Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a biome whose predominant vegetation consists of grasses and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and semi-arid to semi-humid.

Biomes
Terrestrial biomes
	Tundra
	Taiga/boreal forests
	Montane grasslands and shrublands
	Temperate coniferous forests
	Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
	Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
	Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
	Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
	Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
	Deserts and xeric shrublands
	Flooded grasslands and savannas
	Riparian
	Wetland
Aquatic biomes
	Pond
	Littoral/intertidal zone
	Mangrove forests
	Kelp forest
	Coral reef
	Neritic zone
	Continental shelf
	Pelagic zone
	Benthic zone
	Hydrothermal vents
	Cold seeps
	Pack ice
Other biomes
	Endolithic zone

• temperature: warm to hot season (often with a cold to freezing season in winter)
• soil: fertile with rich nutrients and minerals
• plants: grass; trees or shrubs in savanna and shrubland
• animals: large, grazing mammals; birds

Steppes are short grasslands that occur in semi-arid climates. Prairies are tall grasslands in areas of higher rainfall. Heaths and Pasture are, respectively, low shrublands and grasslands where forest growth is hindered by human activity, not climate. Savannas are areas with both grass and trees, but the trees do not form a canopy as they would in a forest.

Tall grasslands, including the Prairie of North America and the Humid Pampas of Argentina, have moderate rainfall and rich soils which make them ideally suited to extensive agriculture, and tall grassland ecoregions include some of the most productive grain-growing regions in the world.

[edit] Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions

Afrotropic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v • d • e
Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands	Oman
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands	Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island
Tristan da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands	Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island

Australasia Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v • d • e
Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands	New Zealand
Eastern Australia mulga shrublands	Australia
Southeast Australia temperate savanna	Australia

Nearctic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v • d • e
California Central Valley grasslands	United States
Canadian aspen forests and parklands	Canada, United States
Central and Southern mixed grasslands	United States
Central forest-grasslands transition	United States
Central tall grasslands	United States
Columbia Plateau	United States
Edwards Plateau savanna	United States
Flint Hills tall grasslands	United States
Montana valley and foothill grasslands	United States
Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands	United States
Northern mixed grasslands	Canada, United States
Northern short grasslands	Canada, United States
Northern tall grasslands	Canada, United States
Palouse grasslands	United States
Texas blackland prairies	United States
Western short grasslands	Canada, United States

Neotropic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v • d • e
Argentine Espinal	Argentina
Argentine Monte	Argentina
Humid Pampas	Argentina
Patagonian grasslands	Argentina, Chile
Patagonian steppe	Argentina, Chile
Semi-arid Pampas	Argentina

Palearctic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v • d • e
Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Altai steppe and semi-desert	Kazakhstan
Central Anatolian steppe	Turkey
Daurian forest steppe	China, Mongolia, Russia
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe	Armenia, Iran, Turkey
Emin Valley steppe	China, Kazakhstan
Faroe Islands boreal grasslands	Faroe Islands, part of Denmark
Gissaro-Alai open woodlands	Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kazakh forest steppe	Kazakhstan, Russia
Kazakh steppe	Kazakhstan, Russia
Kazakh upland	Kazakhstan
Middle East steppe	Iraq, Syria
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland	China, Mongolia, Russia
Pontic steppe	Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine
Sayan Intermontane steppe	Russia
Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe	Mongolia, Russia
South Siberian forest steppe	Russia
Tian Shan foothill arid steppe	China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

• Temperate Grassland

v • d • e Terrestrial biomes Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub · Boreal forests/taiga · Mangrove · Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Tundra

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