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Estimates show 2.1 million christmas trees were harvested in the South, implying significant involvement of private land.
According to the 1964 estimate, about 2,133,000 Christmas trees were harvested in the South. About 70 percent of these consisted of redcedars; most of them were produced on private land holdings. About 65 and 33 percent of the trees were cut from naturally and artificially established stands, respectively; about 12.5 percent were sheared. Christmas tree plantations of the South occupy about 7,500 acres.
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