Across
- 2. all of the animal life present in a particular region
- 6. consists of complex mix of very low plants (grasses, forbs, shrubs)
- 7. areas of steep transition between ecological communities, ecosystems, and/or ecological regions along an environmental or other gradient
- 8. tree-dominated plant associations in which the trees are spaced more widely apart
- 11. typified by widely scattered plants with much bare ground interspersed
- 12. plants that are structurally adapted to withstand protracted dry conditions
- 13. ______ adaptations plants suited to a wet terrestrial environment
- 14. an area classified according to the species that live in that location
Down
- 1. contain scattered trees and shrubs, but the landscape is dominated by grasses and forbs
- 2. ___consist of trees growing super close together so their individual leaf canopies generally overlap
- 3. dominated by relatively short woody plants
- 4. the plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
- 5. a biological community of interacting organisms
- 9. ___mechanisms: Plants can be broadly classified according to their reproductive strategies.
- 10. plants are classified according to their stems and ____patterns