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Fig. 107. Only about two fifths of the standing timber of the United States is now found in the 
eastern section ; and only one twenty-fifth of this supply is in the forests northeast of the Ohio. 
The Rocky Mountain states have about a tenth of the total supply, and the Pacific forests have 
half of it. Washington, Oregon, and California, therefore. have the reserves of lumber for the 
whole country. 
The forest regions of the United States. Figure 107 shows the five 
forest regions of the United States. aside from Alaska. They are as 
follows : 
(1) The northeastern forest stretches from Maine westward to 
northern Minnesota, and southwestward along the Appalachian 
Mountains to northern Alabama. In Canada it broadens to include 
nearly a fourth of that country. 
In the United States the most common tree in this northeastern 
forest was originally the white pine. But because this pine is so 
light, strong, durable, and easily worked, it is wanted for nearly 
everything, from houses to matches; no other wood is so generally 
useful. Hence the white pine has become very scarce, and its price 
is soaring higher and higher. Other trees in this forest are the 
spruce and the hemlock, whose lumber, although much poorer, is 
taking the place of the white pine. These trees thrive in the cold 
climate of the northern United States and the Appalachian heights. 
Many broad-leaved trees, such as maples, beeches, birches, and oaks, 
are scattered throughout the region. The northeastern forest now 
supplies less than one tenth of our wood. 
(2) The central forest in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and south- 
ward is sometimes called the hardwood forest. because the chief trees