Submodule 1: What are invasive weeds?

Western Rangeland

Rangeland covers approximately 40% of the United States landmass, or about 770 million acres. Most of this land is in the western half of the country. According to the UDSA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), rangeland is “land on which the native vegetation is predominantly grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, or shrubs. This land includes natural grasslands, savannas, shrub lands, most deserts, tundra, alpine communities, coastal marshes, and wet meadows.”

Examples of rangeland in the United States

• Grasslands of the Great Plains
• Savannas of Texas
• Cold and hot deserts throughout the western U.S.
• Alaska’s tundra
• Alpine grasslands throughout the Rockies

 



(photo courtesy John Hays)

 

 

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