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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT PRODUCTION AND PRODUCERS' YEAREND STOCKS | |||||||||||
| IN 2007, BY TYPE | |||||||||||
| Yearend | |||||||||||
| Active | Production1 | Percentage of | stocks1 | ||||||||
| Type | operations2 | (metric tons) | production | (metric tons) | |||||||
| Sphagnum moss | 8 | 54,100 | 9 | 11,400 | |||||||
| Hypnum moss | 4 | 18,700 | 3 | 1,190 | |||||||
| Reed-sedge | 17 | 522,000 | 82 | 71,900 | |||||||
| Humus | 9 | 40,900 | 6 | 13,400 | |||||||
| Total | 38 | 635,000 | 100 | 98,000 | |||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals | |||||||||||
| shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Some plants produce multiple types of peat; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program