Biomes

• Tundra?

  Treeless

  Shrubs, segdes, grasses, lichens, mosses, and perennials grow
• Tundra?

  Short growing season due to permafrost

  Less than 10 inches of rain a year

  
• Taiga?

  Alaska

  Northern Coniferous to boreals, located in the tundra

  
• Taiga?

  Harsh winters, 10 to 39 inches of rain a year

  Evergreens, birches, aspens, and willow flower in colder areas

  
• Temperate Deciduous Forest?

  Found on large continents in the northern hemisphere

  Large deciduous trees grow here

  
• Temperate Deciduous Forest?

  Gets 20 to 65 inches of rain a year

  
• Mountain and Coastal Forests?

  Found in the pacific northwest and cali coast

  gets 100+ inches of rainfall, very tall trees that are adapted to forest fires

  
• Grassland?

  Interior of Continents

  10 to 39 inches of rainfall per year

  
• Grasslands?

  Praries were home to herds of Buffalo, many have been destroyed and turned into farm land

  
• Desert?

  Gets less than 5 inches of rainfall

  Home to CAM plants and succulents

  
• Desert?

  Perennials come from bulbs, annuals germinate in rainfall