Grasslands are usually referred to as either tropical or temperate. Tropical grasslands can be found in Africa, Australia, South America, and India where grass is the dominate vegetation, with trees scattered throughout. Temperate grasslands also have grass as the dominate vegetation but there are no trees or shrubs.

 Temperate Grasslands
 Tropical Grasslands
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