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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. biological resources
  3. vegetation
  4. vegetation types
  5. grasslands
  6. prairies

Preferred term

prairies

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Characterized by fertile soil, a mesic climate, and covered originally with coarse grasses, a prairie is an extensive, level or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • rolling prairies

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/43758

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