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Biomes

Type of wetland that accumulates peat due to incomplete decomposition of plant matter

Area of land where little precipitation occurs

Extended period of deficiency in a region's water supply

Fen (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Lobby group in the United Kingdom

Area with vegetation dominated by grasses

Shrubland habitat

An impassable dense forest (typically tropical)

A shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water

Wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species

Open habitat vegetated primarily by non-woody plants

Type of habitat found in upland areas with (sometimes marshy) poor acid soil and overgrown with low vegetation

Wetland terrain without forest cover, dominated by living, peat-forming plants

Ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome

Interface between land and a river or stream

Mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem

Ecoregion of plain grasslands without trees

Biome characterized by coniferous forests

Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests

Temperate rainforest

Forests in the temperate zone

Biome where plant growth is hindered by frigid temperatures

Land area that is permanently or seasonally saturated with water

Land covered in trees