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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 ...
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Alpine grasslands are dominated by tussock grasses, such as Deschampsia nubigena, Eragrostis atropioides, Panicum tenuifolium, and pili uka (Trisetum glomeratum). Deserts occur on the coldest and driest peaks, where only extremely hardy plants such as ʻāhinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense) and Dubautia species are able to grow.
Several introduced plants have become widespread weeds, displacing native plants and disrupting the region's fire and hydrologic cycles and food sources for native animals. These plants include rough cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata), bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypifolia), castor bean plant (Ricinus communis ...
Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands: Borders: Hawaiian tropical dry forests [1] Geography; Area: 1,500 km 2 (580 sq mi) Country: United States: State: Hawaii: Climate type: Tropical savanna (Aw) Conservation; Conservation status: Critical/Endangered [2] Global 200: No [3] Protected: 0 km² (0%) [4]
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.
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).
Tropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands [12] are spread over a large area of the tropics with a vegetation made up mainly of low shrubs and grasses, often including sclerophyll species. [12] Some of the most representative are the Western Zambezian grasslands in Zambia and Angola , as well as the Einasleigh upland savanna in Australia and ...