Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Interior Low Plateau, physiographic area 14. 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

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

21,200

52,385

0.12

Oak-pine forest

499,200

1,233,523

2.80

Oak-hickory forest

5,634,200

13,922,108

31.57

Oak-gum-cypress forest

33,100

81,790

0.18

Elm-ash-cottonwood forest

99,100

244,876

0.55

Maple-beech-birch forest

999,100

2,468,776

5.60

Wheat, small grain crops

53,000

130,963

0.30

Corn, soybeans

7,170,800

17,719,047

40.18

Irrigated agriculture

46,100

113,913

0.26

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

73,300

181,124

0.41

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

2,465,800

6,092,992

13.82

Sagebrush prairie

300

741

< 0.01

Water

245,700

607,125

1.38

Urban

506,000

1,250,326

2.83

 Totals

17,846,900

44,099,689

100