means land on which the natural potential (climax) plant cover is principally native grasses, forbs, and shrubs valuable for forage This land includes natural grasslands and savannahs, such as prairies, and juniper savannahs, such as brushlands Except for brush control, management is primarily achieved by regulating the intensity of grazing and season of use
Land, a major use of which is grazing by livestock and big game animals and on which the natural potential natural vegetation of plants is dominated by native grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, and shrubs Some rangelands have been or may be seeded to introduced or domesticated plant species Rangelands include natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, many deserts, tundra, alpine communities, coastal marshes, and wet meadows
Land on which the climax vegetation (potential natural plant community) is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs or shrubs suitable for grazing and browsing It includes natural grasslands, savannas, many wetlands, some deserts, tundra and certain forb and shrub communities It also includes areas seeded to native or adapted introduced species that are managed like native vegetation [source: USDA-SCS 1982 NRI]
Land-use type that supplies vegetation for consumption by grazing and browsing animals This land-use type is normally not intensively managed
Land on which the natural vegetation is predominantly native grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs valuable for forage, not qualifying as timberland and not developed for another land use Rangeland includes natural grassland and savannah
Land on which the vegetation is predominantly grasses, grass-like plants, or shrubs such as sagebrush
Land on which the climax vegetation (i e , potential natural plant community) is predominantly grasses, grasslike plants, forbs, or shrubs suitable for grazing and browsing It includes natural grasslands, savannas, many wetlands, some deserts, tundra, and certain forb and shrub communities