TemperateGrasslandsDrought/Floodtolerant. FamilyPoaceae. Canregrow easily frombaseTemperateGrasslands:PrairiesNorth America,Dead center,mountains create arain shadow to theeastTemperateGrasslands:SteppeAsia, lowerprecipitation,shorter grassesused for grazingTemperateGrasslands:VeldSouth Africa,MixedgrassesTemperateGrasslands:PampasSouth America,dry grassesclumped atbaseTemperateGrasslands:RangelandUS innermountain area,sparse vegetationincluding grassesTemperateGrasslands:Organisms usedas human foodsCereal grains,hay(fuel/animals),sugar(grass plant), Rice,Maize, Wheat,Legumes(soybeans), Beanroots, Vegetables, FruitsTemperateGrasslands:AgriculturalissuesPesticides, Fertilizers,Seed cost, geneticdiversity, Soilconditions, drying of soilmeans loss of soilorganismsTropicalGrasslands:SavannahsHigh temp all year,Drought in winter,Flood in summer,Supports herds ofherbivoresTropicalGrasslands:MigrationWildebeest: Travelfar distances.Elephants: haveflexible dietsTropicalGrasslands:OxepeckersRemove parasitesunderneath theskin of largeanimals (mutalism)TropicalGrasslands:CharacteristicsDramatic climatechanges (wet to dry, butalways hot), causes alotof migration due to thelack of water andnutrient filled grassesTropicalGrasslands:PredatorsSnakes, cats,roadrunners(eatreptiles)TropicalGrasslands:PredatorsstrategiesStalking,camouflage, highspeed movements,trap setting, physicalweapons, teamworkTropicalGrasslands:Prey defenses"Fight, Flight, or freeze",fighting back, armor,warningcoloration(chemicaldefense), camouflage,escaping, acting dead,safety in numbersFlowers:Male partof the flowStamenFlowers:AntherHolds thepollen andproducespollenFlowers:FilamentHolds the antherso the pollen isexposed to apollinatorFlowers:FemalepartPistolFlowers:StigmaReceives thegrains, receivespollenFlowers:Style partattached tostigma thatconnects to theovaryFlowers:Inside theovariesOvules whichare femalereproductivecellsFlowers:Pollenequivalentto the spermit makesFlowers:Corollagroup of petalsthat attract thepollinatorFlowers:Calyxgroup of sepalsthat covered andprotected the budbefore the floweropensFlowers:Pollinatedby windWind pollinatedplants dontproduce nectar,typically green,small and odorlessFlowers:Pollinated bypollinatorsexpend lessenergy thanwind pollinatedplantsFlowers:HoneybeesOrder hymenoptera havemembranous wing. Eggs,larva, pupa, worker adult,adult drone, adult queen,base of nest come, queencomb, bee pollen, honey,waxFlowers:Honeybeeshave enlarged hindlegs for gatheringpollen, and alonger