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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > land resources > land > rangelands
Preferred Term:

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.
Concept Schemes:
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NALT Full
Broader Concept:
land
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Entry Terms:
  • range lands
  • shrub range
  • rangeland
  • grassland range
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28610
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-07-17
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