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Concept information

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vegetation cover

Tipo

  • Topic

Concepto genérico

Conceptos específicos

Sinónimos

  • ground coverage
  • ground cover percentage
  • percent ground cover
  • percent ground coverage
  • percent plant cover
  • percent plant coverage
  • percent soil cover
  • percent soil coverage
  • percent vegetation cover
  • percent vegetation coverage
  • plant cover percentage
  • soil cover percentage

Nota de alcance

  • Use for the percentage of the ground covered by the natural spread of the foliage of plants; For vegetation, including low-growing shrubs, herbaceous plants and grasses, that grow close to the ground and provide a protective vegetative cover for the soil USE ground vegetation; for those plants that typically creep and grow close to the ground and are used for soil conservation or as ornamentals on banks, hills and riparian areas USE ground cover plants.

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28604

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