 Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, East Africa Image by ProfessorX, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
SavannaSavanna Savanna Mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem "Savannah" redirects here. For the city in the U.S. state of Georgia, see Savannah, Georgia. For other uses, see Savannah (disambiguation). A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of grasses.[1][2][3] Four savanna forms exist; savanna woodland where trees and shrubs form a light canopy, tree savanna with scattered trees and shrubs, shrub savanna with distributed shrubs, and grass savanna where trees and shrubs are mostly nonexistent.[4] A tree savanna at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania… (Source: Wikipedia)
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