Grassland

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Grassland

• By Bailey Fasano Hailey Jagger

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The Grassland is

• Grasslands are areas dominated by grasses and
  forbs, and have few or no trees.
• Categorized as savannas, pampas, campos, plains,
  steppes, prairies and veldts.
• Two main types
• Temperate Grasslands
• Tropical Grasslands

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Location of Biome

• Located on every continent
• Except Antarctica
• Occupies ¼ of Earths surface
• Some Places Include
• U.S. Midwest- prairies
• South America- pampas
• Central Eurasian- steppes
• Africa- savannas

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The prairies of the Midwestern United States
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Climate

• January- 20F
• July- 70F
• West of the Mississippi River temperatures are
  moist and humid
• Summers warm and humid
• Winters cold but not to the extreme
• Further West temperatures are drier
• Summers hot
• Winters very cold

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Average Yearly Precipitation

• Annual Rainfall is 10-30 inches
• Monthly Rainfall is 0.8-2.5 inches

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Vegetation

• Big Bluestem Grass

• Milkweed

• Grass is also called Turkey feet because the
  shape of the seed heads look like turkey feet.
• They can grow to be 3 to 10 feet
• It blooms from June through September.

• Produces red and yellow blossoms in the spring
  that are less than an inch across.
• They grow in a cluster at the top of woody stems.
  
• The milkweed has a white, poisonous sap and can
  grow to be 2 to 3 1/2 feet. It has big leaves
  that can grow to be 9 inches -1 foot long.

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Vegetation Contd

• Buffalo Grass

• Purple Coneflower

• It grows between 2 and 5 inches
• tall and spreads out between six feet and 12 feet
  (3-4 m).
• It has a round hollow stem with gray, green curly
  leaves.
• The leaves are 1/10 " wide and 2" long.

• It can grow to be 2-3 feet tall.
• The center can grow to the size of a child's
  fist, and the petals are about as long as the
  diameter of the center.
• It is part of the daisy and dandelion family.

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Animals

• American Bald Eagle

• Prairie Dog

• National bird of the United States of America.
• It is considered a sea eagle that has a white
  head.
• Weighs eight to twelve pounds.
• Their wingspan can be two meters (seven feet) and
  they can be larger than a meter from head to tail.

• The adults usually weigh around 1 to 3 1/2 pounds
  
• Two types of prairie dogs black-tailed and
  white-tailed.
• Most common is the black-tailed prairie dog.

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Animals Contd

• Swift Fox

• Bumble Bee

• A small, delicate fox, the smallest wild canid of
  the North American continent.
• It is about the size of a cat, standing 12 inches
  (30 cm) in height, and 31 inches (79 cm) in
  length from head to tail.
• The male, or dog fox, is larger than the female,
  known as a vixen.

• Queen bumble bees are about 3/5 to 1 inch long.
• The other types, workers and drones, are slightly
  smaller than that.

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Uniqueness

• Grasslands are a transition space between deserts
  and forest.
• If the grasslands received any more rain forest
• If the grasslands had less rain deserts

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Work Cited

• http//www.defenders.org/grasslands/basic-facts?gc
  lidCMzo08mI2bQCFQWe4Aodo0sAoA
• http//biology.about.com/od/landbiomes/a/aa042106a
  .htm
• http//environment.nationalgeographic.com/environm
  ent/habitats/grassland-profile/
• http//www.blueplanetbiomes.org/grasslands_climate
  .htm
• http//fun.yukozimo.com/facts-about-grassland/