Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in West Gulf Coastal Plain, physiographic area 42. 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

529,079

1,307,355

3.52

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

5,970,510

14,753,130

39.73

Oak-pine forest

2,781,101

6,872,099

18.51

Oak-hickory forest

1,237,770

3,058,531

8.24

Oak-gum-cypress forest

1,383,033

3,417,475

9.20

Pinyon pine-juniper forest

896

2,214

0.01

Wheat, small grain crops

282,859

698,945

1.88

Corn, soybeans, irrigated agriculture

2,079,180

5,137,653

13.84

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

110,515

273,083

0.73

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

149,843

370,261

1.00

Sagebrush prairie

797

1,968

0.01

Freshwater marsh

2,290

5,658

0.02

Water

343,095

847,788

2.28

Urban

154,622

382,071

1.03

No data

298

736

0.00

 Totals

15,025,888

37,128,969

100