Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Prairie Peninsula, physiographic area 31. 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
Spruce-fir forest

2,686

6,637

0.01
Oak-pine forest

28,751

71,044

0.14
Oak-hickory forest

1,274,203

3,148,555

6.20
Elm-ash-cottonwood forest

487,078

1,203,570

2.37
Maple-beech-birch forest

539,507

1,333,121

2.63
Wheat, small grain crops

122,665

303,105

0.60
Corn, soybeans

14,009,067

34,616,405

68.22
Irrigated agriculture

107,344

265,248

0.52
Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

59,790

147,742

0.29
Pasture, hay, mixed crops

2,987,134

7,381,208

14.55
Sagebrush, greasewood, creosote brushland

1,890

4,671

0.01
Water

104,459

258,118

0.51
Urban

811,996

2,006,442

3.95
 Totals

20,536,570

50,745,864

100