Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Coastal Prairies, physiographic area 6. 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

27,600

68,200

0.38

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

48,000

118,608

0.65

Mixed pine-hardwood forest

6,100

15,073

0.08

Oak-hickory forest

189,400

468,007

2.58

Oak-gum-cypress forest

278,100

687,185

3.79

Pinyon pine-juniper forest

69,700

172,229

0.95

Wheat, small grain crops

669,400

1,654,087

9.11

Corn, soybeans, irrigated crops

2,514,500

6,213,330

34.24

Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland

974,700

2,408,484

13.27

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

684,500

1,691,400

9.32

Sagebrush, greasewood, creosote brushland

135,400

334,573

1.84

Marshland

773,800

1,912,060

10.54

Barren land, sparse vegetation

11,700

28,911

0.16

Water

201,000

496,671

2.74

Urban

457,800

1,131,224

6.23

No data

302,600

747,725

4.12

 Totals

7,344,300

18,147,765

100