 |
|
|
Private sector2 |
|||||
|
Sitka spruce |
32 |
27 |
282 |
341 |
|
|
Scots pine |
45 |
1 |
109 |
154 |
|
|
Corsican pine |
14 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
|
|
Norway spruce |
21 |
3 |
15 |
38 |
|
|
Larches |
30 |
8 |
39 |
78 |
|
|
Douglas fir |
15 |
3 |
7 |
25 |
|
|
Lodgepole pine |
3 |
1 |
39 |
44 |
|
|
Other conifers |
19 |
2 |
8 |
29 |
|
|
All conifers |
179 |
47 |
505 |
732 |
|
|
Total |
|||||
|
Sitka spruce |
80 |
77 |
507 |
665 |
|
|
Scots pine |
61 |
3 |
154 |
218 |
|
|
Corsican pine |
40 |
2 |
3 |
46 |
|
|
Norway spruce |
27 |
8 |
25 |
61 |
|
|
Larches |
40 |
20 |
66 |
126 |
|
|
Douglas fir |
25 |
9 |
12 |
46 |
|
|
Lodgepole pine |
8 |
4 |
88 |
100 |
|
|
Other conifers |
24 |
5 |
11 |
40 |
|
|
All conifers |
307 |
129 |
872 |
1 308 |
|
Source: National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of softwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014).
Notes:
1. FC: Forestry Commission (England, Scotland and Wales).
2. Private sector: all other woodland. Includes woodland previously owned/managed by the Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency in Wales, other publicly owned woodland (e.g. owned by local authorities) and privately owned woodland.
3. Stocked area only: excludes felled areas and (for private sector land) open space.
4. Areas at 31 March 2012.
These figures are outside the scope of National Statistics