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Grasslands are also known as PRAIRIE, or PLAINS.Grasses first supported grazers in the Eocene Era. There are 11,000 species of grasses. Grasses are found anywhere on land, some are even in the water. Each one develops unique characteristics. An example would be growing where the stems are joined. This is why when you mow your lawn the grass doesn't die. Grasses grow from less than a foot to thirty inches high. If the grasses are shorter, then it means that there is less available moisture, or there is a shorter growing season.

There are two types of categorized grasslands: savannas and temperate grasslands. Savannas are grassland with scattered individual trees. They cover half the surface of Africa, and large areas in Australia, South America, and India. Temperate grasslands are grasses with dominant vegetation. There are no trees, or large shrubs. The soil there is deep and dark. Temperate grasslands can be further divided into prairies, steppes, etc.

Grasslands provide excellent amounts of grass for food. However, one downfall of having grasslands for a habitat is the lack of shelter. Bison and antelope were the first to live on grasslands, before white settlers. Hillier grasslands provided space for cattle and sheep.

Fires regularly occured in the grasslands in earlier times, although they are not affected as much as forests because the perrenial grasses and herbs aren't harmed. This can be a very serious threat to many other biomes.