grass cover

Green ground layer

Grass cover is the extent to which grass occupies a given area of land, used especially in ecology, agriculture, and land management: The hillside has about 60 percent grass cover.

Good grass cover prevents erosion and supports grazing.

The term can also refer to vegetation that provides concealment: The rabbit disappeared into the grass cover.

Related

meadow · pasture · rolling hills · green · green carpet · groundcover · thatch · blades · mowing · clippings · verdant · carpet · picnic blanket · prairie · field · grazing · barefoot · dew

Categories
Opposites
ground surface type

grass coverbare soil

Uncovered earth surface

hardscape · pavement · bare rock · concrete · asphalt

vegetation density

grass coverscorched earth

Destroy all useful resources

desert floor · eroded soil · cleared land · wasteland · dead zone

vegetation type

grass covertree canopy

Upper forest layer

forest cover · woodland

Family

grass, cover, grasses, grassy, grassland, grasslands, covers, covered, covering

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G