Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Northern New England, physiographic area 27. 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

1,492,108

3,687,000

29.53

Spruce-fir forest

710,101

1,754,660

14.05

Oak-pine forest

8,764

21,656

0.17

Oak-hickory forest

352,361

870,685

6.98

Maple-beech-birch forest

2,011,588

4,970,633

39.81

Aspen-birch forest

20,417

50,450

0.41

Wheat, small grain crops

7,669

18,949

0.15

Corn, soybeans

122,102

301,713

2.42

Irrigated agriculture

2,589

6,398

0.05

Bluestem grassland

3,685

9,106

0.07

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

125,488

310,080

2.48

Water

95,709

236,497

1.89

Urban

65,234

161,193

1.29

No data 

35,256

87,118

0.70

 Totals

5,053,071

12,486,138

100