ASSIGNMENT 1

( VEGETATION TYPES)

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5 TYPES OF VEGETATIONS

GRASSLAND MARSHY LAND/ MANGROVE RIPARIAN/ DRY REGION

SWAMP WET VEGETATION VEGETATION
A nearly continuous cover Land where water A small tree that grows in All vegetation units along Type of vegetation that
of grasses covers ground for long coastal saline or brackish river networks thrives in dry areas like
periods of time water deserts

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 MAIN TYPES
 TROPICAL GRAS SLANDS
 TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
 FLOODED GRASSLANDS

GRASSLAND  MONTANE GRASSLANDS

Grassland, area in which the vegetation is
dominated by a nearly continuous cover of
grasses. Grasslands occur in environments
conducive to the growth of this plant cover but
not to that of taller plants, particularly trees and
 DESERT GRASSLANDS
Examples : Temperate grasslands include Eurasian
steppes, North American prairies, and Argentine
pampas. Tropical grasslands include the hot savannas
of sub-Saharan Africa and northern Australia.
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MARSHY LAND
A marsh is a type of wetland, an area
of land where water covers ground for long
periods of time. Unlike swamps, which are
dominated by trees, marshes are usually treeless
and dominated by grasses and other herbaceous
plants.
MAIN TYPES
 SALT MARSHES
 FRESH WATER TIDAL MARSHES
 FRESH WATER MARSHES
Examples : In the United States the most extensive
delta marshes are those of the Mississippi River. ... A
well-known example is the Pripet Marshes and fens
that historically have served as the natural boundary
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MANGROVE
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows
in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is
also used for tropical coastal vegetation
consisting of such species.
MAIN TYPES
 RED MANGROVE (RHIZOPHORA MANGLE)
 BLACK MANGROVE (AVICENNIA GERMINANS)
 WHITE MANGROVES (LAGUNCULARIA
RACEMOSA)
Examples : Mangrove flora along the Atlantic coast
of tropical America and along the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico to Florida
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RIPARIAN
Riparian vegetation corresponds
all vegetation units along river networks,
regardless of their physiognomy or origin, and is
functionally related to other components of
fluvial systems and the surrounding area
MAIN TYPES
 EMERGENT AQUATIC PLANTS GROWING AT
THE EDGE OF THE WATERWAY CHANNEL
 GROUND COVER PLANTS, SHRUBS AND TREES
WITHIN THE RIPARIAN ZONE
to Examples : A dry riparian forest in Western Sydney. 
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 MAIN TYPES
 COASTAL DESERT
 COLD DESERT

DRY VEGETATION  SEMIARID DESERT

 HOT AND DRY DESERT
The type of vegetation that thrives in dry areas Examples : Invasive woody plants found
like deserts is known as Dry vegetation. Deserts in dry coastal vegetation include South African
have almost no precipitation, or rainfall and boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera), New
usually have very low humidity, hence plant life Zealand mirror bush (Coprosma repens), and South
is highly specialized to adapt to these coarse, dry African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum).
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conditions.
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