Plant ID
Types of Rangeland
Range
Uses/Services
Uses/Services
Range Facts
100
This grass is common in the Great Plains and has been called Old Man Eyebrows
Hint: It's one of the Officer's favorite range plant.
Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis
100
This range ecosystem has an understory of grasses with an open canopy of trees. High temperatures and dry summers and winters are also common.
Savanna
100
One of the most common managed or unmanaged range uses. Usually think of livestock, but can also be wildlife
Grazing
100
How much of the earth's terrestrial land is rangeland?
40-50%
200
This Intermountain shrub is known for its tasty berries.
Serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
200
This ecosystem dominates Southern Idaho and Cental Washington. It's characterized by low precipitation and hot summers with sagebrush and bunch grasses as the dominant vegetation.
Sagebrush Steppe
200
Based on personal preference and beauty.
aesthetics
200
How much historic US prairie is left?
less than 5%
300
This woody plant is found in the Southwest and has cat claw like spines on the branches.
Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii, formerly Acacia greggii
300
This complex and diverse ecosystem is found by water.
Riparian
300
A service provided by soil and vegetation filtering out contaminates.
water quality/filtering
300
What is the acronym to determine the amount of forage an animal will eat in a month?
AUM
400
This plant is found in the Great Basin Region and has flat leaves.
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa
400
This cold ecosystem is located in the North or at extremely high elevations. Permafrost soils are found here.
Tundra
400
Examples of this are hiking, hunting, riding ATVs, and fishing.
recreation
400
What US state has the highest percentage of rangelands?
Nevada
500
This grass-like plant is found in the Northwest region
Hint: it has an animal in its name
Elk Sedge
Carex geyeri
500
This ecosystem is found in the Midwest and relies on fire and drought to keep shrubs out. Only 5% remains and the largest portion is the Konza Prairie.
Hint: Vegetation grows high
Tallgrass Prairie
500
Rangelands provide this through complex ecosystems that give a variety of organisms a place to thrive.
habitat
500
What is the definition of Rangeland?
All land that is not cultivated farmland dense forest, barren desert or covered by solid rock, concrete or glaciers.