Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands are terrestrial biomes whose predominant vegetation consists of grass and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and ranges from semi-arid to semi-humid.

Temperature: warm to hot season (often with a cold to freezing season in winter)
Soil: fertile with rich nutrients and minerals
Plants: grass; trees or shrubs in savanna and shrubland
Animals: large, grazing mammals; birds; reptiles

Steppes/shortgrass prairies are short grasslands that occur in semi-arid climates. Tallgrass prairies are tall grasslands in areas of higher rainfall. Heaths and pastures are, respectively, low shrublands and grasslands where forest growth is hindered by human activity but not climate.

Tall grasslands, including the tallgrass prairie of North America and the Humid Pampas of Argentina, have moderate rainfall and rich soils which make them ideally suited to extensive agriculture, and tall grassland ecoregions include some of the most productive grain-growing regions in the world.

Savannas are areas with both grass and trees, but the trees do not form a canopy as they would in a forest.

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions

Afrotropic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v t e
Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands	Oman
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands	Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island
Tristan da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands	Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island

Australasia Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v t e
Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands	New Zealand
Eastern Australia mulga shrublands	Australia
Southeast Australia temperate savanna	Australia

Nearctic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v t e
California Central Valley grasslands	United States
Canadian aspen forests and parklands	Canada, United States
Central and Southern mixed grasslands	United States
Central forest-grasslands transition	United States
Central tall grasslands	United States
Columbia Plateau	United States
Edwards Plateau savanna	United States
Flint Hills tall grasslands	United States
Montana valley and foothill grasslands	United States
Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands	United States
Northern mixed grasslands	Canada, United States
Northern short grasslands	Canada, United States
Northern tall grasslands	Canada, United States
Palouse grasslands	United States
Texas blackland prairies	United States
Western short grasslands	United States

Neotropic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v t e
Argentine Espinal	Argentina
Argentine Monte	Argentina
Humid Pampas	Argentina
Patagonian grasslands	Argentina, Chile
Patagonian steppe	Argentina, Chile
Semi-arid Pampas	Argentina

Palearctic temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands v t e
Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Altai steppe and semi-desert	Kazakhstan
Central Anatolian steppe	Turkey
Daurian forest steppe	China, Mongolia, Russia
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe	Armenia, Iran, Turkey
Emin Valley steppe	China, Kazakhstan
Faroe Islands boreal grasslands	Faroe Islands, Denmark
Gissaro-Alai open woodlands	Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kazakh forest steppe	Kazakhstan, Russia
Kazakh steppe	Kazakhstan, Russia
Kazakh Uplands	Kazakhstan
Middle East steppe	Iraq, Syria
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland	China, Mongolia, Russia
Pontic steppe	Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
Sayan Intermontane steppe	Russia
Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe	Mongolia, Russia
South Siberian forest steppe	Russia
Tian Shan foothill arid steppe	China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan