Biomes Dominated by the Tree Life Form
Forest Biomes
________________________________________________Tropical Rainforest
![[ Tropical rainforest, El Yunque, PR, C.M. Rodrigue, 1992 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/elyunque.jpg)
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West Coast Marine Forest
![[ old-growth Douglas fir forest, Mt. Hood,
Oregon, T.B. Thomas, U.S. Forest Service ]](http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/images/pn169f02.jpg)
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Temperate Deciduous and Mixed Forest
![[ broadleaf and mixed forest, S.Woodward, Radford
University ]](http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tbdf/tbdf.gif)
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Taiga
![[ taiga, Ontario, Canada, C.M. Rodrigue, 1978 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/taiga.jpg)
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Woodlands
________________________________________________Mediterranean Woodland
![[ oak park, Las Virgenes Canyon, C.M.
Rodrigue, 1978 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/oakparklasvirgenes.jpg)
Biomes Dominated by the Shrub Life Form
Scrubland
________________________________________________Mediterranean Scrub
![[ Mediterranean scrub, S. Woodward, Radford University ]](http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/medit/medit.gif)
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Mediterranean Coastal Sage
![[ coastal sage, David Olson, National Geographic ]](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/images/profiles/terrestrial/na/sm/na1201a.jpg)
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Heath
![[ heath landscape, Murlough Nature Reserve in County Down, Ireland ]](http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/01/22/dune1.jpg)
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Desert
________________________________________________Desert Scrub
![[ desert scrub, Zzyzx, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/zzyzxscrub.jpg)
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Desert Alkali Vegetation
![[ Badwater, Death Valley, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/badwater.jpg)
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Desert Dune Vegetation
![[ Death Valley dunefield, C.M. Rodrigue, 1983 ]](http://www.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/dunes.jpg)
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Tundra
________________________________________________Tundra
![[ tundra, S. Woodward, Radford University ]](http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/tundra/tundra.gif)
Biomes Dominated by the Grass Life Form
Tropical Grasslands
________________________________________________Savanna
![[ savanna, InternetGeography, Africa ]](http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/images/ecosystems/savanna.jpg)
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Sudan
![[ sudan, Virtual Tourist, Niger ]](http://cache.virtualtourist.com/449561-Sahel_in_Niger-Niger.jpg)
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Temperate Grasslands
________________________________________________Prairie
![[ prairie, World's Biomes Page ]](http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/Petroleum/projects/Environmental/Reg_Streamlining/Images/Img0014.jpg)
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Steppe
![[ steppe, Larry Hufford, Marion Ownbey Herbarium, WA St U, Pullman
]](http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wsherb/edpages/raingrass/images/wenasvalley.jpg)
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