Species Report
Northern Cardinal

Total number of 2,500 hectare plots where this species is found: 822 ( 93.9% of plots )

CATEGORY	Hectares, 1994	% of Total, 1994	Hectares, 1999	% of Total, 1999	Hectares, 2004	% of Total, 2004
Forest - Total (All Categories)	1219875.5	53.57	1226461.7	59.67	1214061.3	59.06
Ozark-Ouachita Pine-Oak Forest	360481.1	15.83	316469.9	15.40	311104.7	15.14
Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland and Forest	55014.8	2.42	42121.9	2.05	41458.1	2.02
Central Interior Highlands Glade and Barrens	49187.2	2.16	39896.8	1.94	39510.0	1.92
Mesic Hardwood Forest	2306.1	0.10	2016.3	0.10	2006.1	0.10
Dry-Mesic Oak Forest	285305.8	12.53	235108.1	11.44	229724.5	11.18
West Gulf Coastal Plain Pine-Hardwood Forest	212986.9	9.35	184795.6	8.99	172850.0	8.41
West Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream Forest	1538.0	0.07	843.7	0.04	840.7	0.04
Lower Mississippi River Low Bottomland Forest	57653.1	2.53	43583.7	2.12	43520.9	2.12
Lower Mississippi River High Bottomland Forest	177470.5	7.79	148305.6	7.22	145710.6	7.09
Lower Mississippi River Bottomland Depression	8626.6	0.38	7086.1	0.34	6872.8	0.33
Lower Mississippi River Riparian Forest	1900.5	0.08	606.6	0.03	703.7	0.03
Sweetgum	7405.0	0.33	6055.9	0.29	5863.0	0.29
Forest - Unknown Category	0.0	0.00	199571.5	9.71	213896.2	10.41
Cropland	515565.6	22.64	397548.6	19.34	389718.2	18.96
Pastureland	431032.6	18.93	315790.5	15.36	299961.7	14.59
Herbaceous	4248.8	0.19	19133.0	0.93	29233.9	1.42
Bare/Barren	2189.0	0.10	963.5	0.05	2056.9	0.10
Urban	9523.5	0.42	17307.5	0.84	46154.6	2.25
Water	64673.2	2.84	51366.6	2.50	47307.7	2.30
Unknown (No Data)	30220.4	1.33	26898.2	1.31	26975.5	1.31