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grazing lands
- Subject Category
- P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Definition
- (1) Collective term used by NRCS for rangeland, pastureland, grazed forest land, native and naturalized pasture, hayland, and grazed cropland. Although grazing is generally a predominate use, the term is used independent of any use. (2) Land used primarily for production of forage plants maintained or manipulated primarily through grazing management. Includes all lands having plants harvestable by grazing without reference to land tenure, other land uses, management, or treatment practices.
- Definition Source
- National Range and Pasture Handbook, NRCS, USDA
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/132634.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/132634
- Used For
- grazinglands
- Broader Term
- land
- Related Term
- Conservation of Private Grazing Land Program
- grazing
- grazing effects
- grazing management
- grazing trials
- land use
- rangelands
- Spanish
- tierras de pastoreo
- Term Number
- 132634