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                                         Mapped Type Name                                        Brief Description                                    Area (HA)       Area (AC)       Percent      Samples    Samples
                                         West Gulf Coastal      This type is mapped on bottomland soils where loblolly pine is the prevailing dominant.
                                         Plain: Large River     These stands are commonly the result of past timber management, but these areas
                                         Bottomland             could not be identified as former clear-cuts based on satellite remote sensing data from   1,005.4         2,484.5      0.006%            0           0
                                         Evergreen Woodland     2000 to 2012.  Common associated trees include sweetgum, water oak, ash species,
                                         and Shrubland          and elm species.

                                                                This type is mapped on bottomland soils across a variety of hydrologic regimes and
                                         West Gulf Coastal      various stages of disturbance.  Common overstory trees may include water oak, pecan,
                                         Plain: Large River     willow oak, sugar hackberry, post oak, sweetgum, green ash, blackgum, slippery elm,      72,711.3       179,673.3       0.402%           12         20
                                         Bottomland             American elm, sycamore, and black willow.  Shrubs such as common buttonbush and
                                         Hardwood Forest
                                                                river birch may occur in well-watered areas.

                                         West Gulf Coastal      This type is mapped on bottomland soils across a variety of hydrologic regimes and may
                                         Plain: Large River     circumscribe a variety of herbaceous wetlands.  Common components include sedge           3,914.0          9,671.6      0.022%            0           0
                                         Bottomland             and rush species, spikerush species, cattails, smartweeds, and moist-soil grasses.
                                         Herbaceous Wetland

                                         West Gulf Coastal      This type is mapped on bottomland soils where loblolly pine is among the most important
                                         Plain: Large River     species.  These stands are commonly the result of past timber management, but these
                                         Bottomland Mixed       areas could not be identified as former clear-cuts based on satellite remote sensing data   17,947.4     44,348.8       0.099%           10           7
                                         Hardwood -             from 2000 to 2012.  Common associated trees include sweetgum, water oak, ash
                                         Evergreen Forest       species, and elm species.

                                         West Gulf Coastal      This type includes areas that are seasonally or temporarily flooded.  Common overstory
                                         Plain: Large River     species include willow oak, water oak, water hickory, American elm, slippery elm,
                                         Bottomland             sweetgum, and sugar hackberry.  In the wettest areas of southeast Oklahoma, species      26,498.4        65,479.0       0.146%            5           2
                                         Seasonally Flooded     such as baldcypress, overcup oak, river birch, common buttonbush, and planer tree may
                                         Hardwood Forest        occur in restricted areas.

                                                                This type is mainly represented by grazed pastures with non-native and grazing-tolerant
                                         West Gulf Coastal      species in the modern landscape.  Common species may include Bermudagrass, prairie
                                         Plain: Northern        broomweed, field brome, western (Cuman) ragweed, and Johnsongrass.  Woody                14,339.6        35,433.8       0.079%            0           0
                                         Calcareous             species such as winged elm, sumac species, possumhaw, and sugar hackberry may be
                                         Prairie/Pasture
                                                                present.

                                                                This type is mainly represented by grazed pastures with non-native and grazing-tolerant
                                                                species in the modern landscape.  Common species may include Bermudagrass, little
                                         West Gulf Coastal      bluestem, prairie broomweed, prairie tea, tall fescue, field brome, and Johnsongrass.    163,443.4      403,876.7       0.903%           14           6
                                         Plain: Pasture
                                                                Woody species may include winged elm, sugar hackberry, possumhaw, green ash, and
                                                                eastern redcedar.








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