Named open landscapes dominated by grasses with scattered trees or none, such as the Serengeti. Belongs here: a named grassland or savanna landscape held as a landform entity in this atlas. Does not belong here: a desert, which receives markedly less rainfall, held under Deserts, or an ecosystem-level treatment of the same place, which belongs to the nature atlas rather than being duplicated here.
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Formation AgentClimatic and Disturbance-Driven 1 All Grasslands and Savannas
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1. Grassland - Wikipedia
WikipediaGrassland, plagioclimax passageQuote, Grassland, plagioclimax passage
Grassland vegetation is often a plagioclimax; it remains dominant in a particular area usually due to grazing, cutting, or natural or man-made fires, all discouraging colonization by and survival of tree and shrub seedlings.
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