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A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
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An area containing widely spaced trees with an understory of species requiring higher light conditions than provided in a forest.
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a vegetation type with scattered trees over a grassland, usually found in subtropical areas
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A type of ecological community that is similar to prairie but also contains widely spaced oak, red cedar, hickory, ash, plum or hawthorn trees.
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A grassland with scattered trees, either as individuals or clumps. Often a transitional type between true grassland and forest. Sometimes spelled 'savannah'.
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a vegetation cover of widely spaced trees with a grassland beneath
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A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few or no trees.
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Tropical or subtropical semiarid grassland with scattered trees.
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Lowland tropical and subtropical grassland, generally with a scattering of trees and/or shrubs. If woody growth is absent it is a grass savanna; with shrubs and no trees, a shrub savanna; with shrubs and widely irregularly scattered trees, a tree savanna.
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(Also spelled savannah.) A grassland-woodland mosiac vegetation type found in tropical and subtropical regions with long dry periods and receiving more rainfall than desert areas but not enough to support complete forest cover. A savanna is characterized by scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees and drought-resistant grasses. Fire often plays an important role in maintaining the vegetation. [Go to source
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grassland containing scattered trees; Environments, Endangered Species
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Subject: The Earth A tropical or subtropical region of grassland and drought-resistant vegetation. Typically found in tropical wet-and-dry climates.[ Pics List
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(Amerind term for plains) Savannas, such as the Serengeti in Africa, are grasslands. They may have a few sparsely distributed drought-resistant, fire-resistant, or browse-resistant trees. Savannas are also referred to as llanos or cerrado.
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An ecosystem found in the sub-tropics. Characterised by grassland, scattered drought-resistant trees and a well-defined wet season.
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(sa·VAN·na). An environment consisting of open grasslands where food resources tend to be spread out over large areas.
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a grassland characterized by scattered trees without canopy closure.
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Grassland with scattered trees, fairly common in the central plains of the U.S. before development. Bret Rappaport writes, "...it is theorized that humans are genetically predisposed to favor open grass-type landscapes as an artifact of our species' development on the savannas and grasslands of East Africa."
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a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
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a forest type with widely spaced trees and an understory of grasses and other forbs that require high levels of light
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a grassland scattered with trees, a combination that often suggests a manicured parkland
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a grassland with various groups of low trees
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a hot, seasonally dry grassland with scattered
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an open woodland with a thin, scattered distribution of trees, primarily oak species, and a mixture of grasses
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a rolling grassland, dotted with trees, which can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome
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a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and
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a transition zone between prairies and forests, an area with large scattered oak trees and a variety of prairie grasses and wildflowers growing underneath
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The term applied to a type of tropical climate, with a wet and a dry season, in which the most common form of vegetation is the tall tropical grass 'savanna'.
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The open grasslands of the tropics.
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flat, treeless tropical or subtropical grassland
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tropical and subtropical grasslands characterized by drought-resistant vegetation dominated by grasses with scattered tall trees
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A flat grassland that may or may not contain scattered clumps of trees.
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A grassland area containing scattered trees and drought-resistant undergrowth.
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a type of grassland with widely spaced trees and a blanket of grasses that require a lot of light. Rainfall usually occurs in the warmer, summer months with a dry period of between two to eight months. Fires are typical across savannas during drier months and occur at intervals from one to 50 years.
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A semi-arid region of grasses and scattered trees.
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A transitional grassy area with scattered trees and shrubs positioned between a grassland and a forest, an area usually with no more than 50% trees.
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tropical grasslands with scattered trees or shrubs.
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a habitat type primarily composed of herbaceous prairie plants, but also including up to 30% tree cover
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extended grasslands with few trees.
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A grassland with scattered trees or scattered clumps of trees, a type of community intermediate between grassland and forest.
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(Also spelled savannah.) A tropical or subtropical region of grassland and other drought- resistant (xerophilous) vegetation. This type of growth occurs in regions that have a long dry season (usually "winter-dry") but a heavy rainy season, and continuously high temperatures.
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A savanna or savannah is a grassland with widely spaced trees, and occurs in several types of biomes. In savannas, grasses and trees are co-dominant vegetation types, with trees and grasses often alternating in dominance over time. The herbaceous layer is usually a mixture of grasses and herbs with trees and shrubs scattered individually or in small clumps.
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