© National Park Service The vegetation pictured here is predominantly: Grasses and other low, nonwoody plants Sparsely occurring plants adapted to extreme dryness and drought A mixture of woody shrubs and nonwoody plants The biome pictured here is: Desert Shrubland O Temperate grassland

© National Park Service The vegetation pictured here is predominantly: Grasses and other low, nonwoody plants Sparsely occurring plants adapted to extreme dryness and drought A mixture of woody shrubs and nonwoody plants The biome pictured here is: Desert Shrubland O Temperate grassland

Concepts of Biology

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Chapter20: Ecosystems And The Biosphere

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© National Park Service
The vegetation pictured here is predominantly:
Grasses and other low, nonwoody plants
Sparsely occurring plants adapted to extreme dryness and drought
A mixture of woody shrubs and nonwoody plants
The biome pictured here is:
Desert
Shrubland
O Temperate grassland

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