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8 Cards in this Set
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Tropical Rainforest
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Soils: Oxisols, Utisols (called Latosols). Bad b/c nutrients are washed away
Climate: High T and wet Vegetation: 4 Layers, vines |
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Tropical and Temperate Savanna
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Tropical: Lowlands
Temperate: Higherlands Savanna: Wet summer and dry winter Soils:oxisols. ultisols, vertisols- high clay content Temperate also includes some volcanic soils Tropical:scrubby trees and palms Temperate: Borad leaf evergreen, |
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Desert vegitation:
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xerophytic: plants that have adapted to droubt conditions
Loma, cactus |
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Steppe
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Semi arid land seperating desert from humid area
vegitation: various, fertile Vegitation of the back lands: caatinga=palms and cacti |
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Humid Subtropical
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Mollisols- highly fertile
Climate= Moderate Vegitation- tall grass, mixed w/ forests |
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Mediterranean
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Alfisols-Fairly fertile
Mild T- due to cold water currents and distance from equator Vegitation is "Chaparral"- woody shrubs and low evergreens |
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Marine West Coast Rainforest
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Podzolization- lacks nutrients
Climate: Not much T range, T is cool, much rain Mosses ferns |
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Highlands
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Inceptisols, entisols(both are early stages of development.)
Vegitation: Puna(grasses and shrubs) and Paramo(conatains puna and prickly shrubs Climate- increases w/ elevation and remains fairly constant |
