Species Report
Great Blue Heron

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 479 ( 54.7% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	718231.9	54.12	730573.7	60.99	727702.4	60.75
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	209195.9	15.76	183489.3	15.32	180283.8	15.05
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	32548.7	2.45	24101.0	2.01	23825.9	1.99
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	30847.4	2.32	24368.2	2.03	24315.6	2.03
Mesic Hardwood Forest	1676.3	0.13	1461.7	0.12	1455.7	0.12
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	154743.6	11.66	128305.8	10.71	125998.8	10.52
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	123641.8	9.32	107473.3	8.97	100862.4	8.42
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	1186.7	0.09	669.8	0.06	651.0	0.05
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	33193.5	2.50	25430.2	2.12	25350.1	2.12
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	119661.0	9.02	100324.9	8.38	98433.4	8.22
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	4637.8	0.35	3780.5	0.32	3678.5	0.31
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	1450.4	0.11	472.7	0.04	555.4	0.05
Sweetgum	5448.9	0.41	4466.3	0.37	4294.2	0.36
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	126229.9	10.54	137997.5	11.52
Cropland	252091.5	19.00	178635.1	14.91	175595.7	14.66
Pastureland	283941.3	21.40	216543.6	18.08	200454.5	16.74
Herbaceous	2388.8	0.18	10345.4	0.86	15597.8	1.30
Bare/Barren	1511.3	0.11	597.5	0.05	1079.7	0.09
Urban	4799.2	0.36	9303.6	0.78	28377.4	2.37
Water	51226.6	3.86	40292.0	3.36	37448.1	3.13
Unknown (No Data)	12893.7	0.97	11477.3	0.96	11512.3	0.96