Chaparral
Chaparral
is a habitat unique to California, a collection of plants that do well in
nutrient-poor soil with wet winters and dry summers. These plants have adapted to summer droughts
and regenerate quickly after wildfire.
Sagebrush, Monkeyflower, Manzanita and Ceanothus are core chaparral plants. Photo by William Follette.
This
habitat was named by the Spanish, based on their word chaparro,
which means short. This is a good
description, because there are no big trees.
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