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Original truth
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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