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  2. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

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    extent of tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [1] The biome is dominated by grass and/or shrubs located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes ...

  3. Shrubland - Wikipedia

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    Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity.

  4. Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands - Wikipedia

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    Extent of temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands. Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [1] The predominant vegetation in these biomes consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid. The habitat type differs from ...

  5. File:Map of temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands ...

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  6. Deserts and xeric shrublands - Wikipedia

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    Xeric shrublands can experience woody plant encroachment, which is the thickening of bushes and shrubs at the expense of grasses. [5] This process is often caused by unsustainable land management practices, such as overgrazing and fire suppression, but can also be a consequence of climate change.

  7. Idaho Batholith ecoregion - Wikipedia

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    The Idaho Batholith ecoregion is a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Idaho and Montana.It is contained within the following biomes (or major habitat types) designated by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF): temperate coniferous forests; temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands; and deserts and xeric shrublands.

  8. Tamaulipan mezquital - Wikipedia

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    The Tamaulipan mezquital (Spanish: Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 141,500 km 2 (54,600 sq mi), [ 2 ] encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas , northern Tamaulipas ...

  9. Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands - Wikipedia

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    The term is also applied to a vegetation association where these mallee eucalypts grow, on land that is generally flat without hills or tall trees and where the climate is semi-arid. [4] [5] Of the 32 Major Vegetation Groups classified under the National Vegetation Information System, "Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands" (MVG14):