“…The Bush-Tree and Tree-Grassland vegetation types had 52.58±2.02 and 45.05±2.29 g/m 2 respectively. Most herbaceous plants in drylands tend to reallocate resources to aboveground components in new leaves, shoots and reproductive organs during the wet season (Cleverland et al, 2005;Fidelis et al, 2012, House andHall, 2001). In addition, the non-structural nature of herbaceous plants, makes them highly flexible to respond to changes in environment (Bazzaz, 1997), in our case, moisture availability.…”