7 Major Biomes Of The World .

7 Major Biomes Of The World .

By Cheyenne :3

Arctic Tundra :

• Coldest out of all of the biomes• Known for its beautiful flowers in Autumn-Types of animals -Types of plants * Polar bears * Arctic moss * Caribou * Diamond leaf willow * Musk ox * Tufted saxifrage * Killer whale * Labrador tea * Ermine * Bear-berry

Taiga :

• Largest biome in the world !• Birds migrate here, to nest & feed -Types of animals -Types of plants * Black bear * White spruce * Long eared owl * Paper birch * River otter * Jack pine * Snowshoe rabbit * Douglas-fir * Bob cat * White poplar

Temperate forest :

• Has a very wet environment• Located in United states, Canada, Europe, China,

Japan, and Russia-Type of animals -Types of plants * Coyote * White oak * Least weasel * Lady fern * White-tailed deer * Common lime * Duckbill platypus * Pecan * Fat dormouse * White birch

Tropical Rainforest :

• Year round warmth• Cover less then 6% of the Earth :l-Types of animals -Types of plants * Dawn bats * Bengal bamboo * Harpy eagle * Curare * Bengal tiger * Kapok tree * Chimpanzee * Strangler figs * African forest elephant * Durian

Grassland :

• Are huge masses of land covered with grass, herbs, and flowers

• Has over 80 species of animals, and 300 types of birds ! -Types of animals -Types of plants * Greater Rhea * Milkweed * Saker falcon * Stinging nettle * Corsac fox * Buffalo grass * Northern lynx * Pampas grass * Badger * Tumble weed

Desert :

• Cover 1/5th of the world• Vegetation is very rare here-Types of animals -Types of plants * Bob cat * Barrel cactus * Armadillo lizard * Palo verde * Thorny devil * Joshua tree * Desert tortoise * Chain-fruit cholla * Sonoran desert toad * Ocotillo

Salt water :

• Help keep air temperature steady• Covers most of the Earth !-Types of animals -Types of plants * Squid * Turtle grass * Tuna * Groundsel tree * Red snapper * Eel grass * Olive flounder * Bubble coral * Sea butterfly * Red zoos

Fresh water :

• Streams, rivers, wetland, ponds and lakes• Covers less then 1% of the Earth-Types of animals -Types of plants * Blue acara * Rotola indica * Garfish * Trapa natans * Julii cory * Acorus calamus * Oscar fish * Lemna giba * Tiger barb * Eracaoulun