Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Central Shortgrass Prairie, physiographic area 36. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Habitat types with superscript * consist of coverages combined from USFS FIA data with the addition of USGS data in the "nonforest" portion.

Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

Oak-hickory, mixed hardwoods *

117,821

291,136

0.69

Ponderosa pine forest *

38,743

95,734

0.23

Fir-spruce forest

397

982

0.00

Lodgepole pine forest

19,869

49,095

0.12

Pinyon pine-juniper forest *

84,342

208,409

0.50

Elm-ash-cottonwood forest

5,365

13,256

0.03

Riparian woods

287,200

709,671

1.68

Wheat, irrigated agriculture, corn

2,476,517

6,119,472

14.52

Bluestem grassland

2,825,011

6,980,602

16.56

Grama grassland

5,696,215

14,075,351

33.40

Wheatgrass grassland

4,761,699

11,766,158

27.92

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

49,870

123,229

0.29

Sagebrush prairie

98,151

242,530

0.58

Greasewood brushland

529,994

1,309,615

3.11

Water *

32,982

81,499

0.19

Urban

24,339

60,142

0.14

No data

7,153

17,674

0.04

 Totals

60,227,400

148,821,900

100