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