Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a group of biomes in which the climate is temperate to semi-arid.

• rainfall: semi arid (wet season, dry season in summer)
• temperature: warm to hot season (often with a cold to freezing season in winter)
• soil: fertile
• plants: grass
• animals: many mammals, birds

Steppes are short grasslands that occur in semi-arid climates. Prairies are tall grasslands in areas of higher rainfall. Heaths and Pasture are, respectively, low shrublands and grasslands where forest growth is hindered by human activity, not climate.

Tall grasslands, including the Prairie of North America and the Humid Pampas of Argentina, have moderate rainfall and rich soils which make them ideally suited to extensive agriculture, and tall grassland ecoregions include some of the most productive grain-growing regions in the world.

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions

Template:Afrotropic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Template:Australasia temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Template:Nearctic temperate and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Template:Neotropic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Template:Paleartic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Terrestrial biomes

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Boreal forests/taiga ·Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Tundra ·Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Mangrove

Ecozones

Afrotropic · Antarctic · Australasia · Indomalaya · Nearctic · Neotropic · Oceania · Palearctic