What are the main biomes of Wisconsin?

Answer 1

According to several botanists and plant community ecologists, there are officially three biomes in Wisconsin: the prairie, the taiga or boreal forest, and the deciduous forest. Other ecologists would mention additional biomes, that is, areas with geographic and climatic boundaries that are defined by their unique vegetation and contain animals with distinct adaptations suited for these environments. These additonal biomes might include the oak savanna, pine barrens, and northern coniferous forests. Within the larger geographic areas called biomes, there exist smaller regions called 'natural communities." Whether labeled a biome, or a natural community, these regions generally don't possess sharp boundaries, but gradually transition into one another, as soil type, latitude, fire frequency, climate or precipitation ratios change.