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Preferred term

grassland

Definition

[Henderson's] n. biome found in regions where the average annual precipitation (ca. 25– 76 cm) is sufﬁcient to support the growth of grasses and other herbaceous plants but generally insufﬁcient to support continuous tree cover. In wetter regions grassland is maintained as a result of grazing by herbivores. see alpine grassland, giant-grass community, prairie, savanna, short-grass community, steppe, tall-grass community, veld.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013

Scope note

MAES Working Group

Creator

0000-0003-0631-8231

In other languages

French

prairie

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/52

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