View Tropical Grassland Animals And Plants
Images. In the miocene and pliocene epochs, which spanned a period of about 25 million years, mountains rose in western north america and created a continental climate favorable to grasslands. Tropical rainforests contain rich biodiversity of animals and plants, many of which are unique to these ecosystems.
Grasses dominate the species composition of these ecoregions, although scattered trees may be common.
Grasslands near the equator produce plants that can withstand a hot climate through most of the year as well as drought and fires. There are grazing animals (that eat the grass). The grasses in the tropical grassland biome tend to be taller than that of the temperate because of the constant warm weather and additional rainfall it receives. The most intact assemblages currently occur in east african acacia savannas and zambezian savannas.
