Biomes Flashcards
15-25cm
-70-12C
Short grasses, shrubs, lichens
Soggy summers, permafrost, cold and dark most of the year
Tundra
30-84cm
-54- -21C
Spruce and fir trees, deciduous trees, small shrubs, evergreens, cedars
Summers are short and moist, winters are long, cold, and dry
Boreal/ coniferous Forest
15-150cm
-30-30C
Oak, beech, maple, shrubs
Well-defined seasons, summers are hot, winters are cold
Temperate forest
38-100cm
10-40C
Evergreen, oak, shrubs
Summers are hot a dry, winters are cool and wet
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland
50-89cm
-40-38C
Grasses, herbs, flowers
Summers are hot, winters are cold, moderate rainfall, fires possible
Temperate grassland
2-26cm
High and low temp
Cactus, succulents
Varying temperatures, low rainfall
Desert
50-130cm
20-30C
Grasses, huge scattered trees
Summers are hot and rainy, winters are cool and dry
Tropical savanna
200cm
20-25C
Deciduous and evergreens
Rainfall is seasonal
Tropical seasonal forest
200-1000cm
24-27C
Evergreens, bamboo, ferns, orchids
Humid all year, hot and wet
Tropical rainforest