AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A well known example of a chaparral biome is Los Angeles, where the Hollywood sign is. A lot of southern California is a chaparral. The chaparral biome can also be referred to as the Mediterranean biome .

Detailed explanation-2: -Chaparral is a coastal biome with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters. The chaparral area receives about 38–100 cm (15–39 in) of precipitation a year. This makes the chaparral most vulnerable to fire in the late summer and fall.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Scientists call it the Mediterranean climate type, but people call it by different names in the various regions it can be found. You may hear it called the Chaparral in southern California, the Matorral in Chile, the Fynbos in South Africa, the Mallee in Australia, and finally the Maqui in the Mediterranean Basin.