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Appendix C Changes in Wake Forest Landcover, 2001-2006

2001 COVERAGE (Acres)

2006 COVERAGE (Acres)

CHANGE PER YEAR (Acres)

LANDCOVER TYPE

DIFFERENCE (Acres)

PERCENT DIFFERENCE

Developed, Low Intensity Developed, Open Space

1,235.6

1,945.3

709.7

57.4% 141.9

2,430.8

3,123.1

692.3

28.5% 138.5

Developed, Medium Intensity

348.3

593.1

244.9

70.3% 49.0

Barren Land

73.6

138.6

66.3

91.7% 13.3

Developed, High Intensity

72.3

138.6

66.3

91.7% 13.3

DEVELOPED, TOTAL

4,160.6

6,114.7

1,954.2

47.0% 390.8

Scrub/Shrub

112.8

82.1

-30.7

-27.2% -6.1

Cultivated Crops

69.2

9.8

-59.4

-85.9% -11.9

Pasture/Hay

641.8

485.0

-156.8

-24.4% -31.4

Grassland/ Herbaceous

488.4

312.0

-176.4

-36.1% -35.3

SHORT VEGETATION, TOTAL

1,312.1

888.9

-423.2

-32.3% -84.6

Woody Wetlands

262.2

218.8

-43.4

-16.5% -8.7

Mixed Forest

431.7

282.4

-149.2

-34.6% -29.8

Deciduous Forest

1,993.5

1,418.7

-574.9

-28.8% -115.0

Evergreen Forest

1,770.3

1,015.7

-754.6

-42.6% -150.9

FOREST, TOTAL

4,457.7

2,935.6

-1,522.1

-34.1% -304.4

Emergent Herbaceous Wetland

2.2

1.1

-1.1

-50.0% -0.2

Open Water

104.1

96.3

-7.8

-7.5% -1.6

WATER AND WETLANDS, TOTAL

106.3

97.4

-8.9

-8.4% -1.8

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