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Vertebrate Models: Birds


Breeding bird species richness by cover type

Code

Class Name

% of State

Birds

900

Bottomland Hardwood

3.34907

74

31

Clearcut - Sparse Vegetation

7.53495

71

431

Montane Mixed Pine-Hardwood

0.45449

66

411

Sub-mesic Hardwood

4.37592

65

414

Deciduous Cove Hardwood

0.23578

64

412

Hardwood Forest

8.87963

64

20

Utility Swaths

0.32671

63

434

Mixed Pine-Hardwood

5.95083

63

410

Mesic Hardwood

0.85937

62

890

Cypress-Gum Swamp

4.07304

62

80

Pasture, Hay

7.65432

61

420

Live Oak

0.20003

59

990

Evergreen Forested Wetland

2.20165

57

433

Mixed Cove Forest

0.06471

56

73

Golf Course

0.09146

56

620

Longleaf Pine

0.85639

53

980

Shrub Wetland

0.81507

52

422

Open Loblolly-Shortleaf Pine

2.13138

51

203

Forested Urban - Mixed

0.36402

50

201

Forested Urban - Deciduous

0.61209

50

415

Northern Hardwood

0.0007

49

72

Parks, Recreation

0.08609

49

432

Xeric Mixed Pine-Hardwood

0.31033

49

202

Forested Urban - Evergreen

0.41917

49

425

White Pine

0.16666

49

930

Freshwater Marsh

0.56528

48

11

Open Water

2.91559

48

424

Hemlock-White Pine

0.02784

47

413

Xeric Hardwood

0.65973

47

440

Loblolly-Shortleaf Pine

10.94653

47

512

Sandhill

0.47406

43

441

Loblolly-Slash Pine

10.82909

43

7

Beach

0.02673

39

22

Low Intensity Urban - Nonforested

0.58736

39

513

Coastal Scrub

0.00824

38

83

Row Crop

12.62874

38

423

Xeric Pine

0.11726

33

920

Saltmarsh

0.95026

33

9

Coastal Dune

0.00382

27

24

High Intensity Urban - Nonforested

0.79507

20

511

Shrub Bald

0.00074

17

34

Rock Outcrop

0.00747

17

33

Quarries, Stripmines

0.10283

13

18

Transportation

6.3035

13

Breeding Bird Species Richness

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Natural Resources Spatial Analysis Laboratory
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