Preferred term
vegetation cover
Type
Type of entity- Topic
Broader concept
Broader conceptNarrower concepts
Narrower concepts.Entry terms
Alternative terms for the concept.- ground cover percentage
- ground coverage
- 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
Scope note
Notes about the usage and scope of the concept.- 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.
Field 001 in MARC Authority Format
- 39282
In other languages
Terms for the concept in other languages.Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28604