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While strategies to cope with grazing vary greatly between plant species, plants in general either avoid grazing or tolerate grazing. Plants avoid grazing by reducing their accessibility or palatability to herbivores. The presence of thorns, hairs, or secondary compounds in some plants are examples of avoidance mechanisms. Plants that tolerate grazing have effective mechanisms to quickly regrow following after grazing. Grasses are usually considered to be the plant group with the highest grazing tolerance.