Species Report
Least Bittern

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 10 ( 1.1% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	12767.5	46.08	11799.5	47.16	12356.4	49.39
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	133.2	0.48	37.7	0.15	43.4	0.17
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	1580.5	5.70	1016.4	4.06	1048.9	4.19
Mesic Hardwood Forest	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	1067.2	3.85	849.0	3.39	847.7	3.39
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	2506.7	9.05	2137.9	8.55	1956.1	7.82
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	0.2	0.00	0.2	0.00	0.2	0.00
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	3157.7	11.40	2458.8	9.83	2508.5	10.03
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	3974.6	14.35	3269.7	13.07	3251.9	13.00
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	326.6	1.18	293.7	1.17	292.1	1.17
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	2.7	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.8	0.00
Sweetgum	18.1	0.07	10.2	0.04	10.3	0.04
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	1725.8	6.90	2396.4	9.58
Cropland	11657.8	42.08	9008.5	36.01	8447.6	33.77
Pastureland	1570.6	5.67	1966.9	7.86	1970.1	7.87
Herbaceous	123.6	0.45	238.2	0.95	251.7	1.01
Bare/Barren	0.3	0.00	18.0	0.07	29.3	0.12
Urban	210.9	0.76	774.4	3.10	1099.0	4.39
Water	1374.1	4.96	1212.1	4.85	863.4	3.45
Unknown (No Data)	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00