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The biome is dominated by grass and/or shrubs located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes. Tropical grasslands are mainly found between 5 degrees and 20 degrees in both North and south of the Equator.
A savanna woodland in Northern Australia demonstrating the regular tree spacing characteristic of some savannas. Many grassy landscapes and mixed communities of trees, shrubs, and grasses were described as savanna before the middle of the 19th century, when the concept of a tropical savanna climate became established.
Savanna; Serengeti; Serengeti volcanic grasslands; Sipaliwini Savanna; Somali Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets; South Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and dune; Southern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets; Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic; Southern miombo woodlands; Sudan (region) Sudanian savanna
The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. The habitat type differs from tropical grasslands in the annual temperature regime and the types of species found here. [1] The habitat type is known as prairie in North America, pampas in South America, veld in Southern Africa and steppe in Asia.
Aw/As—Tropical savanna climate. (note: Af in light green is Tropical rainforest ) Seasonal tropical forest , also known as moist deciduous , semi-evergreen seasonal , tropical mixed or monsoon [ 1 ] forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season.
The vegetation of the ecoregion includes grasslands, savanna, open woodlands, and small patches of forest. The Gulf Coastal region, which encompasses the coastal plains along the western Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Territory, is covered mostly in woodlands of Darwin stringybark (Eucalyptus tetrodonta) with an understory of grasses, chiefly curly spinifex (Triodia pungens).
The plant communities include open shrublands, grasslands, and deserts. Shrubland species include ʻāheahea (Chenopodium oahuense), ʻōhelo ʻai (Vaccinium reticulatum), naʻenaʻe (Dubautia menziesii), and ʻiliahi (Santalum haleakalae).
The varying rainfall, topography, and soils within the ecoregion supports several plant communities. In the north and east, Mopane savanna with the trees Colophospermum mopane, Sesamothamnus benguellensis, and S. guerichii, is predominant. The semi-desert and savanna transition community supports a variety of species.