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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

plant litter

Subject Category: P Natural Resources, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Definition: The accumulation of leaves, twigs, bark, needles, stems, fruits, branches and other plant parts on the surface of the soil.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41163.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/41163
Used For: leaf litter; litterfall
Broader Term: soil morphological features
Narrower Term: forest litter
Related Term: necromass; organic horizons; plant ecology; soil organic matter
Spanish: hojarasca
Term Number: 41163

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