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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resources
  3. land resources
  4. land
  5. rangelands

Término preferido

rangelands

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information Land on which the historic climax plant community is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs. Includes lands revegetated naturally or artificially when routine management of that vegetation is accomplished mainly through manipulation of grazing. Rangelands include natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, most deserts, tundra, alpine communities, coastal marshes, and wet meadows.

    Fuente: National Range and Pasture Handbook, NRCS, USDA

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

Conceptos relacionados

Sinónimos

  • grassland range
  • rangeland
  • range lands
  • shrub range

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28610

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