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= Chaparral Biome =

=A chaparral biomes are ecosystems made up of Mediterrean forests, woodlands, and shrubs. Most are found in the Mediterrean Basin, California, Central Chile, Southwest Australia, the Cape Province of South Africa, and Vancover Island in Canada.=

Climate

In the Winter the Chaparral climate (also known as the Mediterrean climate), is mild and moist, not rainy.In the summer it is hot and dry. The temp. ranges from 30 degrees fahrenhit to 100 degrees fahrenhit.This biome can get 10in-17in of rain a year, most comes from Winter. There is not much rain in the summer due to all the driness and heat. Only plants with hard roots and leaves can survive.

=__﻿plants__= Chaparral is spanish for shrub oak
 * The Blue Oak tree only native to California,
 * a Coyote Brush is a common Chaparral plant in California and Oregon it is part of the sun flower plant.
 * The Sage Brush can be found in a chaparral it is also found in dry plains of western United States they mainly grow in temperatures between 53degrees F to 65 degrees F
 * A saltmarsh birds beak grow and lives for one year than dies it's leaves can grow to be one inch long.
 * The olive tree is one of the oldest known trees in history.

. ﻿ ﻿ __ ﻿Animals __ Humans hurting the Chaparrals The Chaparral biomes where once covered green forests and many plants and animals, but soon the population grew and the land was used for other purposes. The forests were cut for animals to graze and for people to live. Soon all the grazing caused soil to lose all it's nutrients and now it is like a dessert. But there are still cool plants to be seen.
 * Black Tailed jack rabbit-A black tailed jack Rabbit is actually a hare, you can tell by is amazingly large ears.
 * Spotted Skunk- The Spotted Skunk lives in western California, Costa Rica, and British Colombia. It perfers desert wood and rocky land.
 * Puma- A Puma is a silver grey to reddish color, it is light color near the face area. Males weight up to 200lbs. When in danger they make a high screaming like noise
 * Grey Fox- the Grey Fox can be found from Ontario, Canada all the way to Venezula in South America. It loves brushie wooded areas.
 * Cactus Wren-the Cactus Wren lives Arid and semi Arid deserts of the South.

Created by: Donnie Costner, Cody Lovelace, and Bailey Slaughter Bibliography

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