Temperate Grasslands: Tall-grass Prairie
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CLIMATE
- Temperate Grasslands
- Hot summers and cold winters
- 10in - 35in of precipitation a year
- Seasonal droughts and occasional wildfires help maintain the grasslands.
Photo by Larry Smith2010
CLIMATE
- Tall-grass Prairie
- Summer gets as high as 80 degrees Fahrenheit
- Winter can get as low as 20 degrees Fahrenheit
- 76% of rainfall is during growing season
Photo by bsmith4815
SOIL
- Temperate Grasslands
- Soil is nutrient-rich and varies in types and depth
- To wet for desert and to dry for forest
LOCATION
- Temperate Grasslands
- North of the Tropic of Cancer
- South of the Tropic of Capricorn
- Africa, the Pampas of South America, the Steppes of Eurasia, and the Plains of North America
Photo by CHIMI FOTOS
LOCATION
- Tall-grass Prairie
- It once covered 170 million acres of North America
- Only 4% remains in the Kansas Flint Hills
Photo by earlycj5
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Photo by perpetualplum
PLANTS
- Temperate Grasslands
- Mostly grass, some types of flowers and hardly any trees or shrubs
PLANTS
- Tall-grass Prairie
- Many types of grasses and forbs.
- Herbaceous plants- non-woody vegetation with succulent leaves and stems.
- Plants include big bluestem, indian grass, switch grass, lead plant, prairie rosinweed, and coneflowers which can grow up to eight feet.
Photo by DncnH
ANIMALS
- Temperate Grasslands
- Low diversity
- High abundance
ANIMALS
- Tall-grass Prairie
- Grazing animals: bison, elk, deer, and antelope
- Predators: wolves and coyotes.
- Rodents: pocket gophers and mice
- Birds: owls, Hawks, sparrows, and woodpeckers
Photo by lalo_pangue
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SOLUTIONS
- We have already stopped plowing the land and preserved what is left
- We can try to control wildfires and population
