'''Herbaceous''' vegetation is - according to the [[USDA]] terminology - ''"a [[general cover]] category consisting of predominantly perennial herbaceous plants or noncultivated annuals or both. The tall woody canopy cover is less than 5 percent, and the short woody canopy cover is also less than 5 percent. Arid rangeland and desert can fall into this category although vegetation density and percentage of ground cover may be low. ''
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''An herbaceous plant is any [[vascular plant]] that is neither arborescent nor shrubby."<ref>[http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/1997/summary_report/glossary.html List of USDA terminology]</ref>''