Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Peninsular Florida, physiographic area 2. 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

709,100

1,752,186

10.43

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

58,500

144,544

0.86

Oak-hickory forest

15,800

39,042

0.23

Oak-gum-cypress forest

1,043,800

2,579,230

15.35

Wheat, irrigated agriculture

309,000

763,539

4.55

Corn, soybeans

2,712,100

6,701,599

39.88

Bluestem, wheatgrass grassland

10,800

26,687

0.16

Grama grassland

21,900

54,115

0.32

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

240,300

593,781

3.53

Sagebrush prairie

1,800

4,448

0.03

Greasewood, creosote brushland

1,300

3,212

0.02

Fresh, saltwater marsh

568,600

1,405,011

8.36

Water

233,100

575,990

3.43

Urban

797,500

1,970,623

11.73

No data

76,300

188,537

1.12

 Totals

6,799,900

16,802,552

100