Lecture 3: Rangeland Types

Question 1

Types of vegetation

Answer 1

Grasses, Forbes, shrubs, trees

Question 2

Range site/ ecosite

Answer 2

A localized, mappable area of relative uniform physical conditions. This is general sites, NOT plants

Question 3

Plant community

Answer 3

A localized, mappable stand of relatively uniform vegetation

Question 4

Range type

Answer 4

Plant community type. A hypothetical/artificial plant community representing many similar plant communities in reality, grouped for convenience. Localized, mappable stand of relatively uniform vegetation in composition, structure, and productivity.

Question 5

Tall grass prairie

Answer 5

500-1000mm precipitation

Question 6

Coastal prairie

Answer 6

Can get up to 1500mm precipitation, this is near Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and the barrier islands. Sod forming grasses

Question 7

Mixed or short grass prairie

Answer 7

250-800mm precipitation

Question 8

Fescue prairie

Answer 8

240-360 mm precipitation. Colder than short grass.

Question 9

Palouse prairie

Answer 9

200-650 mm precipitation, the higher being in Washington state. More sage brush and wheatgrass

Question 10

Pacific prairie

Answer 10

200-500 mm in the south, 1250mm in the north

Question 11

Desert plains

Answer 11

250mm, very low precipitation. These are deserts.

Question 12

Phytosocialogy

Answer 12

Where one area starts and another one ends. Suitable where there are high levels of homogeneity. The presence or absence of different plants.