AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Common plants of the chaparral ecosystem include toyon, sugarbush, yucca, coffeeberry, California buckwheat, scrub oak, mountain mahogany, and chamise. Higher elevation chaparral is dominated by manzanita. Historically, fire swept through chaparral areas approximately every 20 to 30 years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chaparral is a type of woodland characterized by a combination of dry soil, warm weather, and short, hardy shrubs. The chaparral biome is dominated by short woody plants, rather than grasses (as in the grassland biome) or tall trees (as in forest biomes). The chaparral is unique to the Pacific coast of North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -chaparral, scrubland plant communities composed of broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, bushes, and small trees usually less than 2.5 metres (about 8 feet) tall-the characteristic vegetation of coastal and inland mountain areas of southwestern North America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some examples of plants in the chaparral are toyon, chamise, poison oak, scrub oak, Yucca and other shrubs, trees and cacti. The maquis contains plants such as myrtle, hawthorn, and broom. The Australian mallee is more open than these other types of chaparral and consists mainly of dwarf eucalyptus trees.