Deserts and xeric shrublands

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Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. Deserts and xeric shrublands occur in tropical, subtropical, and temperate climate regions.

It is characterized by

• rainfall : almost none
• temperature : hot or cold
• soil : very limited
• plants : very sparse (succulents)
• animal : very sparse (insect, reptiles, arachnids, nocturnal birds)

Colorado's San Luis Valley is a typical cold xeric shrubland located in the temperate zone at high elevation although it does deviate from the general description in being densely populated with small animals and their predators.

See also

• desert
• Shrub-steppe
• Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
• Sagebrush steppe

Desert and xeric shrublands ecoregions

Afrotropic Deserts and xeric shrublands [ edit ]
Aldabra Island xeric scrub	Seychelles
Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert	Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
East Saharan montane xeric woodlands	Chad, Sudan
Eritrean coastal desert	Djibouti, Eritrea
Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert	Oman, United Arab Emirates
Hobyo grasslands and shrublands	Somalia
Ile Europa and Bassas da India xeric scrub	Bassas da India, Europa
Kalahari xeric savanna	Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
Kaokoveld desert	Angola, Namibia
Madagascar spiny thickets	Madagascar
Madagascar succulent woodlands	Madagascar
Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands	Ethiopia, Kenya
Nama Karoo	Namibia, South Africa
Namib desert	Namibia
Namibian savanna woodlands	Namibia
Red Sea coastal desert	Egypt, Sudan
Socotra Island xeric shrublands	Yemen
Somali montane xeric woodlands	Somalia
Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna	Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands	Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Succulent Karoo	South Africa

Ecozones

Afrotropic · Antarctic · Australasia · Indomalaya · Nearctic · Neotropic · Oceania · Palearctic

Terrestrial biomes

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests · Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests · Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests · Temperate coniferous forests · Boreal forests/taiga ·Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands · Flooded grasslands and savannas · Montane grasslands and shrublands · Tundra ·Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub · Deserts and xeric shrublands · Mangrove

External links

• [Deserts and xeric shrublands (World Wildlife Fund)]
• [

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/maps/index.cfm Map of the ecozones]

• [Index to Deserts & Xeric Shrublands at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]

 

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