Species Report
American Coot

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 19 ( 2.2% of plots )

CATEGORY Hectares, 1994 % of Total, 1994 Hectares, 1999 % of Total, 1999 Hectares, 2004 % of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories) 19817.2 37.63 19920.4 41.93 22055.4 46.43
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest 4609.9 8.75 3982.0 8.38 3924.3 8.26
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest 2.3 0.00 2.3 0.00 2.3 0.00
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens 1595.5 3.03 1029.9 2.17 1061.3 2.23
Mesic Hardwood Forest 46.5 0.09 42.0 0.09 42.0 0.09
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 3816.3 7.25 3348.8 7.05 3346.6 7.04
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest 1603.9 3.05 1261.9 2.66 1282.8 2.70
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest 23.6 0.04 20.8 0.04 21.3 0.04
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest 1356.7 2.58 906.6 1.91 911.3 1.92
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest 6378.3 12.11 5335.9 11.23 5350.5 11.26
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression 56.1 0.11 47.5 0.10 47.6 0.10
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest 106.2 0.20 5.3 0.01 44.8 0.09
Sweetgum 221.9 0.42 174.0 0.37 178.8 0.38
Forest - Unknown Category 0.0 0.00 3763.4 7.92 5841.8 12.30
Cropland 20593.6 39.10 13383.4 28.17 11649.6 24.52
Pastureland 3853.7 7.32 5859.8 12.34 5248.4 11.05
Herbaceous 139.7 0.27 610.1 1.28 630.2 1.33
Bare/Barren 0.0 0.00 18.0 0.04 44.2 0.09
Urban 231.1 0.44 516.7 1.09 1141.8 2.40
Water 5985.7 11.36 5399.4 11.37 4938.7 10.40
Unknown (No Data) 2048.1 3.89 1797.0 3.78 1796.3 3.78