INTRODUCTION

• GRASS LAND IS AWIDE OPEN GRASSY SPACE

• CONTAIN LOW SHRUBS,DOMINATED BY GRASSES OR
GRASS LIKE PLANTS (MAINLY NON WOODY)
• THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION IS BETWEEN 600MM (24 IN)
AND 1500 MM ( 59 IN )
• THE MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES RANGES FROM -5
AND 20° C
• GRASSLANDS OCCUR IN REGIONS THAT ARE TOO DRY
FOR FORESTS BUT THAT HAVE SUFFICIENT SOIL WATER
TO SUPPORT A HERBACEOUS ( NON WOODY) PLANTS OR
GRASSES
TROPICAL GRASSLANDS

 WARMALL YEAR ROUND WITH SMALL RAINY AND DRY SEASONS

 50 AND 130 CENTIMETERS OF RAIN FALLS
 E.G. AFRICAN SAVANNA
 MAJOR ANIMALS ARE ELIPHANTS,GIRAFFES,LIONS AND ZEBRAS
 SAVANNA GRASS IS USUALLY QUIT SHORT, EXCELLENT FOR
GRAZING AND HUNTING GROUNDS
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS

 TEMPERATE GRASS LANDS ALSO HAVE TWO SEASONS GROWING

AND DORMANT
 DURING THE DORMANT SEASON,NO GRASS OR CROPS GROW
 25 AND 75 CENTIMETERS OF RAIN A YEAR
 E.G. NORTH AMERICAN PRAIRIES , PAMAS OF ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
AND URUGUAY, STEPPES OF EUROPE
 WIDE VARIETY OF WILDLIFE ,INCLUDING PRONGHORN ANTELOPE,
MICE, JACK RABBITS, FOXES, SNAKES, SPARROWS, QUAILS, HAWKS
AND HYENAS
FLOODED GRASSLANDS

 SUBTROPICAL AND TROPICAL REGIONS

 FLOODED SEASONALLY OR YEAR ROUND

 E.G. FLORIDAS EVERGLADES

POLAR OR TUNDRA

 High to subarctic regions

 Cold and very short growing season

 E.G. ARCTIC TUNDRA