This is an example of a food chain that is found in the temperate grasslands.
The source of energy in this food web is the sun. The sun is what made the blue gamma grass grow and theres a little bit of the blue gamma grass in everything in the food web. If anything in this food web dies out it will affect the entire food web. These things grow and live off of each other. Without one of these, some of these animals wouldn't survive.
Invasive Species
A non-native invasive species to grasslands is the Japanese climbing fern. Native to Japan, the climbing fern came to the United States when it was imported around the 1930's. This plant's rapid growth can cause the occurance of mats which can smother smaller plants and shrubs. It's ability to rapidly reproduce is a result of easily-spread spores. The Japanese climbing fern affects trees and shrubs in the temperate grassland.
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