AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chaparral is North America’s equivalent of the Mediterranean woodland. Like the scrubby hills of Italy and Spain, it experiences a mild climate: warm all year round, with dry heat in the summers and moderately increased rainfall in the winter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sunlight hours of the Chaparral Similar to the desert, low moisture in this biome results in low cloud cover and many bright, hot days. There is less daylight in winter, and more cloud cover than in summer, but it is not very extreme, and the difference is more notable in chaparral habitats further north or south.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chaparral is largely found in regions of California and northern Mexico with a climate similar to that of the Mediterranean area, characterized by hot dry summers and mild wet winters.