Species Report
Eastern Meadowlark

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 651 ( 74.4% of plots )

CATEGORY Hectares, 1994 % of Total, 1994 Hectares, 1999 % of Total, 1999 Hectares, 2004 % of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories) 884518.6 49.04 893414.2 54.88 889945.7 54.67
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest 254764.3 14.12 221780.1 13.62 217613.1 13.37
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest 48591.2 2.69 36582.2 2.25 36011.5 2.21
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens 41829.7 2.32 33496.0 2.06 33219.8 2.04
Mesic Hardwood Forest 2063.3 0.11 1804.3 0.11 1798.7 0.11
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 232788.2 12.91 189117.7 11.62 184645.1 11.34
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest 115049.1 6.38 99339.2 6.10 93595.9 5.75
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest 1031.8 0.06 528.0 0.03 516.8 0.03
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest 45096.5 2.50 33593.1 2.06 33648.8 2.07
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest 130940.2 7.26 107878.3 6.63 105920.2 6.51
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression 4848.9 0.27 3926.7 0.24 3805.3 0.23
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest 1312.2 0.07 516.7 0.03 566.3 0.03
Sweetgum 6203.4 0.34 5022.0 0.31 4866.3 0.30
Forest - Unknown Category 0.0 0.00 159830.0 9.82 173738.0 10.67
Cropland 463868.9 25.72 354559.0 21.78 347731.9 21.36
Pastureland 380916.3 21.12 301330.3 18.51 282673.6 17.36
Herbaceous 4081.4 0.23 13594.4 0.84 20174.0 1.24
Bare/Barren 1668.3 0.09 533.0 0.03 1614.4 0.10
Urban 8074.0 0.45 14935.6 0.92 40148.9 2.47
Water 45345.6 2.51 36069.3 2.22 32106.1 1.97
Unknown (No Data) 15261.4 0.85 13462.5 0.83 13503.7 0.83