Dry shrublands and woodlands

(chaparral)
Temperate
Rainfall 25 cm
Long dry summer with a mild rainy winter
Vegetation: shrubs and small trees
Animals: rabbits, lizards, mule deer
Plants adapted to fires and dry climate
Shrubs re-grow after fires
 Credit: Richard Herrmann/Visuals Unlimited

Chaparral vegetation.
 Broadleaf Forest
Temperate
150-200 cm rain
Marked seasonal changes
Vegetation: deciduous broad leaf trees,
shrubs, small shade tolerant plants
Animals: small mammals, deer, predators
Good soil due to yearly leaves decomposing
and returning nutrients to the soil
Fig. 42-19a, p.765
 Credit: Adam Jones/Visuals Unlimited 212904

Fall foliage and view of Mt. LeConte, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
 Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical (some temperate rain forest)
200-500 cm rain
Vegetation: broadleaf evergreen trees,
vines, very diverse
Animals: very diverse due to plenty of
vegetation
Adapted to live at different levels
Infertile soil
Fig. 42-18a, p.764
 Credit: Jacques Jangoux/Visuals Unlimited 213048

Buttresses of trees with epiphytic Aroid on bank of small river in Amazon rainforest, Brazil.
Fig. 42-18b, p.764
 Credit: Theo Allofs/Visuals Unlimited 283044
Temperate Rainforest showing moss-covered trees and ferns, Olympic National Park,
Washington.
 Coniferous Forest (Taiga, Boreal)
Sub arctic
25-200 cm rain
Short summer
Long cold, dry winters
Vegetation: conifers, a few annual plants
Animals: elk, moose, mule deer, small
mammals, predators
Acidic soils due to accumulation of pine
needles
Fig. 42-20a, p.765
 Credit: Beth Davidow/Visuals Unlimited 301419

Northern Boreal Forest of Spruce and Aspens and tundra ponds.