Definitions
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- noun A kind of
natural grassland with lowrainfall , less dry than adesert and capable of supportingperennial grasses andshrubs .
Etymologies
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shrub + steppe
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Examples
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Native vegetation in the region is mostly grama-tobosa shrubsteppe in the basins and oak-juniper woodlands on the ranges, except at higher elevations where ponderosa pine is predominant.
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Maps of distribution and abundance of selected species of birds on uncultivated native upland grasslands and shrubsteppe in the northern Great Plains New Window]
USGS Newsroom 2009
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Maps of distribution and abundance of selected species of birds on uncultivated native upland grasslands and shrubsteppe in the northern Great Plains New Window]
USGS Newsroom 2009
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