Appendix F Detailed Cover Type Tables - USDA Rural Development

Table F-3: Vegetation Cover Types within the Feasible 125-foot ROW for Route Alternatives (acres and percentages)
Route Alternative 1 Route Alternative 2 Route Alternative 3 Route Alternative 4
General Cover Category
Cover Type
% of
% of
% of
% of
Acres
Acres
Acres
Acres
Route
Route
Route
Route
Aspen/White Birch Aspen/White Birch 249 23.81 199 19.52 430 24.47 262 24.65
Upland Conifer Balsam Fir mix 6 0.53 4 0.41 2 0.14 12 1.11
Urban/Developed Barren -- -- -- -- 1 0.05 -- --
Upland/Deciduous Black Ash 2 0.16 1 0.06 1 0.05 3 0.27
Broadleaf Sedge/Cattail Broadleaf Sedge/Cattail 43 4.11 56 5.55 43 2.42 64 6.03
Cropland Cropland 211 20.15 115 11.27 459 26.07 197 18.51
Grassland Grassland 8 0.79 11 1.08 26 1.48 9 0.83
Urban/Developed High intensity urban -- -- 21 2.02 5 0.28 4 0.33
Jack Pine Jack Pine 27 2.57 27 2.63 12 0.70 43 4.01
Jack Pine Jack Pine-Deciduous mix 1 0.10 4 0.37 2 0.11 4 0.35
Urban/Developed Low intensity urban 3 0.30 50 4.87 9 0.53 12 1.09
Lowland Conifer Lowland Black Spruce 20 1.94 9 0.93 74 4.20 17 1.62
Lowland Conifer-Deciduous mix Lowland Conifer-Deciduous mix 7 0.63 6 0.63 12 0.66 13 1.19
Lowland Deciduous Lowland Deciduous 44 4.23 25 2.45 23 1.33 39 3.67
Lowland Shrub Lowland Deciduous Shrub 144 13.72 110 10.83 167 9.48 138 12.96
Lowland Shrub Lowland Evergreen Shrub 7 0.70 6 0.59 4 0.21 3 0.29
Lowland Conifer Lowland Northern White-Cedar 9 0.84 2 0.22 2 0.09 13 1.20
Upland Deciduous Maple/Basswood 21 2.03 8 0.82 36 2.07 12 1.17
Urban/Developed Mixed Developed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Upland Deciduous Red Oak 3 0.30 -- -- 0 0.02 1 0.08
Upland Conifer Red Pine -- -- -- -- 0 0.00 -- --
Upland Conifer Red/White Pine 41 3.89 47 4.58 13 0.72 54 5.12
Upland Conifer Red/White Pine-Deciduous mix 1 0.08 0 0.01 1 0.07 2 0.15
Sedge Meadow Sedge Meadow 22 2.07 14 1.40 23 1.32 22 2.11
Upland Conifer Spruce/Fir-Deciduous mix -- - 0 0.04 -- -- 0 0.01
Lowland Conifer Stagnant Conifer -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Lowland Conifer Tamarack 5 0.50 6 0.56 2 0.13 3 0.26
Urban/Developed Transportation 5 0.46 40 3.95 55 3.15 5 0.50
Upland Conifer Upland Conifer 6 0.59 55 5.41 12 0.67 6 0.56
Upland Deciduous Upland Deciduous 133 12.68 36 3.55 187 10.63 85 7.97
Upland Conifer Upland Northern White-Cedar 5 0.46 3 0.27 3 0.14 7 0.64
Upland Shrub Upland Shrub 24 2.29 162 15.93 153 8.70 32 3.01
Water Water 1 0.06 1 0.06 2 0.09 3 0.28
Upland Conifer White Pine mix -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Upland Conifer White Spruce -- -- -- -- 0 0.01 -- --
Total 1,048 100% 1,018 100% 1,759 100% 1,064 100%