Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in East Gulf Coastal Plain, physiographic area 4. 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

2,034,000

5,026,014

8.25

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

5,471,200

13,519,335

22.20

Oak-pine forest

3,785,800

9,354,712

15.36

Oak-hickory forest

2,261,800

5,588,908

9.18

Oak-gum-cypress forest

1,809,000

4,470,039

7.34

Elm-ash-cottonwood forest

5,600

13,838

0.02

Wheat, small grain crops

85,300

210,776

0.35

Corn, soybeans, irrigated agriculture

7,243,000

17,897,453

29.39

Bluestem grassland

22,100

54,609

0.09

Grama, wheatgrass grassland

14,000

34,594

0.06

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

1,144,200

2,827,318

4.64

Sagebrush, greasewood, creosote brushland

6,700

16,556

0.03

Fresh, saltwater marsh

38,700

95,628

0.16

Water

171,500

423,777

0.70

Urban

479,500

11,848,445

1.95

No data

68,300

168,769

0.28

 Totals

24,640,700

60,887,169

100