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  2. 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 ...

  3. Prairie - Wikipedia

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    Former grasslands are now among the most productive agricultural lands on Earth. [28] The tallgrass prairie has been converted into one of the most intensive crop producing areas in North America. [29] Less than one tenth of one percent (<0.09%) of the original landcover of the tallgrass prairie biome remains. [30]

  4. Grassland - Wikipedia

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    Mid-latitude grasslands, including the prairie and Pacific grasslands of North America, the Pampas of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, calcareous downland, and the steppes of Europe. They are classified with temperate savannas and shrublands as the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome .

  5. Grasslands 101: Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    More than one million people take advantage of the ecosystem services provided by grasslands in the United States each year. Most of America’s prairies — more than 70 percent — have been ...

  6. Tallgrass prairie - Wikipedia

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    Flowering big bluestem, a characteristic tallgrass prairie plant. The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America.Historically, natural and anthropogenic fire, as well as grazing by large mammals (primarily bison) provided periodic disturbances to these ecosystems, limiting the encroachment of trees, recycling soil nutrients, and facilitating seed dispersal and germination.

  7. National grassland - Wikipedia

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    Map of national grasslands in the United States, depicted in yellow Entrance sign of a United States National Grassland area in South Dakota. A national grassland is an area of protected and managed federal lands in the United States authorized by Title III of the Bankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 and managed by the United States Forest Service.

  8. Pre-Columbian woodlands of North America - Wikipedia

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    Hypothesized fire regimes of natural communities in the United States. Grassy woodlands have regimes of a few years: blue, pink, and light green areas. Pre-Columbian woodlands of North America , consisting of a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem, were maintained by both natural lightning fires and by Native Americans before the significant ...

  9. List of protected grasslands of North America - Wikipedia

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    The tallgrass prairie ecosystem covered some 170 million acres (690,000 km 2) of North America. Besides agriculture, much of the shortgrass prairie became grazing land for domestic livestock. Short grasslands occur in semi-arid climates while tall grasslands are in areas of higher rainfall.