Species Report
Green-backed Heron

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 446 ( 51.0% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	617990.6	50.01	624042.0	55.95	620642.0	55.64
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	160658.2	13.00	140118.5	12.56	137323.5	12.31
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	23566.1	1.91	17340.6	1.55	17075.9	1.53
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	24181.8	1.96	19154.9	1.72	19092.3	1.71
Mesic Hardwood Forest	1036.6	0.08	912.7	0.08	903.0	0.08
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	139165.4	11.26	112461.7	10.08	109919.0	9.85
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	115337.3	9.33	100050.4	8.97	94010.8	8.43
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	1031.7	0.08	651.1	0.06	694.6	0.06
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	35387.9	2.86	27116.8	2.43	27119.2	2.43
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	106754.0	8.64	89280.1	8.00	87661.4	7.86
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	5231.3	0.42	4279.6	0.38	4173.2	0.37
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	1421.5	0.12	393.9	0.04	432.3	0.04
Sweetgum	4218.8	0.34	3419.7	0.31	3327.0	0.30
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	108862.0	9.76	118909.9	10.66
Cropland	295281.1	23.89	224831.7	20.16	219773.2	19.70
Pastureland	245728.9	19.88	187032.8	16.77	174488.9	15.64
Herbaceous	2160.6	0.17	10799.0	0.97	16451.2	1.47
Bare/Barren	1428.1	0.12	749.5	0.07	1251.5	0.11
Urban	5897.4	0.48	12635.0	1.13	30848.4	2.77
Water	48734.7	3.94	38732.7	3.47	35336.8	3.17
Unknown (No Data)	18559.2	1.50	16544.8	1.48	16575.4	1.49