Biomes: What organisms live there? main animals and plants

TROPICAL FOREST:

Plants: trees and plants growing in vertical layers and also covered with mosses, vines. Orchids and bromeliads.

Animals: tree-dwellers like monkeys, birds, snakes and bats.

SAVANNA:

Plants: grasslands with scattered trees that grow rapidly.

Animals: grazing animals such as zebras, wilde-beest, antelope, and in Australia kangaroos as weel as insect. Meat eaters on the African Savanna include lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Also rodents, snakes, worms and arthropods.

DESERT:

Plants: due to the hot temperatures, they have little or no plant life.

Animals: The kangaroo rat and small burrowers are active in the cool evening because they don´t need water.

CHAPARRAL:

Plants: it has dense evergreen shrubs.

Animals: Deers, birds and rodents that feed on the shrubs and their seeds, as well as lizards and snakes.

TEMPERATE GRASSLAND:

Plants: the deep, nutrient-rich soil supports a variety of grass and other plants.

Animals: large mammals that prevent the growth of woody shrub and trees.

TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST:

Plants: Deciduous trees and large trees such as maples, oaks, beeches, and hickory.

Animals: Mammals like deers, squirrels, chipmunks, foxes and bears, microorganisms are found there too.

CONIFEROUS FOREST:

Plants: towering cone-bearing evergreen trees souch as pine, spruce, fir, and hemlock.

Animals: Typical taiga animals like hares, moose elk, wolves and bears.

TUNDRA:

Plants: mosses, lichens, and grasses thrive, but large plants are rare since their roots can not penetrate.

Animals: artic hare and snowy owl. mosquitoes fill the air sometimes.