Temperate grasslands Moderate rainfall, higher latitudes prairies, veld, pampas, steppes Characterisitics: Large quantities of grasses (few shrubs or trees) Many burrowing rodents Herds of large grazing animals Rich soil/ often converted to agriculture Temperate deciduous forests Climate supports trees which lose leaves seasonally (deciduous) principal forests of Northern hemisphere Characteristics: Warm summers, cold winters, moderate rainfall More vegetation on forest floor/ more light Animal life on ground and in trees In areas with colder winters, coniferous forests abundant Taiga Northern coniferous forest (spruce, hemlock, fir);
(trees; lose seasonally; leaves) (Rich soil; converted; to agriculture Temperate; T:often) (deciduous forests Climate; supports; trees which lose leaves seasonally (deciduous) principal forests of Northern hemisphere Characteristics: Warm summers, cold winters, moderate rainfall More vegetation on forest floor/ more light Animal life on ground and in trees In areas with colder winters, coniferous forests abundant Taiga Northern coniferous forest (spruce, hemlock, fir))
trees Rich soil deciduous forests Climate
lose seasonally converted supports
leaves
to agriculture Temperate T:often
trees which lose leaves seasonally (deciduous) principal forests of Northern hemisphere Characteristics: Warm summers, cold winters, moderate rainfall More vegetation on forest floor/ more light Animal life on ground and in trees In areas with colder winters, coniferous forests abundant Taiga Northern coniferous forest (spruce, hemlock, fir)