Range Types
Plant classification
Rangeland Importance
U.S. Range
Plant ID
100
Range type we live in
What is the Sandhills?
100
Perennial, annual, biennial
What are plant lifespans?
100
What is the primary use of rangelands in NE
grazing livestock
100
Two types of human development that effect rangelands
urban sprawl, conversion to cropground
100
This is the tallest of the North American Prairie grasses
What is Big Bluestem?
200
This continent has the greatest percent of land classified as range
What is Australia?
200
What are the three common growth forms?
rhizomatous, stolon, bunchgrasses
200
How much of NE is rangeland?
22.6 million acres (46%)
200
This state has the greatest percentage of rangeland in the US
What is Nevada?
200
This perennial grass is common in the western part of the US 
What is Needle and thread grass?
300
Tallgrass prairie, Mixed grass loess prairie, sandhills, western mixed and Shortgrass prairie
What are Nebraska range types?
300
A plant that was brought to North America from another continent
Introduced
300
The many benefits to humans and other organisms that can be derived from the land
What is ecosystem services?
300
Area of land of low topographic relief that supports grasses and forbs with very little trees.
What is Prairie?
300
Nebraska State Grass
What is Little Bluestem?
400
This rangeland type contains 720 different plant species
What are the Sandhills?
400
A rating of how well a plant provides nutrients to grazing animals
Forage value
400
Why are invasive plants an issue?
They compete with native species for moisture, space, sunlight and nutrients and Plant diversity can decrease which can degrade wildlife habitat, increase soil erosion and degrade H20 quality
400
Amount of land in the United States that is considered to be rangelands.
What is 770 million acres or about 30% ?
400
This is the most common grass in Nebraska (hint used for lawns and golf courses)
What is Kentucky Bluegrass?
500
Lands on which the native vegetations is predominately perennial grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, and shrubs or dispersed trees and can include both native and introduced plant. Disturbed lands that have been revegetated artificially and naturally are included.
What are rangelands?
500
What are the 5 different plant types
grasses, grass-likes, forbs, cacti, shrubs
500
The native plant that has become invasive on NE rangelands with the absence of fire
What is Eastern Red Cedar?
500
43% of rangeland is managed by this group
What is federal government?
500
This is the most common cacti in the sandhills region
What is Plains Prickly Pear?