Range Types
What range type are we in?
Mixed grass loess prairie
Perennial, annual, biennial
What are plant lifespans?
What is the primary use of rangelands in NE
grazing livestock
Two types of human development that effect rangelands
urban sprawl, conversion to cropground
Grazing livestock
What are the three common growth forms?
rhizomatous, stoloniferous, bunchgrasses
How much of NE is rangeland?
Tallgrass prairie, Mixed grass loess prairie, sandhills, western mixed and Shortgrass prairie
What are Nebraska range types
A plant that was brought to North America from another continent
Introduced
The many benefits to humans and other organisms that can be derived from the land
What is ecosystem services?
Largest stabilized complex of sand dunes in the western hemisphere and is one of the largest contiguous areas of grasslands in the US
What are the Sandhills
A rating of how well a plant provides nutrients to grazing animals
Forage value
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
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
What are the 5 different plant types
grasses, grass-likes, forbs, cacti, shrubs
The native plant that has become invasive on NE rangelands with the absence of fire
Eastern Red Cedar