| Table 1. Areas of vegetative cover types in Southern California Ranges, physiographic area 90. 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 |
| Chaparral forest | 1,801,600 |
4,451,754 |
35.59 |
| Pinyon pine-juniper forest * | 219,900 |
543,373 |
4.32 |
| Spruce-fir forest * | 23,400 |
57,821 |
0.46 |
| Ponderosa pine forest * | 136,200 |
336,550 |
2.68 |
| Mixed hardwood forest | 6,600 |
16,309 |
0.13 |
| Oak, riparian, bluestem woodland | 41,100 |
101,558 |
0.81 |
| Wheat, corn, irrigated agriculture | 5,100 |
12,602 |
0.10 |
| Wheatgrass, grama, bluestem grassland | 81,000 |
200,151 |
1.59 |
| Sagebrush prairie | 622,300 |
1,537,703 |
12.23 |
| Greasewood brushland | 475,300 |
1,174,466 |
9.34 |
| Barren ground, sparse vegetation | 308,000 |
761,068 |
6.05 |
| Water | 38,300 |
94,639 |
0.75 |
| Urban | 1,002,600 |
2,477,425 |
19.70 |
| No data * | 328,500 |
811,724 |
6.45 |
| Totals | 4,425,100 |
10,934,422 |
100 |