Transcript Shrub Land By - Shrublandproject

Biome: Shrub Land
By:
Diana Ramirez
Uriel Lucero
Jesus Lopez
SHRUB LAND KEY FEATURES
• Shrub lands usually get more rain than deserts and grasslands
but less than forested areas.
• Shrub lands typically receive between 200 to 1,000 millimeters
of rain a year.
• This rain is unpredictable, varying from month to month.
• The shrub lands are made up of shrubs or short trees.
• Many shrubs thrive on steep, rocky slopes.
• There is usually not enough rain to support tall trees.
• Shrub lands are usually fairly open so grasses and other short
plants grow between the shrubs.
HUMAN BENEFITS
Humans can and have used shrubs as resources such as for:
• Medicine
• Food
• Beverages
Recent Changes in Shrub Lands
• Shrub lands usually get more rain than deserts and grasslands but
less than forested areas, but nowadays their rain fall is
unpredictable varying from 200 to 1,000 millimeters
• Due to many years of little rainfall plants adapted to drought- like
condition
• Many plants have needle-like leaves to help conserve water like
cactuses
• Also several plants have developed fire-resistant adaptations to
survive the frequent fires that occur during the dry season.
Species diversity
• The shrubland biome has a large
variety of plants and animals
• There are many different types
shrubs, weeds, trees, and grasses
• Compared to other biomes,
shrublands have high diversity
because it has subspecies like it
has types of shrubs, types of
grasses, and other plants and
animals
•
PLANTS IN SHRUB LANDS:
YUCCA ELATA
• Height: With flower stalk, up to 30 feet
in southern areas. Up to10 feet in
northern areas.
• Trunk: Usually up to 6-8 inches
diameter, to about 6 feet tall; covered
with dead leaves, sometimes branched
• Leaves: About 30 inches, narrow,
straight, U-shaped, pointed tip, dark
green. Live leaves clustered at the ends of
the stems, dead leaves stay attached for
years and cover the trunks
• Elevation: 1,500 to 6,000 ft
PLANTS IN SHRUB LANDS:
ECHINOCEREUS ENGELMANNII
• Height: Stems are about 1 ft, but mounds
grow up to about 18 inches
• Trunk: None
• Leaves: None (small spines)
•
Flowers: big, red/pink flowers; bloom in
late spring or early summer
• Elevation: Up to 8,000 ft.
PLANTS IN SHRUB LANDS:
JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA
• Height: Can grow up to 25 feet.
• Trunk: 1ft. diameter. Short, single
noticeable trunk, branching close to
ground
• Branches: Upright to spreading; not
drooping. Branchlets 3-dimensional (not
flattened)
• Elevation: 4,000 to 8,500 feet
Animals in Shrub Lands:
Botaurus lentiginosus
• Occupy a range of freshwater wetlands
that have emergent vegetation.
• Their nests are occasionally found in
hayfields at some distance from water.
• Camouflages in its environment of
reeds, water, mud ,light and reflections.
• Most active between dusk and midnight.
• They’re striped.
Animals in Shrub Lands:
Felis rufus
• Bobcats occupy wooded habitats
that provide cover for catching prey.
• They mostly prey on lagomorphs.
• They have “bobbed” tails.
• They have long legs, large paws and
tufted ears.
• They are trapped for their soft,
spotted fur.
Animals in Shrub Lands:
Crotalus horridus
• Timber rattlesnakes spend the winter
in a communal den.
• They are a sit-and-wait predator
that prey on small mammals and
birds.
• They are thick bodied.
• Their base color can be yellow, gray,
tan or brown.
•
The top of the head is gray, light tan
or yellow and their tail is black.
Climate
Temperature: Hot and dry in the summer, but cool and moist in the winter.
Precipitation: 200 to 1,000mm of rain per year.
WORKS CITED
• http://bauwerk-bonn.de/shrubland-biome-plants&page=2
• http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/bioshrubland.php
• http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/grasslands_benefits.php
• http://extension.unh.edu/fwt/Shrublands.htm
• http://californianature.net/wading.htm
• http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001061_Rep1243.pdf
• http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2010/01/13/bobcat-killed-onroute-8/
• http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001071_Rep1306.pdf
• http://extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource001073_Rep1331.pdf
WORKS CITED CONTINUED….
• http://naturalmissouri.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html
• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bobcat/
• http://digitalsportsman.com/wetlands/ambit1.htm
• http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/communities/serpentines/communities/jeffrey
pine_shrubland.shtml
• globalchange.umich.edu