Match the Following

question 35

Short Answer

Match the following.
A) abundant trees; many woody and herbaceous plants
B) prairie; somewhat lower rainfall than forests
C) evergreen shrubs; rainy winters/dry summers
D) conifers; low species diversity
E) "treeless plain"; permafrost
-Temperate deciduous forest

• A) abundant trees; many woody and herbaceous plants
• B) prairie; somewhat lower rainfall than forests
• C) evergreen shrubs; rainy winters/dry summers
• D) conifers; low species diversity
• E) "treeless plain"; permafrost
• -Temperate deciduous forest

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