Transcript Temperate woodlands and shrub lands

Temperate woodlands and shrub
lands
By: Kyle Tlustos
The Climate
 The temperate woodlands and
shrub lands has a semiarid
climate.
 It gets around 0-75 mm of
rainfall annually
 The average temperature is
about 20 degrees Celsius
 Most of the rain is in January
and February while the lest is in
July and August when there can
be no rain at all
Abiotic Factors
 The abiotic factors in the temperate
woodlands include hot, dry summers;
cool moist winters; thin nutrient poor
soils; and periodic fires
Dominant Plants
The
dominant plants in the
temperate woodlands and shrub lands
include woody evergreen shrubs with
small, leathery leaves; and fragrant
oily herbs that grow during winter
and die during the summer
Dominant Animals
• The dominant animals that are in the
temperate woodlands and shrub lands
include many predators like coyotes,
foxes, bobcats, and mountain lions;
herbivores like the deer, rabbit, and
squirrel; it also has many birds like
hawks, California quail, warblers, and
other songbirds; it also includes reptiles
like lizard and snakes; butterflies
Geographical distribution
» There are temperate woodlands on
the coasts of northern and southern
American, areas around the
Mediterranean sea, South Africa,
and Australia
Human activity
The biggest threat to the temperate
woodlands is development and the buildings
of subdivisions since where these woodlands
are is a desirable place to live
Sites
» Biology Textbook
» http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/b
iomes/shrub.htm