CHAPARRAL


 * You and your partners' names: Robert and James **


 * Title of biome: Chaparral **


 * Introduction: The chaparral biome is filled with woodlands and has hot dry summers and mild rainy winters. Mainly all of the rainfall occurs in the winter and spring. This biome has a lot of shrubs and plants. **


 * Definition: a vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes **


 * Map of biome: **


 * Biotic Factors (animals, plants, algae, etc. living things): **


 * animals: cactus wren, grey fox, Island grey fox, san joachim kit fox, spotted skunk, wrentit. **


 * plants: blue oak, coyote brush, common sage brush, manzanita, mountain mahogany **


 * Abiotic Factors (rain, wind, temperature, location, soil quality, seasons): In the winter the Chaparral climate is mild and moist, but the summers are hot and dry. The Mediterranean Basin, California, Central Chile, Southwestern Australia, the Cap Province of South Africa, and The Southern Tip of Vancouver Island. **


 * Additional Info. (any famous landmarks, famous types of your biome ex- Sahara Desert, anything well-known in biome, how is biodiversity, etc. make it interesting!!) Some places within the Chaparral are the Canary Islands, Jordan in Syria, and many places around Southern Europe and The Middle East. **