Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Adirondack Mountains, physiographic area 26. 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

247,000

610,337

9.66

Spruce-fir forest

192,400

475,420

7.52

Oak-pine, mixed hardwood forest

2,400

5,930

0.09

Oak-hickory forest

185,100

457,382

7.23

Maple-beech-birch forest

1,562,500

3,860,938

61.07

Wheat, small grain crops

3,200

7,907

0.13

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

264,900

654,568

10.35

Corn, soybeans, irrigated crops

4,600

11,367

0.18

Bluestem grassland

500

1,236

0.02

Water

94,900

234,498

3.71

Urban

1,100

2,718

0.04

 Totals

2,558,600

6,322,301

100