Biome
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands
The Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands biome gathers 58 ecoregions in Plotwright's worldwide roster. Warm grasslands and savannas where grasses dominate and trees are scattered, maintained by seasonal rainfall, grazing, and fire. They support large herbivore communities and respond sharply to wet–dry cycles.
Angolan mopane woodlandsAngolan scarp savanna and woodlandsAngolan wet miombo woodlandsArnhem Land tropical savannaAscension scrub and grasslandsBelizian pine savannasBeni savannaBrigalow tropical savannaCampos Rupestres montane savannaCape York Peninsula tropical savannaCarpentaria tropical savannaCentral bushveldCentral Zambezian wet miombo woodlandsCerradoClipperton Island shrub and grasslandsDrakensberg Escarpment savanna and thicketDrakensberg grasslandsDry ChacoDry miombo woodlandsEast Sudanian savannaEinasleigh upland savannaGuianan savannaGuinean forest-savannaHawai'i tropical high shrublandsHawai'i tropical low shrublandsHorn of Africa xeric bushlandsHumid ChacoItigi-Sumbu thicketKalahari Acacia woodlandsKimberly tropical savannaLimpopo lowveldLlanosMandara Plateau woodlandsMasai xeric grasslands and shrublandsMiskito pine forestsMitchell Grass DownsNorthern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thicketsNorthern Congolian Forest-SavannaNorthwest Hawai'i scrubSahelian Acacia savannaSerengeti volcanic grasslandsSomali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thicketsSouth Arabian fog woodlands, shrublands, and duneSouthern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thicketsSouthern Congolian forest-savannaSouthwest Arabian montane woodlands and grasslandsSt. Helena scrub and woodlandsTerai-Duar savanna and grasslandsTrans Fly savanna and grasslandsUruguayan savannaVictoria Basin forest-savannaVictoria Plains tropical savannaWest Sudanian savannaWestern Congolian forest-savannaWestern Gulf coastal grasslandsZambezian Baikiaea woodlandsZambezian mopane woodlandsZambezian-Limpopo mixed woodlands