Rangeland refers to expansive, mostly unimproved lands on which a significant proportion of the natural vegetation is native grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, and shrubs. Forbs are Herbaceous Flowering plants that are not Graminoids ( grasses, sedges and rushes) Rangeland also consists of areas seeded to native or adapted introduced species that are managed like native vegetation. Rangelands include natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, many deserts, tundra, alpine communities, coastal marshes, and wet meadows. Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody A savanna or savannah is a Tropical or Subtropical Grassland or Woodland Ecosystem. Shrubland (synonymous with Scrubland) is a habitat type dominated by woody Shrubs A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several A desert is a Landscape or region that receives very little precipitation. In physical Geography, tundra is an area where the Tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons For the climate of the mountains named the Alps, see Climate of the Alps. In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject Rangeland is generally arid, semi-arid, sub-humid or otherwise unsuitable for cultivation. In general terms the Climate of a local or region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available Water, to the extent of hindering A Semi-arid climate or steppe climate generally describes climatic regions that receive low annual Rainfall (250-500 mm or 10-20 in Tillage is the agricultural preparation of the Soil by Ploughing ripping or turning it

In the United States, around 399 million acres (1,610,000 km²) of rangeland are privately owned. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Bureau of Land Management manages about 167 million acres (676,000 km²) of publicly owned rangeland, with the United States Forest Service managing approximately 95 million acres (380,000 km²) more. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's Public lands totaling approximately Ranchers may lease portions of this public rangeland and pay a fee based on the number and type of livestock and the period for which they are on the land. A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Many western states have open range laws. In these states, all land, both public and private, is designated as open range unless it is within city limits. In open range, it becomes the responsibility of the land owner to keep unwanted livestock off their land and the livestock owner is not liable for any damage caused by the livestock.

In Kenya, Rangelands make up for 75% of the land surface area,and are largely inhabited by nomadic pastrolists who are largely dependent on livestock. This movement often brings along an incursion of different diseases with the common one being the rinderpest virus in the Kenyan wildlife population from the Somalian ecosystem.

Rangeland is a prominent feature of rural Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A provincial jurisdiction, administration and policy regarding range use varies across the country. Like many Commonwealth countries, public tenures on crown land for the purpose of range activities is common in geographically compatible areas. Crown land is a designated area belonging to The Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the Monarchy and could not be Reconciling the economic needs of ranchers and the need for environmental conservation is one of the primary themes in modern range discourse.

In Australia, pastoral leases may be held over crown land and beef cattle or sheep grazed on large holdings called Sheep stations or Cattle stations. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Pastoral Leases Exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdctions Crown land is a designated area belonging to The Crown, the equivalent of an entailed estate that passed with the Monarchy and could not be Beef is the Culinary name for Meat from Bovines especially domestic Cattle (cows Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a Ranch) in Australia or New Zealand whose main activity is the raising Cattle station is an Australian term for a large farm ( station, the equivalent of Ranch) usually in the Outback, whose main activity is the raising

The Society for Range Management (rangelands. org) is an international organization of natural resource scientists, researchers, educators, land management agency officials, and public and private land managers devoted to the conservation and sustainable stewardship of the world's diverse rangelands. The Society is open to anyone engaged in or interested in any aspect of the study, management, or use of rangelands, and publishes both a scientific journal, Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Rangelands, a journal of practical applied ecology, perspective and contemporary rangelands issues.

See also

• Applied ecology
• Coastal plain
• Coastal prairie
• Field
• Flood-meadow
• Flooded grasslands and savannas
• Grassland
• Meadow
• Pasture
• Plain
• Prairie
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Veld
• Water-meadow
• Wet meadow