The Grassland
The
grassland biome's temperature and precipitation vary
throughout
the year. It has very similar temperatures and seasons as those of
the temperate deciduous forest. Droughts occur often. The grassland
is a flat, almost treeless piece of land. The most common plants
found are tall and short grasses, weeds, and the sunflower and pea family,
but a number of plant species still grow. The grassland may home
more than 200 types of flowering plants. It can get thirty inches
of rain per year which helps to grow most of the grass. You can find
switch grass, blue grama, buffalo grass, big bluestem, and little blue
stem in most grasslands in most grasslands in North America. Grasslands
have mostly grass like vegetation, but only has a couple of trees once
in a while. In the spring and summer time, beautiful flowering plants
spring up and cover the ground in a sea of colors. In some places
though, during the dry season plants turn brown and stop growing.
Different types of animals roam the grasslands and they range from thundering
herds of herbivores to solitary, hungary carnivores. Herds of wild
horses, buffalo, and pronghorn play the game of survival while they search
for food and stay one foot ahead of 
predators.
Some of the common animals are bison, pronghorn, antelope, prairie dogs,
wild horses and donkeys, gophers, jack rabbits, ground squirrels, coyotes,
wolves, mountain lions, burrowing owls, hawks, eagles, insects, ducks,
and field mice. Sadly, these beautiful creatures are endangered and
facing extinction by human influence. The farming industry clears
out parts of the grassland to use its fertile soil for farming. If
this keeps continuing, all the beautiful landscapes and creatures will
be gone forever. Still, these wonderful features, animals, landscapes,
and plants make up the biome we call, grassland.
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