Table 1. Age dynamics in thousand ha

 

Group of major forest-forming species

Year of account

1988

1993

1998

2000

2001

2002

Coniferous

526103.8

507708.2

508684.2

509626.8

508588.4

504315.8

Young growth

86472.2

88511.5

90734.2

92884.7

92925.2

92797.9

Middle-aged

99239.5

111830.8

115295.9

115285.7

115008.9

113419.4

Maturing

49862.5

48233.5

51198.8

51226.4

51085.0

50526.9

Mature and overmature

290529.6

259132.4

251455.3

250230.0

249569.3

247571.6

Hardwooded

17096.9

17286.5

17498.3

17504.0

17569.5

17469.5

Young growth

2159.8

2021.6

1917.7

1894.0

1917.5

1872.5

Middle-aged

4277.9

4284.0

4376.4

4364.7

4360.3

4339.0

Maturing

1892.4

1849.6

1890.8

1903.7

1892.8

1146.5

Mature and overmature

8766.8

9131.3

9313.4

9341.6

9398.9

7100.0

Softwooded

109679.6

113211.1

119711.9

122119.0

123062.7

123187.1

Young growth

23481.1

24442.1

25360.0

25442.2

25645.4

25416.9

Middle-aged

35796.9

37407.3

39017.8

40320.7

40613.4

40241.7

Maturing

12580.9

12092.2

13076.5

13360.6

13359.5

13242.2

Mature and overmature

37820.7

39269.5

42257.6

42995.5

43444.4

44286.3

Total

652880.3

638205.8

645894.4

649249.8

649220.6

644972.4