Chaparral, a rare plant community found in Mediterranean climatic communities around the world, dominates much of California's coastal landscape, extending from north of the San Francisco Bay area to the south of San Diego. Chaparral occurs between 200 and 5,000 feet of elevation and is characterized by an impenetrable entanglement of semi-arid, evergreen woody shrubs. The vegetation community is shaped by summer drought and mild, wet winters; plants found here are thus specially adapted to withstand frequent drought and fire conditions.
Chaparral in California faces a number of threats, ranging from habitat fragmentation due to range modification and development, overgrazing by deer and rodents, decades of fire suppression, and invasion by non-native species. Despite these challenges, conservation of chaparral communities is important given that the loss of these communities has been shown to increase erosion and reduce water storage.
Chaparral in California faces a number of threats, ranging from habitat fragmentation due to range modification and development, overgrazing by deer and rodents, decades of fire suppression, and invasion by non-native species. Despite these challenges, conservation of chaparral communities is important given that the loss of these communities has been shown to increase erosion and reduce water storage.
Black Mustard
(Brassica nigra)
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Black Sage
(Salvia mellifera)
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Blue Dicks
(Dichelostemma capitatum)
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California Mugwort
(Artemisia douglasiana)
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California
Sagebrush
(Artemisia californica)
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California Scrub Oak
(Quercus berberidifolia)
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Chaparral Currant
(Ribes malvaceum) CAN BE RIBES INDECORUM If has white flowers!! Recheck
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Chaparral Honeysuckle
(Lonicera interrupta
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Chaparral Yucca
(Hesperoyucca whipplei)
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Coast Live Oak
(Quercus agrifolia)
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Common Stork’s Bill
(Erodium cicutarium)
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Coyote Bush
(Baccharis pilularis)
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Early Meadow-Rue
(Thalictrum dioicum)
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Flat-top buckwheat
(Eriogonum deflexum)
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Golden Yarrow
(Eriophyllum confertiflorum)
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Laurel Sumac
(Malosma laurina)
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Longleaf Pine
(Pinus palustris)
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Mexican Elder
(Sambucus mexicana)
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Milk Thistle
(Silybum marianum)
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Mountain Mahogany
(Cercocarpus montanus)
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Mule Fat
(Baccharis salicifolia)
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Narrowleaf Goldenbush
(Haplopappus linearifolius)
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Pacific Sanicle
(Sanicula crassicaulis)
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Poison Oak
(Toxicodendron diversilobum)
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Red Brome
(Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens)
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Sierra Gooseberry
(Ribes roezlii)
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Slender-flower thistle
(Carduus tenuiflorus)
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Sticky Monkeyflower
(Mimulus aurantiacus)
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Treasure Flower
(Gazania linearis)
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Toyon
(Heteromeles arbutifolia)
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White Sage
(Salvia apiana)
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