Biome

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

The Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome gathers 48 ecoregions in Plotwright's worldwide roster. Temperate prairies, steppes, and pampas of grasses and forbs with few trees, under continental climates of hot summers and cold winters. Their deep, fertile soils have made them among the most extensively converted biomes for agriculture.

Al-Hajar foothill xeric woodlands and shrublands Al-Hajar montane woodlands and shrublands Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe Altai steppe and semi-desert Amsterdam-Saint Paul Islands temperate grasslands California Central Valley grasslands Canadian Aspen forests and parklands Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands Central Anatolian steppe Central Tallgrass prairie Central US forest-grasslands transition Central-Southern US mixed grasslands Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland Daurian forest steppe Eastern Anatolian montane steppe Eastern Australia mulga shrublands Edwards Plateau savanna Emin Valley steppe Espinal Faroe Islands boreal grasslands Flint Hills tallgrass prairie Gissaro-Alai open woodlands Humid Pampas Kazakh forest steppe Kazakh steppe Kazakh upland steppe Low Monte Mid-Atlantic US coastal savannas Mongolian-Manchurian grassland Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands Northern Shortgrass prairie Northern Tallgrass prairie Palouse prairie Patagonian steppe Pontic steppe Sayan Intermontane steppe Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe South Siberian forest steppe Southeast Australia temperate savanna Southeast US conifer savannas Southeast US mixed woodlands and savannas Syrian xeric grasslands and shrublands Texas blackland prairies Tian Shan foothill arid steppe Tristan Da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands Western shortgrass prairie Willamette Valley oak savanna