What is the Chaparral Biome?
Warm, mild winters, hot, dry years and a little rain are characterized by biome Chaparral. Shybland, or Chaparral, does not cover most of the planet's surface, but this coastal biom is formed when colder seawater meets a mainland with high average temperatures. Chaparral lies 30-40 degrees above and below the equator, behind the tropics. In the north there are "Chaparral" Coast California and Baja and "Maquis" around the Mediterranean. In the south we find "Matorral" in Chile, "Fynbos" South South Africa and the westernmost coast "Mallee". The landscape may vary from undulating valleys and plains along the rolling hill and rocky mountains. The nice season, which lasts most of the spring, summer and autumn, has a small rain. Temperatures reach up to 100 ° C (38 ° C) and an average of 64 ° F (17 ° C), which brings fires in the driest months. During the winter, the temperature of the average Balmy 50 ° F (10 ° C) and brings 15-25 "(38-64 cm) rain, allowing you to flourish vegetation other than cactus. Chaparral plants, used to dry, use this precipitation to grow much faster more fasterthan the desert pepper.
Some plants in the Chaparral Biome are situated on neighboring deserts, but most vegetation are shrubs, dwarf trees and grass that are not found in a desert biome. These plants have evolved smaller, stronger leaves with wax surface that maintains moisture. Some species are Yucca, Myrtle, Oak, Heather, Dwarf Eucalyptus, Sagebrush and Manzanita. To access rare water, they either have a deep taproot, to achieve low water or a wide shallow root system for gathering surface humidity.
Animals found in Chaparral Biome include jackrabbits, foxes, toads, coyote, asparagus, gophers, woodpeckers, aardvarks, Kangaro rats, Wallabies and many other uncertaints and birds. During the hottest months they can squeeze, extract water from certain plants or migrate to withstand heat and dry. There are many more variations in these animalsThey than in the desert, but share methods of protection against frequent fires.