Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Northern Piedmont, physiographic area 17. 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

86,099

212,752

1.89

Spruce-fir forest

1,692

4,181

0.04

Oak-pine forest

286,766

708,599

6.29

Oak-hickory forest

1,740,304

4,300,292

38.15

Maple-beech-birch forest

380,430

940,043

8.34

Corn, wheat, irrigated agriculture

1,293,483

3,196,196

28.35

Bluestem grassland

38,521

95,185

0.84

Grama, wheatgrass grassland

10,252

25,333

0.22

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

689,094

1,702,752

15.11

Water

35,236

87,068

0.77

Totals

4,561,877

11,272,398

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