| Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in the Mohave Desert, physiographic area 83. 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 |
| Ponderosa pine forest | 2,300 |
5,683 |
0.03 |
| Pinyon pine-juniper forest | 91,900 |
227,085 |
1.03 |
| Open oak, bluestem woodland | 9,100 |
22,486 |
0.10 |
| Irrigated agriculture, wheat, mixed crops | 17,100 |
42,254 |
0.19 |
| Grama, other grassland | 37,400 |
92,415 |
0.42 |
| Sagebrush, creosote shrubland | 1,726,600 |
4,266,429 |
19.44 |
| Greasewood brushland | 1,307,800 |
3,231,574 |
14.73 |
| Barren land, sparse vegetation | 5,467,700 |
13,510,687 |
61.57 |
| Water | 132,200 |
326,666 |
1.49 |
| Urban | 88,400 |
218,436 |
1.00 |
| Totals | 8,880,500 |
21,943,715 |
100 |