Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Subtropical Florida, physiographic area 1. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Water coverage is combined from both databases by adding USGS water in the "nonforest" section of the USFS database.

Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

Longleaf-slash pine forest

20,800

51,397

1.06

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

1,000

2,471

0.05

Oak-hickory forest

2,300

5,683

0.12

Oak-gum-cypress forest

103,100

254,760

5.26

Wheat, irrigated agriculture

54,100

133,681

2.76

Corn, soybeans

525,900

1,299,499

26.83

Bluestem, wheatgrass grassland

11,900

29,405

0.61

Grama grassland

19,500

48,148

0.99

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

87,300

215,718

4.45

Sagebrush prairie

2,400

5,930

0.12

Creosote, greasewood brushland

900

2,224

0.05

Fresh, saltwater marsh

632,200

1,562,166

32.26

Water

284,100

702,011

14.50

Urban

103,000

254,513

5.26

No data

111,300

275,022

5.68

Totals

1,959,800

4,842,666

100