Wet Tropical Forests
Oaks, figs and vines in flower filled clearing, humid tropical forest, Sierra Madre, Chiapas, Mexico. Moist tropical forests contain the greatest variety of living beings on the planet. A single rain forest tree may harbor more kinds of life forms than a whole temperate forest. The importance of tropical forests to great rivers, ocean health and even world weather, as well as to the resilience of life itself, places them at the forefront of triage for preservation.
Chaparral Shrublands
Oaks, pines and manzanita on foothills in the
Sierra Nevada, California, U.S.A. Shrublands occupy semiarid areas having
moist, cool winters and dry, hot summers. Rainfall occurs in the colder
months and fire is a determining factor. There is no under story, little
leaf litter and thin soils are subject to catastrophic erosion. Shrublands
form critical transitions between forests and grasslands.
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