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grassland::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | parcel of land, biome, parcel, tract, piece of ground, piece of land |
| Has types | pasture, pastureland, prairie, savanna, savannah, veld, bent, veldt, grazing land, hayfield, lea, ley, meadow |
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Moreover, studies show that grassland soil captures carbon better than cropland.
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Participants limit use of grassland for commercial and agricultural development.
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The landscape is desert sands with areas of wooded steppe and shrubby grassland.
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Grassland in the program is important habitat for pheasants and other wildlife.
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The host bee nests singly within grassland, sometimes in areas of exposed soil.
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The area of bracken decreased and acid grassland increased between 1998 and 2007.
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Many of them settled down, lived in houses built on their patch of the grassland.
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As a result, 5.2 million acres of native grassland were turned into wheat fields.
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The researchers began, therefore, by fertilizing grassland plots with nitrogen.
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- Land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
- Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. ...
- Grassland is a historic home at Annapolis Junction, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It was built in 1853, and is a three-part brick structure constructed in a telescoping manner. ...
- (Grasslands) North American bison, Canadian Wildlife Service
- A biome dominated by grasses and associated herbaceous plants.
- Terrestrial ecosystem (biome) found in regions where moderate annual average precipitation (25 to 76 centimeters or 10 to 30 inches) is enough to support the growth of grass and small plants but not enough to support large stands of trees.
- An environment, such as prairie, upon which grasses dominate, either naturally or due to human intervention.
- (1) A landscape in which the existing plant cover is dominated by grasses. See meadow and savanna. (2) The continental scale landscape unit (biome) or ecosystem extending from Alberta to Texas and characterized by various species of grasses.
- Areas in which grass is the primary, natural vegetataion. The two main categories of grassland are: temperate grasslands and tropical grasslands.
