Species Report
Little Blue Heron

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 194 ( 22.2% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	307618.4	57.26	319080.9	65.79	316434.5	65.24
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	61919.0	11.53	53982.8	11.13	52663.8	10.86
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	1503.3	0.28	1239.4	0.26	1209.8	0.25
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	3202.2	0.60	2543.3	0.52	2504.2	0.52
Mesic Hardwood Forest	78.8	0.01	63.3	0.01	61.6	0.01
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	41894.6	7.80	34895.6	7.19	34163.8	7.04
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	94585.0	17.61	82085.4	16.92	77430.4	15.97
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	334.4	0.06	238.2	0.05	194.9	0.04
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	15896.9	2.96	12613.4	2.60	12446.2	2.57
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	82154.1	15.29	69861.6	14.40	68753.2	14.18
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	4234.0	0.79	3607.1	0.74	3542.2	0.73
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	230.3	0.04	78.5	0.02	93.5	0.02
Sweetgum	1585.6	0.30	1327.8	0.27	1298.1	0.27
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	56544.5	11.66	62072.6	12.80
Cropland	97346.5	18.12	62939.5	12.98	61774.4	12.74
Pastureland	104741.7	19.50	74810.5	15.42	68588.3	14.14
Herbaceous	924.8	0.17	7240.2	1.49	10376.3	2.14
Bare/Barren	448.3	0.08	334.8	0.07	668.2	0.14
Urban	1536.6	0.29	2886.8	0.60	9924.5	2.05
Water	22203.2	4.13	15543.8	3.20	15059.8	3.11
Unknown (No Data)	2436.7	0.45	2161.2	0.45	2171.8	0.45