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| TABLE 4 | |||||||||||
| U.S. PEAT PRODUCTION AND PRODUCERS' YEAREND STOCKS | |||||||||||
| IN 2006, BY TYPE | |||||||||||
| Yearend | |||||||||||
| Active | Production1 | Percentage of | stocks1 | ||||||||
| Type | operations | (metric tons) | production | (metric tons) | |||||||
| Sphagnum moss | 9 | 35,200 | 6 | 44,400 | |||||||
| Hypnum moss | 3 | 14,900 | 3 | 449 | |||||||
| Reed-sedge | 16 | 467,000 | 85 | 65,000 | |||||||
| Humus | 11 | 33,900 | 6 | 18,500 | |||||||
| Total | 39 | 551,000 | 100 | 128,000 | |||||||
| 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