Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in South Atlantic Coastal Plain, physiographic area 3. 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

Longleaf-slash pine forest

4,644,100

11,475,571

18.83

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

2,704,600

6,683,067

10.97

Oak-pine forest

2,193,600

5,420,386

8.89

Oak-hickory forest

385,700

953,065

1.56

Oak-gum-cypress forest

5,097,500

12,595,922

20.67

Wheat, irrigated agriculture

504,700

1,247,114

2.05

Corn, soybeans

7,628,800

18,850,765

30.93

Bluestem grassland

61,500

151,966

0.25

Grama, wheatgrass grassland

41,000

101,311

0.17

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

88,400

218,436

0.36

Sagebrush, greasewood, creosote brushland

12,600

31,135

0.05

Fresh, saltwater marsh

79,300

195,950

0.32

Water

338,000

835,198

1.37

Urban

638,000

1,576,498

2.59

No data

243,000

600,453

0.99

 Totals

24,660,800

60,936,837

100