. An assessment of the forest and range land situation in the United States. Forests and forestry United States; Forest management United States; Rangelands United States. quarter million acres in Texas and Oklahoma (table ). Other Federal agencies administer million acres of rangeland, mostly in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida. Productivity—Southern rangelands include both the most and the least productive rangelands in the contiguous States. The southern cordgrass and Ever- glades communities of the wet grasslands ecosystem average from 2 to 4 tons of herbage and browse pro- duction annu
. An assessment of the forest and range land situation in the United States. Forests and forestry United States; Forest management United States; Rangelands United States. quarter million acres in Texas and Oklahoma (table ). Other Federal agencies administer million acres of rangeland, mostly in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida. Productivity—Southern rangelands include both the most and the least productive rangelands in the contiguous States. The southern cordgrass and Ever- glades communities of the wet grasslands ecosystem average from 2 to 4 tons of herbage and browse pro- duction annually. The best sites are capable of pro- ducing 5 tons or more. The arid shrub and grass eco- systems of western Texas are among the least productive rangeland, producing only 200 to 400 pounds annually (table ). Between these two extremes are the prairie and Texas savanna eco- systems, which annually average 3,300 and 2,100 pounds, respectively. On the best sites, however, they may produce 5,000 to 6,000 pounds of herbage and browse annually. Water Areas Water areas of the South total million acres, 4 percent of the section's total area (table ). About 70 percent of both the total water area, and the 16 million acres in large bodies of inland water, are located in five States — Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas. The large inland water area includes the lower Mississippi and its major tributaries, the large lakes and waterways of the Mississippi Delta, Lake Okeechobee and other lowland lakes in Florida, and the many large water impoundments constructed throughout the South for flood control, power generation, recreation, and water storage. Small ponds and streams total over 3 million acres, and are well distributed throughout the South. The natural and artificial inland waters, as well as the million acres of coastal bays and estuaries, provide valuable habitat for fish and wildlife. While most waters provide such habitat for resident po
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