Connecting Soil Organic Carbon and Root Biomass with Land-Use and Vegetation in Temperate Grassland

Table 1

Summary of historical (2000–2006) and 2010 grazing management information and tall fescue abundance (as percent canopy cover) for six pastures in the Grand River Grasslands of Ringgold County, IA, and Harrison County, MO, USA. Severe grazing refers to approximately 15 animal unit months/ha [37].

Pasture	Grazing		Tall fescue canopy cover (%)
	Historical	Current	Minimum	Mean (±se)	Maximum
Lee Trail	Not recently grazed	Moderately grazed	13	35 (±8)	61
Pawnee	Not recently grazed	Ungrazed	0	<1	<1
Pyland North	Recently severely grazed	Moderately grazed	38	59 (±7)	75
Pyland South	Recently severely grazed	Moderately grazed	20	37 (±5)	53
Pyland West	Recently severely grazed	Moderately grazed	17	50 (±8)	63
Ringgold North	Not recently grazed	Ungrazed	0	<1	1