semideserts

To the east, in Texas, the grasslands grade into savanna woodland or semideserts composed of xerophytic shrubs and trees, and the climate becomes semiarid-subtropical.

Tropical-Subtropical Steppe Division (Bailey) 2009

A variety of landscapes range from foothill semideserts to alpine meadows, combined with characteristic mountain forests.

Gissaro-Alai open woodlands 2008

In the central Transcaucasian Depression, swamp forests, steppes, and arid woodlands are replaced by semideserts and deserts along the Caspian Sea.

Biological diversity in the Caucasus 2008

Why do you look for temperature proxies in semideserts and swamps?

Dulan Junipers and the Silk Road « Climate Audit 2007

Both the Cuban and the Jamaican hutias occur in a variety of habitats from montane cloud forests to arid coastal semideserts.

15 Agouti 1991

With the exception of subtropical arid regions (deserts and semideserts), all tropical climates are characterized by:

3. The agricultural setting 1989

The adjoining area in Central Asia desert is comprised of steppes sagebrush-grass and semishrub semideserts of the North Tian Shan region as depicted in Pereladova’s map of Central Asian ecosystems.

Emin Valley steppe 2007