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GRADE 10/10
 * __flora:__**
 * 1) Plants considered as a group, especially the plants of a particular country, region, or time.
 * 2) A treatise describing the plants of a region or time.
 * 3) The bacteria and other microorganisms that normally inhabit a bodily organ or part.


 * __fauna:__**
 * 1) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
 * 2) A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.

**Biome** -- a grouping of the world’s flora and fauna into a large ecological province or region; also referred to as bioregion What is __flora__? All plant life occurring in an area or time period especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life What is __fauna__? All animal life in a particular reign or time period


 * ** Biome ** || Basic Description || Types of flora || Types of Fauna || World Location ||
 * 1)Forests- || XXXX || XXXX || XXXX || XXXX ||
 * A) Rain Forest || Forest with heavy rainfall || Humus, dominant plant species produce short and tall grasses || Boa constrictors, macaws, spider monkeys, toucans, sloths, tree snails, morpho butterflies, poison-arrow frog, rhinoceros beetle || Ethiopia/Africa, Australia, Indomalania, neotropicana ||
 * B) Broadleaf /mixed broadleaf &  coniferous || forests that occur in climates that are warm year-round, long dry seasons, may receive several centimeters of rain a year. || garden shrubs and trees that have "regular" leaves, rather than needles || insects || tropical and subtropical latitudes. ||
 * C) Coniferous (Taiga) || moist, cool and cold || White Spruce and Balsam Fir east of the Rockies; Red Pine, White Pine, and Hemlock in the Great Lakes Region. In British Columbia, dominant boreal trees include: Black Spruce, White Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, and Alpine Fir. || moose, bear, deer, wolverine, marten, lynx, wolf, snowshoe hare, vole, chipmunks, shrews, and bats || between 45 and 57 degrees North ||
 * 2) Mediterranean woodland, shrub & grassland || experiences hot and dry summers, with mild and humid winters || Cork oak forests, exerript pine forests, holme oak forests || Used to consist of many large mammals but they have disappeared as a result of human influences || western reigns, between 30 and 40 degrees north, sometimes found in southern california ||
 * 3) Tropical Savanna, mixed grassland & woodland || A grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being suffiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy doesn’t close. || Acacia Senegal, Baobab, Bermuda Grass, Candelabra Tree, Elephant Grass, Gum Tree Eucalyptus, Jackalberry Tree, Jarrah tree, Kangaroo Paw, Manketti Tree, River Bushwillow, Umbrella Thorn Acacia, Whistling Thorn || African Elephant, african Wild Dog, Black Mamba, Caracal, Chacma Baboon, Egyptian Mongoose, Emu, Grant's Zebra, Koala Bear, Lion, Nigriceps Ants, Nile Crocodile || East Africa, Venezuela, Columbia, Brazil, Central America ||
 * 4) Prairie & steppe grassland || Prairies are tall lands with tall grasses and Steppes are small lands with short grasses || Grasses (prairie clover, salvia, oats, wheat, barley, coneflowers) || pronghorn antelope, mule deer, prairie dogs, and coyotes,bison, elk || The prairies of the Great Plains of North America, the pampas of South America, the veldt of South Africa, the steppes of Central Eurasia, and Surrounding the deserts in Australia ||
 * 5) Desert shrub || Dry aired reign with exceding evaporation of over precipitation. || Dominant growth form they can be evergreen or deciduous. || lizards and snakes || Western coastal regions between 30 and 40 degrees latitude (north and south of the equator) ||
 * 6)Tundra (Alpine)- || The worlds youngest biome, treeless, and it covers about 20% if the worlds surface. The ground is permanently frozen. || Shrubs, grass, sedges, mosses. lichens || arctic fox, snow owl, polar bear, and wolves. || Near the north pole in northern north American, tops of mountains and in northern Eurasia ||