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Original truth
Mapped Type Name Brief Description Area (HA) Area (AC) Percent Samples Samples
This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and
Southeastern Great may circumscribe a variety of herbaceous wetlands. Common components include
Plains: Riparian sedge and rush species, spikerush species, cattails, smartweeds, and moist-soil 335.1 828.0 0.002% 0 0
Herbaceous Wetland
grasses.
Southeastern Great This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers where
Plains: Riparian eastern redcedar is among the most important species. Other components may include 1,172.5 2,897.3 0.006% 0 0
Mixed Evergreen - species such as green ash, gum bumelia, possumhaw, honeylocust, hackberry species,
Hardwood Woodland black walnut, willow species, Osage orange, and elm species.

This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and is
represented by vegetation influenced by a variety of water regimes and human impacts.
Southeastern Great Common shrubs or small trees include willow species, common buttonbush, green ash,
Plains: Riparian winged elm, gum bumelia, sugar hackberry, boxelder, possumhaw, honeylocust, and 4,285.1 10,588.6 0.024% 2 0
Shrubland and Osage orange. Vines such as eastern poison ivy, grape species, peppervince species,
Young Woodland Virginia creeper, and greenbriar species may be conspicuous components. Herbaceous
species many include species such as field brome, Bermudagrass, little barley,
cheatgrass, western ragweed, Virginia wildrye, and sedge species.

This type consists of built-up areas and wide transportation corridors that are dominated
Urban High Intensity 21,359.0 52,779.3 0.118% 0 0
by impervious cover.
This type includes areas that are built-up or partially cleared of vegetation but not
Urban Low Intensity entirely covered by impervious cover, and includes most of the non-industrial areas 489,168.3 1,208,759.2 2.702% 69 12
within cities and towns.
This type circumscribes forests that are mainly in a variety of states of recovery from
West Gulf Coastal human disturbance, and over a variety of soil moisture regimes. Common species may
Plain: Dry Upland include white oak, southern red oak, post oak, water oak, sweetgum, hickory species, 90,260.9 223,039.1 0.499% 7 11
Hardwood Forest sugar hackberry, elm species, and green ash. Loblolly or shortleaf pine may be a
component.

West Gulf Coastal These areas were essentially unvegetated during all seasons at the time of data
Plain: Large River acquisition (circa 2012), and may represent river-scoured islands, riverbeds, and stream 2,629.9 6,498.7 0.015% 0 0
Bottomland Barrens edges.

This type is mapped on bottomland soils across a variety of hydrologic regimes and
West Gulf Coastal various stages of disturbance. They generally represent successional pastures or
Plain: Large River woodland edges,that could not be confirmed as clear-cuts based on data from 2000 to 3,198.7 7,904.1 0.018% 0 1
Bottomland 2012. Common species may include winged elm, common buttonbush, green ash,
Deciduous Shrubland
sugar hackberry, green ash, honeylocust, baccharis species, and possumhaw.

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