Natural vegetation definition

Natural vegetation means any non-agricultural, native, or naturalized plant species that grows at a site in response to planting or from existing seeds or other propagules. Natural vegetation does not include planted millet. However, planted millet that grows on its own in subsequent years after the year of planting is considered natural vegetation.
Natural vegetation means all plants, including but not limited to grasses, forbs, trees, shrubs, flowers, or vines that grow in the wild or under cultivation. Natural vegetation excludes vegetative materials that have been processed, treated or preserved with chemicals for subsequent human or animal use, including but not limited to chemically-treated lumber, wood products or paper products.
Natural vegetation means unprocessed plant material from herbs, shrubbery, and trees, including grass, weeds, leaves, clippings, prunings, brush, branches, roots, stumps, and trunk wood. It does not include dimensional lumber, mills ends, etc.

Examples of Natural vegetation in a sentence

  • Natural vegetation shall be retained and protected wherever possible.

  • Natural vegetation within the riverfront area also maintains water quality for fish and wildlife.

  • Natural vegetation must be preserved and protected wherever possible.

  • Natural vegetation should be retained and protected wherever possible.

  • Natural vegetation shall be left and maintained on the undisturbed land.


More Definitions of Natural vegetation

Natural vegetation means the ground cover in its original state before any grading, excavation or filling.
Natural vegetation means those plant communities that develop in the absence of human activities.
Natural vegetation. – shall mean plant life that grows naturally in the area (a non- invasive species), but excludes manicured lawns.
Natural vegetation means unprocessed plant material from herbs, shrubbery, and trees, including grass, weeds, leaves, clippings, prunings, brush, branches, roots, stumps, and trunk wood.
Natural vegetation. – shall mean the native plant life that grows naturally without human intervention in a geographic region.
Natural vegetation means those vegetation communities included in Tiers I, II and III on the List of San Diego County Vegetation Communities and Tier Levels (Attachment K of Document No. 0769999 on file with the Clerk of the Board). Non-Native grassland shall be included under this definition because it is a naturalized community which provides habitat for a number of native and some sensitive species of plants and animals.
Natural vegetation means “vegetation that occurs spontaneously without regular management and/or maintenance. This definition also includes mitigation sites.