Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Southern Blue Ridge, physiographic area 23. 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

84,600

209,047

2.05

Spruce-fir forest

17,100

42,254

0.41

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

209,500

517,674

5.07

Oak-pine forest

1,027,200

2,538,211

24.87

Oak-hickory forest

2,182,900

5,393,946

52.86

Maple-beech-birch forest

64,100

158,391

1.55

Corn, soybeans, wheat crops

182,500

450,958

4.42

Bluestem, wheatgrass grassland

6,600

16,309

0.16

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

308,900

763,292

7.48

Water

20,800

51,397

0.51

Urban

25,500

63,011

0.62

 Totals

4,129,700

10,204,489

100