Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Mid Atlantic Piedmont, physiographic area 10. 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

White-red-jack pine forest

10,500

25,946

0.16

Longleaf-slash pine forest

1,700

4,201

0.02

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

645,600

1,595,278

9.71

Oak-pine forest

424,900

1,049,928

6.39

Oak-hickory forest

1,976,100

4,882,943

29.72

Oak-gum-cypress forest

3,900

9,637

0.06

Maple-beech-birch forest

37,500

92,662

0.56

Wheat, irrigated agriculture

12,500

30,888

0.19

Corn, soybeans

2,052,500

5,071,728

30.87

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

17,000

42,007

0.26

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

940,200

2,323,234

14.14

Sagebrush prairie

2,400

5,930

0.12

Water

41,800

103,288

0.63

Urban

480,800

1,188,057

7.23

No data

4,100

10,131

0.06

Totals

6,649,100

16,429,926

100