Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Mid Atlantic Ridge and Valley, physiographic area 12. 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

124,700

308,134

2.44

Spruce-fir forest

36,600

90,439

0.72

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

19,700

48,679

0.39

Mixed hardwood-pine forest

467,100

1,154,204

9.16

Oak-hickory forest

2,224,600

5,496,987

43.61

Maple-beech-birch forest

507,300

1,253,538

9.94

Corn, soybeans, wheat cropland

1,133,500

2,800,878

22.22

Bluestem, grama, grassland

1,500

3,706

0.03

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

534,100

1,319,761

10.47

Sagebrush prairie

1,600

3,954

0.03

Water

1,000

2,471

0.02

Urban

32,800

81,049

0.64

No data

16,900

41,760

0.33

Totals

5,101,400

12,605,559

100