Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial
temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. The habitat type differs from tropical grasslands in the annual temperature regime as well as the types of species found here.[1]
The habitat type is known as
riparian or gallery forests associated with streams and rivers.[1]
Heaths and pastures
are, respectively, low shrublands and grasslands where forest growth is hindered by human activity but not the climate.
Tall grasslands, including the
Equus hemionus). Such phenomena now occur only in isolated pockets, primarily in the Daurian Steppe and Tibetan Plateau.[1][2]
Temperate
canopy does not close, much like subtropical and tropical savannahs, albeit lacking a year-round warm climate.[3] In many savannas, tree densities are higher and are more regularly spaced than in forests.[4]
The floral communities of the Eurasian steppes and the North American
Patagonian Steppe and Grasslands are notable for distinctiveness at the generic and familial level in a variety of taxa.[1]
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions
| Canterbury–Otago tussock grasslands | New Zealand |
| Southeast Australia temperate savanna | Australia |
| Southwest Australia savanna | Australia |
| 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 | United States |
| 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, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey |
| Emin Valley steppe | China, Kazakhstan |
| Faroe Islands boreal grasslands | Faroe Islands, Denmark |
| Gissaro–Alai open woodlands | Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Kazakh forest steppe | Kazakhstan, Russia |
Kazakh steppe
|
Kazakhstan, Russia |
| Kazakh Uplands | Kazakhstan |
| Mongolian–Manchurian grassland | China, Mongolia, Russia |
Pontic steppe
|
Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria |
Sayan Intermontane steppe
|
Russia |
| Selenge–Orkhon forest steppe | Mongolia, Russia |
| South Siberian forest steppe | Russia |
Syrian xeric grasslands and shrublands
|
Iraq, Jordan, Syria |
| Tian Shan foothill arid steppe | China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license. World Wide Fund for Nature. "Temperate Grasslands, Savannas and Shrubland Ecoregions". Archived from the original on 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ Hilbig, W (1995). The vegetation of Mongolia. Amsterdam: SPB Academic Press.
- ^ Manoel Cláudio da Silva Jánior, Christopher William Fagg, Maria Cristina Felfili, Paulo Ernane Nogueira, Alba Valéria Rezende, and Jeanine Maria Felfili 2006 "Chapter 4. Phytogeography of Cerrado Sensu Stricto and Land System Zoning in Central Brazil" in "Neotropical Savannas and Seasonally Dry Forests: Plant Diversity, Biogeography, and Conservation" R. Toby Pennington, James A. Ratter (eds) 2006 CRC Press
- ISBN 978-0-12-326550-0.
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