grassland Definition
grass·land (gras′land′)
noun
- land with grass growing on it, used for grazing; pasture land
- land or region where grass predominates; prairie
grassland Synonyms
grassland Usage Examples
Converse of object
- graze: These small, patchy woods are often the only relief from closely grazed grasslands or moorland.
- mow: Suitable RSS options: Water margins, ponds, extensive mown grassland for birds, spring cropping, conservation headlands, arable field margins.
- inundate: There is an estimated county total of seasonally inundated grassland of 481 ha, the proportion which is grazed is unknown.
- sow: Follow the same techniques as for a seed sown wild flower grassland set out above.
- intersperse: This is a large area of mixed forest and woodlands with grasslands interspersed offering species that are quite restricted in range in Kenya.
- conserve: Management, research and guidance Management agreements to conserve calcareous grassland on SSSIs have been made between owners and occupiers and EN or CCW.
Adjective modifier
- calcareous: The cover of lowland calcareous grassland has suffered a sharp decline in extent over the last 50 years.
- unimproved: These include areas of dry neutral unimproved grassland which are relatively species rich.
- species-rich: This poses a problem where species-rich grassland, for example, is desired.
- semi-natural: These contain just under half of the semi-natural lowland grasslands in Scotland.
- lowland: In 1990 lowland acid grassland was estimated to cover a total area of 560 ha.
- upland: Carbon transfers by soil biodiversity in an upland grassland.
Modifies a noun
- sward: Now we have heather plants springing up and a diverse grassland sward.
- habitat: In other parts of its range, a few are even having to be culled to protect the grassland habitat.
Noun used with modifier
- chalk: Chalk grasslands on former arable land: a review.
- culm: Two Cornwall Wildlife Trust reserves with culm grassland habitat, heath and scrub.
- floodplain: A small area of grazed floodplain grassland with shallow ponds occurs by the River Clyde, southeast of Barons Haugh.
- limestone: The site is a steep sided disused railroad cutting consisting of limestone grassland with scrub.
- savannah: Savannah grasslands - Hot, dry grassy plains that often support large numbers of grazing herd animals.
- tussock: Tall tussock grassland provides the tallest vegetation cover on the island, there being no trees or tall shrubs.
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