Species Report
Least Tern

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 16 ( 1.8% of plots )

CATEGORY Hectares, 1994 % of Total, 1994 Hectares, 1999 % of Total, 1999 Hectares, 2004 % of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories) 13850.1 31.25 14479.8 36.20 14641.5 36.60
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest 1284.2 2.90 1095.1 2.74 1067.5 2.67
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest 0.4 0.00 0.2 0.00 0.2 0.00
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
Mesic Hardwood Forest 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest 700.5 1.58 575.2 1.44 519.1 1.30
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest 1541.4 3.48 1233.0 3.08 1229.5 3.07
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest 87.6 0.20 69.3 0.17 73.3 0.18
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest 2184.2 4.93 1590.8 3.98 1597.0 3.99
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest 7574.8 17.09 6374.1 15.94 6272.6 15.68
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression 16.6 0.04 10.6 0.03 9.5 0.02
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest 99.6 0.22 72.4 0.18 72.5 0.18
Sweetgum 360.8 0.81 300.4 0.75 281.0 0.70
Forest - Unknown Category 0.0 0.00 3159.0 7.90 3519.4 8.80
Cropland 14119.8 31.86 9006.7 22.52 8807.0 22.02
Pastureland 2752.0 6.21 3142.4 7.86 2737.4 6.84
Herbaceous 9.3 0.02 1082.8 2.71 1141.2 2.85
Bare/Barren 266.7 0.60 291.6 0.73 116.1 0.29
Urban 474.9 1.07 890.3 2.23 1713.5 4.28
Water 9456.2 21.34 8044.3 20.11 7780.2 19.45
Unknown (No Data) 3392.1 7.65 3061.6 7.65 3062.6 7.66