Ecology Final: Savanna/Shrubland

General features

grass with scattered woody vegetation, wet/dry seasons, tropics/subtropics

Central and southern Africa: savanna

wildebeest, leopard, lion, zebra, giraffe, elephant, cheetah, rhino, hyanena, termites, bunchgrasses

Shrubland Regions

arid/semi-arid regions

Mediterranean Shrubland

near ocean (mediterranean, so california), wet mild winters, hot dry summers, thicket or shrubby evergreen oak, winter active, summer dormant, scrub oak, chamise

Norther desert shrub

cold desert of Great Basin, sagebrush, cold winters, warm dry summers

Heathlands

heath-like plants (Ericaceae), sclerophyllous vegetation, arctic regions, NW Europe

Successional Shrublands

sumac, alder, willow

Shrubland fauna

jackrabbit, coyotes (chaparral, desert scrub)

california chaparral

thicket of evergreen shrubby plants, oak, chamise, lizards, snakes, jackrabbits, mountain lions, coyotes