The collective area that one plant community occupies or will come to occupy as succession advances to climax. A perennial plant with a woody base whose annual stems die each year. Total aboveground biomass of herbaceous plants regardless of grazing preference or availability. Weight of forage available per animal unit on the land at any instant. A practical, goal-oriented approach to the management of the ecosystem including the human, financial and biological resources on farms, ranches, public and tribal lands, as well as national parks, vital water catchments and other areas.
HM is a management model emphasizing connections among land, people and dollars.
Formerly called Holistic Resource Management. A plant species of the original or climax plant community that increases in relative amount, at least for a time, under current grazing management. Species that indicate the presence of certain environmental conditions, seral stages, or previous treatment. In reference to the Grazing Response Index, the proportion of leaves removed during a grazing period. A species not a part of the original fauna or flora of a given area.