Montane grasslands and shrublands is a biome defined by the World Wildlife Fund. The biome includes high altitude (montane, subalpine, and alpine) grasslands and shrublands around the world. A biome is a climate and geographical area of ecologically similar communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, often referred to as ecosystems. ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... // Summary The subalpine Biome is a geographic and altitudinal region found below Tree-line and above the montane. ... For the climate of the mountains named the Alps, see climate) for a region above the tree-line. ... The Konza tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas. ... Shrubland is a habitat type dominated by woody shrubs. ...

Montane grasslands and shrublands located above the tree line are commonly known as alpine tundra, which occurs in mountain regions around the world. Below the tree line are subalpine and montane grasslands and shrublands. Stunted subalpine forests are known as krumholz, and occur just below the tree line, where harsh, windy conditions and poor soils create dwarfed and twisted forests of slow-growing trees. In this view of an alpine tree-line, the distant line looks particularly sharp. ... For other uses, see Tundra (disambiguation). ... A Krumholtz or Krummholz formation (from German: krumm, twisted; and holz, wood) is a feature of subarctic and subalpine tree line landscapes, where continual exposure to fierce, freezing winds cause vegetation to become stunted and deformed. ...

Montane grasslands and shrublands, particularly in subtropical and tropical regions, often evolved as virtual islands, separated from other montane regions by warmer, lower elevation regions, and are frequently home to many distinctive and endemic plants which evolved in response to the cool, wet climate and abundant tropical sunlight. Characteristic plants of these habitats display adaptations such as rosette structures, waxy surfaces, and hairy leaves. A unique feature of many wet tropical montane regions is the presence of giant rosette plants from a variety of plant families, such as Lobelia (Afrotropic), Puya (Neotropic), Cyathea (New Guinea), and Argyroxiphium (Hawaii). In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ... Species See text. ... The Afrotropic Ecozone is Africa south of the Sahara Desert. ... Species Puya alpestris Puya berteroniana Puya chilensis Puya coerulea Puya hortensis Puya laxa Puya medica Puya mirabilis Puya raimondii Puya spathacea Puya venusta and many more Puya is a genus of 160-180 species of terrestrial plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae. ... The Neotropic ecozone is a terrestrial ecoregion which includes South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ... Species See text Cyathea is a genus of tree ferns, the type genus of the fern order Cyatheales. ... Species See text. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

The most extensive Montane grasslands and shrublands occur in the Neotropic Paramo of the Andes Mountains. This biome also occurs in the mountains of east and central Africa, Mount Kinabalu of Borneo, highest elevations of the Western Ghats in South India and the Central Highlands of New Guinea. The Neotropic ecozone is a terrestrial ecoregion which includes South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ... Paramo is the name given to an elevated track of desert (montane grasslands and shrublands) on the Andes. ... See also architecture with non-sequential dynamic execution scheduling (ANDES). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. ... The Agasthiyamalai range of the Western Ghats The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ... The geographical south of India includes all Indian territory below the 20th parallel. ...

Where conditions are drier, one finds montane grasslands, savannas, and woodlands, like the Ethiopian Highlands, and montane steppes, like the steppes of the Tibetan Plateau. Ethiopian Highlands with Ras Dashan in the background. ... This article is about the ecological zone type. ... Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Sichuan Province of China lie on the Tibetan Plateau. ...

Montane grassland and shrubland ecoregions

The Madagascar ericoid thickets is a montane shrublands ecoregion, found in the high mountains of Madagascar. ... The Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets is a montane shrubland ecoregion of South Africa. ... The Australasia Ecozone The Australasian ecozone – is an ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous (by some definitions), with the geographic region of Australasia. ... The subalpine region of Australia is restricted to the montane regions of south-eastern Australia above 1300 metres (the upper altitudinal limit of Eucalyptus pauciflora). ... The Indomalaya Ecozone was previously called the Oriental region. ... The Neotropic ecozone is a terrestrial ecoregion which includes South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ... The Costa Rican páramo, also known as the Talamanca páramo, is a montane grassland and shrubland of Costa Rica and western Panama. ... The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface (see map). ... The Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows is an alpine ecoregion of Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, which lies between the tree line and snow line in the eastern portion of the Himalaya Range. ... western Himalayas alpine shrub and meadows ... A biome is a climate and geographical area of ecologically similar communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, often referred to as ecosystems. ... Tropic wet forests in the World Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical wet forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome. ... Trinidad and Tobago dry forest on Chacachacare showing the dry-season deciduous nature of the vegetation The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. ... Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests are a biome located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. ... Temperate mixed forest in Yunnan, southwest China. ... Pine forests are an example of a temperate coniferous forests Temperate coniferous forests are a terrestrial biome found in temperate regions of the world with warm summers and cool winters and adequate rainfall to sustain a forest. ... A Mediterranean forest. ... For other uses, see Taiga (disambiguation). ... Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal. ... Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are a grassland biome located in semi-arid to semi-humid climate regions of subtropical and tropical latitudes. ... A restored Illinois grassland ecosystem at Morton Arboretum. ... Flooded grasslands and savannas are a biome, generally located at subtropical and tropical latitudes, where flooding is very frequent. ... In isolation, Hawaiis Silverswords have adapted to xeric microclimates within volcanic craters, trapping and channeling dew and protecting leaves with reflective hairs. ... For other uses, see Tundra (disambiguation). ... An ecozone or biogeographic realm is the largest scale biogeographic division of the earths surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals. ... The Afrotropic Ecozone is Africa south of the Sahara Desert. ... Antarctica is one of eight terrestrial ecozones. ... The Australasia Ecozone The Australasian ecozone – is an ecological region that is coincident, but not synonymous (by some definitions), with the geographic region of Australasia. ... The Indomalaya Ecozone was previously called the Oriental region. ... The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earths land surface. ... The Neotropic ecozone is a terrestrial ecoregion which includes South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ... Oceania is the smallest of the worlds terrestrial ecozones, and unique in not including any continental land mass. ... The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface (see map). ...

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