WORLD BIOMESChristina Li

BIOMES OF THE WORLD Arctic Tundra Biome Coniferous Forest Biome Deciduous Forest Biome Desert Biome Grassland Biome Marine Biome Savanna Biome Tropical Rainforest Biome

ARCTIC TUNDRA BIOME

ARCTIC TUNDRA BIOME

The tundra is near the North Pole. Trees do not grow there. Winters are very cold. Summers last for a very short

time. It is frozen and never melts.

ARCTIC TUNDRA ANIMALS

Arctic Fox(omnivore)

Caribou(herbivore)

Harlequin Duck(main diet is small sea creatures; arctic fox is its main predator)

Musk Ox(herbivore; predators are arctic wolf and polar bear)

Snowy Owl(carnivore; preys are arctic foxand small animals)

Polar Bear

ARCTIC TUNDRA PLANTS

Arctic Moss

Caribou Moss

Bearberry

Tufted Saxifrage Pasque Flower

CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME

CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME

Summers are short and mild and the winters are long, cold and dry.

Plants are mostly evergreen conifers with leaves like needles, such as pine, fir and spruce.

Soil is thin and lacking in nutrients.

CONIFEROUS FOREST ANIMALS

Gray Wolf

BlackBear (omnivore)

Bald Eagle

Northern Lynx(eats small mammals)

Bobcat(eats small mammals)

Wolverine(eats small mammals)

CONIFEROUS FOREST PLANTS

Balsam Fir(squirrels, deer, caribous eat its buds)

Eastern Red Cedar(animals such as birds eat its berry fruit)

Siberian Spruce(pine cones for small mammals)

Jack Pine(pine cones for rodents)

White Fir(seeds for squirrels)

DECIDUOUS FOREST BIOME

DECIDUOUS FOREST BIOME

The leaves change color before they fall.

Deciduous trees lose their leaves in autumn.

The fallen leaves are good for the soil. In spring, new leaves grow and the

forest is green again. The leaves are wide to catch more

sunshine.

DECIDUOUS FOREST ANIMALS

White-Tailed Deer

Least Weasel(eats rodents, birds,poultry, and rabbits)

European Red SquirrelEastern Chipmunk(omnivore)

Duckbill Platypus(carnivore)

Coyote(omnivore)

Fat Dormouse(eats fruits, seeds, insects, and bird eggs)

DECIDUOUS FOREST PLANTS

Tawny MilksapMushroom

Lady Fern

Guelder Rose

Carpet Moss

White Birch Tree

Pecan Tree

DESERT BIOME

DESERT BIOME

A desert can be very hot in daytime and cold at night (no rainfall at all.)

Some deserts are cold all the time. Desert plants need special ways of getting

water; their leaves and roots are special. Desert animals have special ways to

survive. Many shelter underground. Some animals are active at night when it’s cool.

DESERT ANIMALS

Roadrunner(omnivore)

Thorny Devil Lizard(eats ants; a prey of birds)

Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Javelina(herbivore; mainly eatsPrickly Pear Cactus; Bobcat’s main prey)

Sonoran Pronghorn Antelope

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Banded Gila Monster(carnivore; eats small animals)

DESERT PLANTS

Barrel Cactus Soaptree Yucca Mojave Aster

Pancake PricklyPear Cactus

Ocotillo

Joshua TreeBrittle Bush

GRASSLAND BIOME

GRASSLAND BIOME

Grasses are the main kind of plant in grasslands.

There are not many trees in grasslands. Some grasslands are hot all year round.

Some grassland areas have hot summers and very cold winters.

Grasslands are big open areas that get between 25 and 75 cm of rain per year. This is less rain than a forest gets and more than a desert gets.

GRASSLAND ANIMALS

Bumble Bee(hunts by birds, skunks, Badgers, etc.)

Bobcat

Coyote

Badger(carnivore)

Prairie Dog (Herbivore)

GRASSLAND PLANTS

Fleabane

BlueGramaGrass

Buffalo Grass

June Grass

StingingNettle

Milkweed

MARINE BIOME (OCEAN BIOME)

MARINE BIOME ANIMALS

Harp Seal

Striped Dolphin

Shark

MorayEel

Skipjack TunaHawksbill Sea Turtle

MARINE BIOME PLANTS

Red Coralline Algae

Green Seaweed

Kelp

Seagrass

SAVANNA BIOME

SAVANNA BIOME

A tropical grassland with some clumps of trees.

It is characterized by its specific wet (summer) and dry (long winter) seasons.

SAVANNA ANIMALS

African Wild Dog(carnivore; eats mainlydeer and antelopes)

Zebra

Emu (eat plants and insects)

Chacma Baboon(eat plants, fruits,and bugs)

Egyptian Mongoose(eats mainly small animals, but it also eats fruits)

African Elephants

Black Mamba

SAVANNA PLANTS

WhistlingThorn(long seedpod is nutritiousfor animals)

Elephant Grass

Bermuda Grass

Acacia Tree

Kangaroo Paws

TROPICAL FOREST BIOME

TROPICAL FOREST BIOME

Rainforests are thick, warm and wet forests.

They are forests that get at least 250 cm a year of rain, often more.

It has a lot of rain (high rainfall throughout the year.)

Tropical forests are located near the equator.

Areas that are warm and frost-free.

RAINFOREST ANIMALS

Toco Tucan(eats fruits, insects,and spiders)

Sumatran Rhinoceros(herbivore)

ChimpanzeeJambu Fruit Dove

Wagler’s Pit ViperBengal Tiger

RAINFOREST PLANTS

Coconut Tree

Jambu

Honey Bee Tree

Bengal Bamboo

Bougainvillea

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Blue Planet Biomes Missouri Botanical Garden – Biomes of t

he World Animal Planet – Map of World Biomes Planet Earth – Biomes Biome Basics