By:

Talia, Alexis, Ryan, Nolan

Branchton Prairie Remnants Brantford Prairies Dunwich Prairie  Holland Landing Ojibway Nature Reserve and Prairie Remnants Rice Lake Plains  Walpole Island Indian Reservation Prairie Pinery Provincial Park High Park Oak Woodland (Toronto)

Spiders Wild Horse Rinos Lions Jack Rabbits (Regular) Deer Skunks Black Bird Grouses Quails Owls

Black Tailed Prarie Dog Black Tailed jack Rabbit Mice/Mouse Wolf Hawks Badgers Gazels Zebras Coyotes Foxes Sparrows Snakes Grasshoppers

Black Tailed Prarie Dog Black Tailed Jack Rabbit

WolfHawk

Badger

Gazelle

Zebra CoyotesFoxes Sparrows

Snakes Grasshoppers

Spiders

Wild Horse

Rino

Lion

Jack Rabbit (Regular)

Deer Skunk Black BirdGrouse

QuailOWL

One decomposer is a fly. A fly can eat the dead animals that are on the ground or the feces. This cleans the environment and feeds the young carnivorous animals. If there was not a fly there would be tons of dead animal bodies and feces on the ground YUKK!

A special adaptation is the animals. More then half of these animals could not live in arctic areas. Because of this they have adapted to the warmer weather. Also this place has the best food for their bodies. If one of these animals went to another area the old area would go berserk in deaths. This also depends on what goes away. If the lions move then the primary consumers would increase a ton, which eventually they would all die out because of food shortages.

The latitude, soil and local climates for the most part determine what kinds of plants grow in a particular grassland. If the climate is cold and the soil is cold then only a certain plant would live there such as the blue grama.

• Purple Needlegrass• Blue Grama• Buffalo grass• Galleta asters• Blazing Stars • Coneflowers • Goldenrod• Sunflowers• Clovers• Psoraleas• Wild Indigos• Cacti

Few natural prairie regions remain because most have been turned into farms or grazing land. This is because they are flat, treeless, covered with grass, and have rich soil.

Grasses can survive fires because they grow from the bottom instead of the top. Their stems can grow again after being burned off. The soil of most grasslands is also too thin and dry for trees to survive.

The grass has long, narrow leaves that lose less water than larger leaves do and their root systems are extensive and deep so that they can acquire water even during drought conditions.

Plants can not grow in the winter it may only grow in the growing season. The growing season is when there is no frost and plants can grow (which lasts from 100 to 175 days). During the dormant (not growing) season nothing can grow because its too cold.

Purple Neddlegrass

Blue Grama Grass Buffalo Grass

Galleta asters Blazing Stars

ConeflowersGoldenrod

Sunflowers

Clovers

Psoraleas

Wild Indigos

Cacti

Rain in the temperate Grasslands usually occurs in the late spring and early summer. The yearly average is about 20-35in,but much of this falls as snow in the winter. The total hours of daylight are 12 hours.

Temperatures in the grassland vary greatly between summer and winter. The summers are hot and the winters are cold - much colder than Santa Barbara! With cold winters, it’s surprising how hot the grassland summers can get! Sometimes the temperature is more than 100°F.

Fire is not foreign in grass lands. They are often set by lightning or human activity. Fire regularly swept the plains in earlier times, and to some extent still does today.

Precipitation in the temperate grasslands usually occurs in the late spring and early summer. The annual average is about 50.8 to 88.9 cm (20-35 inches). The temperature range is very large over the course of the year. Summer temperatures can be well over 38° C (100 degrees Fahrenheit), while winter temperatures can be as low as -40° C (-40 degrees Fahrenheit).

The ImpactThe ImpactWinter

In the winter it is usually colder, but it`s not problem because most of the animals have winter coats.

Summer

In the summer months it usually gets very hot. It doesn`t really effect the lives of animals.

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