Savanna
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A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized 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.
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See also
- Cerrado
- Coastal plain
- Coastal prairie
- Field
- Flood-meadow
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Grassland
- Meadow
- Oak savanna
- Pampas
- Pasture
- Plain
- Prairie
- Rangeland
- Steppe
- Veld
- Water-meadow
- Wet meadow
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