Californian Chaparral near Valle Trinidad, Baja California; wet season. Photo: T.R. Van Devender
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Californian Chaparral, San Diego County, California; wet season.
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Californian Chaparral, San Jacinto Mountains, California; dry season.
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Californian Chaparral, Sespe Condor Refuge, California; dry season.
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Recent burn in Californian Chaparral, San Jacinto Mountains, California. Chaparral must burn periodically to maintain the health of the community.
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For a few years after a fire chaparral is dominated by annual plants, often colorful wildflowers. Near Colonet, Baja California
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Interior chaparral in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. This community has many fewer species than Californian Chaparral.
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Interior Chaparral, Yavapai County, Arizona. Photo: T.R. Van Devender
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This anomalous community in the Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona is probably Interior Chaparral. The dominant plant is jojoba. |
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