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biome

CATEGORY: flora; fauna
DEFINITION: A complex (biotic) community of plants and animals established over a large geographic area and characterized by the distinctive lifeforms of certain species which live in harmony together and have a certain unity. The biome is a plant-plus-animal formation that is composed of a plant matrix together with all the associated animals. The term specifically applies to such a community in a prehistoric period. Examples are the oak/deer biome or the spruce/moose biome of North America.

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habitat

CATEGORY: term
DEFINITION: The physical environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows. An area in the biome where different communities and populations flourish, each with specific locales.

páramos

SYNONYM: páramo
CATEGORY: geography
DEFINITION: A biome of wet grasslands or forests at high elevations with alpine-type vegetation characterized by tussock grasses and cushion plants.