Geography 442 Biogeography

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Geography 442 Biogeography Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue

Tropical Rainforest El Yunque, PR

Tropical Rainforest Manzanillo, Mexico New Guinea

Tropical Rainforest Paluma, Australia

Subtropical Conifer Forest Green Swamp, NC loblolly/sweetgum, TX

Subtropical Conifer Forest Piney Woods, TX

Subtropical Conifer Forest (Southeastern Evergreen)

Marine West Coast Forest Pacific Northwest only: coastal redwoods & Doug fir

Marine West Coast Forest Pacific Northwest only: Pacific silver fir, OR

Summergreen Forest Subtropical Continental, Humid Continental, W Coast Marine Sherwood Forest in England; Pennsylvania

Summergreen Forest Subtropical Continental, Humid Continental, W Coast Marine New England

Summergreen Forest (similar appearance but different dominant species)

Taiga or Boreal Forest Humid continental: Ontario, Canada; Finland

Taiga or Boreal Forest Quaking aspen secondary succession

Tropical Deciduous Woodland Africa, Barbados

Tropical Deciduous Woodland Continuum from rainforest to savanna

Mediterranean Woodland Las Virgenes Canyon, CA; Turkey

Mediterranean Scrub Mediterranean; California near Santa Barbara

Mediterranean Scrub Mediterranean; California near Santa Barbara

Coastal Sage Charmlee Park; Cabrillo National Monument

Coastal Sage Charmlee Park; Cabrillo National Monument

Garrigue; Serpentine Scrub McLaughlin Mine N of SF; Mallorca

Heath England

Desert: Tropical, Hot, or Low Death Valley Dunes; Sonoran Desert

Desert: Temperate or High Mojave

Tundra Arctic coastal tundra, Alaska; Alpine tundra, Alaska

Savanna East Africa; Guatemala

Savanna Australian

Sudan Sudan; Burkina Faso

Sudan Sahelian drought

Tall Grass Prairie American Midwest

Tall Grass Prairie Manitoba, Canada

Temperate Steppe Eastern Oregon; Kazakhstan

Temperate Steppe Eastern Colorado