Did You Know?
- Long hot summers encourage the growth
of a special kind of vegetation here.
- Yearly rainfall is usually moderate.
- Under natural conditions, the chaparral
tends to be burnt every 30-40 years.
- This area is rich in wildflowers and
birds.
- Insect-eating birds are especially
abundant in the summer.
- A characteristic tree of these lands
in the cork-oak, which is also planted for its valuable bark.
- A beautiful bird found here is the
azure-winged magpie.
Where is the Chaparral biome?
Chaparral is found in the dense shrubland
on dry slopes and ridges from southern Oregon to Baja California.
Elsewhere in the world, similar vegetation occurs around the Mediterranean
Sea, on the souther coast of Australia, at the souther tip of Afirca
and in central Chile.
What organisms (plant or animal) are
typically found in the chaparral biome?
- Scrub oak and buckthorns are typically
found here.
- Trees include small oaks and pines.
- Brush rabbit, mule deer, kangaroo rats
and deer mice are common animals.
- Lizards and snakes are common in chaparral
and include the southern alligator lizard and the striped racer.
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