| Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Southern New England, physiographic area 9. 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 |
| White-red-jack pine forest | 535,400 |
1,322,973 |
12.10 |
| Spruce-fir forest | 65,900 |
162,839 |
1.49 |
| Oak-pine forest | 22,200 |
54,856 |
0.50 |
| Oak-hickory forest | 770,900 |
1,904,894 |
17.42 |
| Mixed hardwood forest | 323,600 |
799,616 |
7.31 |
| Aspen-birch forest | 7,700 |
19,027 |
0.17 |
| Wheat, small grains | 18,600 |
45,961 |
0.42 |
| Corn, soybeans | 662,900 |
1,638,026 |
14.98 |
| Irrigated agriculture | 12,400 |
30,640 |
0.28 |
| Bluestem, grama, wheatgrass grassland | 57,600 |
142,330 |
1.30 |
| Pasture, hay, mixed crops | 289,600 |
715,602 |
6.55 |
| Greasewood, sagebrush, creosote brushland | 1,500 |
3,706 |
0.03 |
| Water | 75,500 |
186,560 |
1.71 |
| Urban | 1,452,500 |
3,589,128 |
32.83 |
| No data | 128,700 |
318,018 |
2.91 |
| Totals | 4,425,100 |
10,934,422 |
100 |