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**World Bioregions/Biomes
 * Paste your here until you organize Biome information it onto your group's chart.

GRADE: 5/10 **
 * 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__? plant life, especially all the plants found in a particular country, region, or time regarded as a group What is __fauna__? the animal life of a particular region or period, considered as a whole. - tropical are found near equator - temperate are found near coastal areas, north and south of equator || Vines, palm trees, orchids, ferns || || Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn ||
 * ** Biome ** || Basic Description || Types of flora || Types of Fauna || World Location ||
 * 1)Forests- || XXXX || XXXX || XXXX || XXXX ||
 * A) Rain Forest || - two types of rainforests: tropical and temperate
 * B) Broadleaf /mixed broadleaf &  coniferous || || || || ||
 * C) Coniferous (Taiga) || || || || ||
 * 2) Mediterranean woodland, shrub & grassland || || || || ||
 * 3) Tropical Savanna, mixed grassland & woodland || || || || ||
 * 4) Prairie & steppe grassland || Grasslands are found on every continent except Antarctic || Grasses (prairie clover, salvia, oats, wheat, barley, coneflowers) || || 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 || Plants have adapted to fire caused by the frequent lightening that occurs in the hot, dry summers. || Aromatic herbs (sage, rosemary, thyme, oregano), shrubs, acacia, chamise, grasses || || Western coastal regions between 30 and 40 degrees latitude (north and south of the equator) ||
 * 6)Tundra (Alpine)- || Tundra comes from a Finnish word tunturia, meaning “treeless plain”; it is the coldest of the biomes. || Almost no trees due to the short growing season and permafrost; lichens, mosses, grasses, sedges, shrubs. || || Regions south of the ice caps of the Arctic and extending across North America, Europe, and Siberia (high mountaintops) ||


 * These forests mostly consist of conifers, trees that grow needles instead of leaves and cones instead of flowers. ||