Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Mid Atlantic Coastal Plain, physiographic area 44. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Water and No data coverage is combined from both databases by adding USGS data in the "nonforest" section of the USFS database.

Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

Longleaf-slash pine forest

43,000

106,253

0.79

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

734,800

1,815,961

13.46

Oak-pine forest

457,400

1,130,235

8.38

Oak-hickory, maple-beech-birch forest

1,055,500

2,608,140

19.33

Oak-gum-cypress forest

251,900

622,445

4.61

Wheat, small grain crops

59,800

147,766

1.09

Corn, soybeans

1,530,200

3,781,124

28.02

Irrigated agriculture

26,800

66,223

0.49

Bluestem grassland

69,000

170,499

1.26

Grama, wheatgrass grassland

23,300

57,574

0.43

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

106,400

262,914

1.95

Sagebrush, greasewood, creosote brushland

13,100

32,370

0.24

Water

116,200

287,130

2.13

Marshland

1,900

4,695

0.03

Urban

864,700

2,136,674

15.84

No data

106,600

263,409

1.95

 Totals

5,460,600

13,493,143

100