Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Oaks and Prairies, physiographic area 8. 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 coverage in the "nonforest" section of the USFS database.

Cover types

Area (ha)

Area (ac)

Percent of Total

Loblolly-shortleaf pine forest

58,200

143,812

0.55

Oak-pine forest

304,200

751,678

2.87

Oak-hickory forest

1,230,500

3,040,566

11.62

Oak-gum-cypress forest

17,700

43,737

0.17

Pinyon pine-juniper forest

104,100

257,231

0.98

Wheat, small grain crops

2,027,400

5,009,705

19.15

Corn, soybeans, irrigated agriculture

2,621,300

6,477,232

24.76

Bluestem grassland

2,504,800

6,189,361

23.66

Grama grassland

199,100

491,976

1.88

Wheatgrass grassland

61,000

150,731

0.58

Pasture, hay, mixed crops

653,400

1,614,551

6.17

Greasewood, sagebrush brushland

4,100

10,131

0.04

Water

218,900

540,902

2.07

Urban

582,900

1,440,346

5.50

 Totals

10,587,600

26,161,959

100