What biome is in Chicago?

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What biome is in Chicago?

Answer 1

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biome is a climatically and geographically defined area of ecologically similar communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, often referred to as ecosystems. Biomes are defined based on factors such as plant structures (such as trees, shrubs, and grasses), leaf types (such as broadleaf and needleleaf), plant spacing (forest, woodland, savanna), and climate. Unlike ecozones, biomes are not defined by genetic, taxonomic, or historical similarities. Biomes are often identified with particular patterns of ecological succession and climax vegetation.

The biodiversity characteristic of each biome, especially the diversity of fauna and subdominant plant forms, is a function of abiotic factors and the biomass productivity of the dominant vegetation. Species diversity tends to be higher in terrestrial biomes with higher net primary productivity, moisture availability, and temperature.

Ecoregions are grouped into both biomes and ecozones.

A fundamental classification of biomes is into:

Terrestrial (land) biomes

Freshwater biomes

Marine biomes

Biomes are often given local names. For example, a Temperate grassland or shrubland biome is known commonly as steppe in central Asia, prairie in North America, and pampas in South America. Tropical grasslands are known as savanna in Australia as well as Southern Africa where in Afrikaans it is known as veldt. Sometimes an entire biome may be targeted for protection, especially under an individual nation's Biodiversity Action Plan.

Climate is a major factor determining the distribution of terrestrial biomes. Among the important climatic factors are:

latitude: Arctic, boreal, temperate, subtropical, tropical.

humidity: humid, semi-humid, semi-arid, and arid.

seasonal variation: Rainfall may be distributed evenly throughout the year or be marked by seasonal variations.

dry summer, wet winter: Most regions of the earth receive most of their rainfall during the summer months; Mediterranean climate regions receive their rainfall during the winter months.

elevation: Increasing elevation causes a distribution of habitat types similar to that of increasing latitude.

Biodiversity generally increases away from the poles towards the equator and increases with humidity. The most widely used systems of classifying biomes correspond to latitude (or temperature zoning) and humidity. More info needed on the estuary biome.

Answer 2

Temperate Deciduous Forest