NALT

Preferred term

rangelands

Topic

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.

land

open range

grassland range
range lands
rangeland
shrub range

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

31468

Spanish

tierras de pasto

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28610

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/17/18