GEOG 442

Biogeography

Biomes, Illustrated

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Biomes Dominated by the Tree Life Form

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Forest Biomes

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Tropical Rainforest

[ Tropical rainforest, El Yunque, PR, C.M. Rodrigue, 1992 ]

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West Coast Marine Forest

[ old-growth Douglas fir forest, Mt. Hood, 
Oregon, T.B. Thomas, U.S. Forest Service ]

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Temperate Deciduous and Mixed Forest

[ broadleaf and mixed forest, S.Woodward, Radford 
University ]

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Taiga

[ taiga, Ontario, Canada, C.M. Rodrigue, 1978 ]

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Woodlands

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Mediterranean Woodland

[ oak park, Las Virgenes Canyon, C.M. 
Rodrigue, 1978 ]

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Biomes Dominated by the Shrub Life Form

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Scrubland

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Mediterranean Scrub

[ Mediterranean scrub, S. Woodward, Radford University ]

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Mediterranean Coastal Sage

[ coastal sage, David Olson, National Geographic ]

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Heath

[ heath landscape, Murlough Nature Reserve in County Down, Ireland ]

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Desert

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Desert Scrub

[ desert scrub, Zzyzx, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]

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Desert Alkali Vegetation

[ Badwater, Death Valley, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]

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Desert Dune Vegetation

[ Death Valley dunefield, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]

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Tundra

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Tundra

[ tundra, S. Woodward, Radford University ]

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Biomes Dominated by the Grass Life Form

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Tropical Grasslands

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Savanna

[ savanna, InternetGeography, Africa ]

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Sudan

[ sudan, Virtual Tourist, Niger ]

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Temperate Grasslands

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Prairie

[ prairie, World's Biomes Page ]

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Steppe

[ steppe, Larry Hufford, Marion Ownbey Herbarium, WA St U, Pullman 
]

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