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
Species Diversity
PLANTS WITHIN THE SHRUB LAND BIOME
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