Biome comparison

The table below shows samples of conditions within Minnesota's biomes.

Biome	Average Annual Rainfall	Average Annual Temp.	Vegetation Examples	Animal Examples	Average Growing Season
Tall Aspen Parkland Biome	20"–22"	35°–44° F	Aspen Heart-Leaved Willow Wiregrass Sedge Small White Lady’s Slipper Little Bluestem	Sharp-Tailed Grouse Sandhill Crane American Bittern Canadian Toad American Elk	90–130 days
Coniferous Forest Biome	21"-32"	36°–41° F	Black Spruce Northern White Cedar Balsam Fir Red Pine Fly Honeysuckle	Wood Frog Boreal Chickadee Compton's Tortoise Shell Butterfly Gray Wolf Moose	90–100 days
Deciduous Forest Biome	23"-35"	39°–45° F	Northern Red Oak American Basswood Sugar Maple Prickly Gooseberry Rue Anemone	Eastern Hognose Snake Cerulean Warbler Eastern Pipistrelle Bat Gray Fox Opossum Eastern Sotted Skunk	100–130 days
Prairie Grassland Biome	18"-33"	37°–45° F	Big Bluestem Blazing Star Purple Prairie Clover Prairie Dropseed Leadplant	Great Plains Toad Greater Prairie Chicken Upland Sandpiper Pocket Gopher Badger	130–180 days

For a fun way to learn about Minnesota’s biomes, plants, and animals, check out the Junior Ranger Program at a state park near you.