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rangelands
- Definition
- 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.
- Definition Source
- National Range and Pasture Handbook, NRCS, USDA
- Used For
- grassland range
- range lands
- rangeland
- shrub range
- Spanish
- tierras de pasto