Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Northern Cumberland Plateau, physiographic area 21. 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

69,500

171,734

1.27

Loblolly-shortleaf pine, spruce-fir forest

7,700

19,027

0.14

Oak-pine forest

1,245,400

3,077,383

22.81

Oak-hickory forest

3,633,600

8,978,626

66.53

Maple-beech-birch forest

32,300

79,813

0.59

Wheat, small grain crops

600

1,483

0.01

Corn, soybeans

366,300

905,127

6.71

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

4,700

11,614

0.09

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

93,600

231,286

1.71

Water

4,100

10,131

0.08

Urban

3,500

8,649

0.06

 Totals

5,461,300

13,494,872

100