Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Glaciated Missouri Plateau, physiographic area 38. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Water coverage combined from USFS FIA data with the addition of USGS water coverage in the "nonforest" portion.
Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total
Ponderosa pine forest

299,199

739,320

1.91
Lodgepole pine forest

10,654

26,325

0.07
Western hardwood forest

20,610

50,928

0.13
Wheat, small grain crops

1,810,725

4,474,302

11.59
Irrigated agriculture, corn, soybeans

202,718

500,917

1.30
Bluestem grassland

1,501,769

3,710,871

9.61
Grama grassland

449,744

1,111,318

2.88
Wheatgrass grassland

10,840,058

26,785,783

69.38
Riparian woods

69,398

171,483

0.44
Sagebrush prairie

10,853

26,817

0.07
Greasewood, creosote brushland

236,173

583,583

1.51
Water

154,030

380,608

1.00
Urban

17,922

44,285

0.11
 Totals

15,623,853

38,606,543

100