chaparral

• “On steep hill and mountain slopes too dry to support oak woodland or oak forest, much of the vegetation is scrub or "dwarf forest" know as chaparral, which varies in composition with elevation and exposure.”

  California Coastal Chaparral Forest and Shrub Province (Bailey)

• “Well the area of Greece, particularly Crete, is a typical location where you have what is called a chaparral environment or biome.”

  Olives and People, Past and Present

• “The Mediterranean California region is characterized by a mostly evergreen shrub vegetation called chaparral, plus patches of oak woodland, grassland, and some coniferous forest on upper mountain slopes.”

  Mediterranean California ecoregion (CEC)

• “She is a lovely woman, and her chaparral is a delight; even if it was slightly surreal smelling this distillation of California with it's herbal woodiness and hint of wildfires with the smell of actual wildfires so prominent in the air.”

  Fiddling while Rome burns

• “Those who build and buy homes amidst chaparral, which is found on the south slope of the mountain adjacent to the city of San Bernardino, are asking for trouble.”

  The California Wildfires, and Right-Wing Smoke

• “The Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub biome (also called chaparral) has a very specific spatial distribution.”

  Terrestrial biome

• “In many cases a plant called chaparral or it's scrub oaks or it's the low grasses that grow with it.”

  CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2007

• “There were also thick, gray thornbushes called chaparral, interlaced amid the equally thorny mesquite.”

  Simon & Schuster: Streets of Laredo

• “One of the most charming features of the chaparral is the mountain ash, especially when the berries are ripe and red.”

  The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

• “Another feature of the chaparral is the scrub oak.”

  The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

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