Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Southeastern Region
The Southeastern region has 89.7 million acres of forests and is 61% forested. Southeastern region forest carbon stocks have increased by 22% from 1990 to 2019.
Average carbon density in aboveground trees across Southeastern region forests is 22.7 US tons per acre.
In the Southeastern region, forests, urban trees, and harvested wood products:
Remove 21% of all CO2 emissions across the states. (Across the US, this value is 14%.)
Store the equivalent of 34 years of all CO2 emissions produced across the states.
