Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Utah Mountains, physiographic area 69. Forest coverages are taken from USFS FIA data, nonforest cover types are modified from USGS data. Habitat coverages with superscript * are combined from both databases by adding USGS coverage in the "nonforest" section of the USFS database.

Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

Douglas fir forest

141,600

349,894

2.26

Chaparral forest

58,000

143,318

0.93

Ponderosa pine forest *

482,000

1,191,022

7.69

Lodgepole pine forest *

376,100

929,343

6.00

Fir-spruce forest *

410,600

1,014,593

6.55

Mixed hardwood forest *

812,500

2,007,688

12.96

Pinyon pine-juniper forest *

1,846,800

4,563,443

29.46

Aspen-birch forest *

366,400

905,374

5.85

Wheat, irrigated agriculture, corn

7,500

18,532

0.12

Wheatgrass, bluestem grassland

271,200

670,135

4.33

Grama grassland

462,100

1,141,849

7.37

Sagebrush prairie

89,600

221,402

1.43

Greasewood brushland

893,500

2,207,838

14.25

Barren ground, sparse vegetation

700

1,730

0.01

Alpine tundra

32,100

79,319

0.51

Water *

15,600

38,548

0.25

Urban

2,100

5,189

0.03

 Totals

6,268,400

15,489,216

100