chaparral

     

right|thumb|280px|Chaparral, Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California

Trivia about chaparral

  • This type of "high" Southwestern brush, like the scrub oak, depends on fire to renew its growth
  • From Spanish, it's a dense growth of shrubs seen in the southwestern U.S.
  • San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth