| The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's
Ecosystems |
| ecosystem: |
Urban and Suburban Areas |
| indicator Name: |
Patches of Forest, Grassland and Shrubland, and
Wetlands: "Natural" Area in Patches of Different Sizes, 1992 (by region) |
| page # in printed report: |
183 |
| location on page: |
lower |
| data source: |
Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium,
USGS EROS Data Center. Coverage: lower 48 states. |
| notes: |
please see technical notes for further details
on accessing these data from their original source this data table
comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems) |
| units: % of all "natural" lands |
| Northeast |
South |
Midwest |
West |
| 46.8 |
53.3 |
58.4 |
52.6 |
| 27.6 |
30 |
25.1 |
28.5 |
| 15.9 |
14.5 |
12.2 |
12.1 |
| 9.7 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
5.4 |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
|