Iconic Plants
This plant is iconic of the Mojave Desert.
What is the Joshua tree?
This hot desert ecosystem is know for two rainy seasons with a monsoon season during the middle of the summer.
Sonoran Desert
Precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, and wind are all examples of what driver?
Climate
This disturbance is most often only an issue when improperly managed and involves ungulates.
Grazing
This ecosystem is found on the eastern side of Wyoming and continues east and north to Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Southern Canada.
Northern Mixed Grass Prairie
This plant is iconic of the Sonoran Desert.
What is the Saguaro cactus?
What ecosystem is the most prevalent in Wyoming?
Sagebrush steppe
Your favorite chart that is brought up on the regular describe the changes of this driver as you move from arid to mesic environments.
Soils
What two disturbances are thought to be the reason why the tall grass prairie is dominated by grasses and not trees?
Drought and wildfire
This ecosystem is suggested to be the hottest and driest of the three hot dessert ecosystems we learned about. What is the desert's name and where is it located?
Mojave
California, Arizona, Nevada, Southern Utah, and Northern Mexico.
Bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) and rough fescue (Festuca campestris) are common/iconic plants of what ecosystem?
Palouse Prairie
What hot desert ecosystem is home to the greatest cacti flora?
Chihuahuan
The Rolling Stones wrote a song about this driver being on their side in 1964.
Time
We learned about this unique disturbance during the riparian and wetlands lecture.
Irrigation systems
This system is found east of the southern mixed and northern mixed grass prairie.
Tall Grass Prairie
This iconic plant is found in the sagebrush steppe and is named after the state of Wyoming.
Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
What percent of the original Palouse prairie is thought to remain intact?
1%
Topography, slope, aspect, and elevation are included for what driver?
Relief
These exotic pesky things can sometimes kill or severely injure native plants since they are not well adapted to their harmful ways.
Insects, diseases, and plants
This hot desert ecosystem is thought to once be home to grizzly bears and is thought to be the southern most range of grizzly bears at one time. Where is this system located and what is the name?
Chihuahuan Desert
Texas, New Mexico, and parts of northern and central Mexico.
This native perennial plant is a highly desired species in the California Annual Grassland System.
Purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra)
This ecosystem is know for its mild winters when it receives the majority of its annual precipitation.
Mediterranean climate of California
Wildfire, tornadoes, energy development, and human development are all examples of what driver?
Disturbance
The cycle for this disturbance is thought to have increased in many ecosystems due to human suppression efforts.
Wildfire
This system sits between the short grass prairie to the west, the tall grass prairie to the east and the northern mixed grass prairie to the north.
Southern Mixed Grass Prairie