Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Southern Ridge and Valley, physiographic area 13. 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

1,295

3,199

0.02

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

519,999

1,284,917

8.76

Oak-pine forest

1,162,104

2,871,559

19.59

Oak-hickory forest

1,849,327

4,569,687

31.18

Wheat, corn, soybeans

1,118,580

2,764,011

18.86

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

12,649

31,255

0.21

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

721,086

1,781,804

12.16

Open oak, bluestem woodland

10,956

27,072

0.18

Sagebrush prairie

398

984

0.01

Water

166,627

411,735

2.81

Urban

368,909

911,367

6.22

 Totals

5,931,929

14,657,796

100