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Table 1.6 presents the area of conifers, broken down by age class, ownership and country.
Sixty-one percent of the coniferous woodland area in Great Britain was occupied by stands of 40 years old or younger (Table 1.6). A further 9% of stands were aged over 60 years.
|
Age class (years) |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
GB |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand hectares | |||||
|
FC1 |
|||||
|
0-20 |
33 | 24 | 76 | 134 | |
|
21-40 |
38 |
25 |
145 |
208 |
|
|
41-60 |
39 |
25 |
111 |
176 |
|
|
61-80 |
12 |
7 |
25 |
44 |
|
|
81-100 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
|
|
100+ |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
|
All age classes |
128 |
82 |
367 |
576 |
|
|
Private sector2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-20 |
17 |
8 |
126 |
151 |
|
|
21-40 |
54 |
22 |
231 |
306 |
|
|
41-60 |
83 |
15 |
116 |
214 |
|
|
61-80 |
19 |
1 |
18 |
38 |
|
|
81-100 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
|
|
100+ |
3 |
1 |
9 |
12 |
|
|
All age classes |
179 |
47 |
505 |
732 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0-20 |
51 |
32 |
202 |
285 |
|
|
21-40 |
92 |
46 |
376 |
514 |
|
|
41-60 |
123 |
39 |
227 |
389 |
|
|
61-80 |
31 |
8 |
43 |
82 |
|
|
81-100 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
22 |
|
|
100+ |
3 |
1 |
12 |
16 |
|
|
All age classes |
307 |
129 |
872 |
1 308 |
|
Source: National Forest Inventory: 50-year forecast of softwood availability (Forestry Commission, April 2014), (supporting data).
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