Transcript Biome Chaparralm

Chaparral Biome
Anthony Washington
Ricardo Carrillo
Description
• Characterized as being hot and dry.
• There are many types of terrains which
include grasslands, plains, rocky areas,
bushy areas, semi-desert, savanna, and
hills.
• You can occasionally find a small
mountain or two.
Location
• The chaparral biome is found in most of
the continents.
• The west coast of the United States, the
west coast of South America, Cape Town
area of South America, the western tip of
Australia, and the coastal areas of the
Mediterranean.
Plants
• Some of the plants include the Blue Oak,
the Coyote Brush, the Common
Sagebrush, the Fairy Duster, the French
Broom, King Protea, Lebanon Cedar,
Manzanita, Mountain Mahogany, the
Saltmarsh Bird’s Beak, the Olive Tree, and
the Torrey Pine.
Animals
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The Aardwolf and the Spotted Skunk are
carnivores.
The Black-tailed Jackrabbit and the Wild
Goats are herbivores.
The Cactus Wren, the Golden Jackal, the
Grey Fox, the Isand Grey Fox, the Puma,
and the San Joachin Kit Fox are
omnivores.
Plant and Animals Adaptations
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Only a small variety of plants can survive
in this biome.
Plants have hard, think needle-like leaves
to reduce water loss.
Others have hair on their leaves to collect
water from the air.
Some plants promote fires with their
flammable oils.
Some other plants fight fire by remaining
below the ground and only sprouting after
a fire.
Plant and Animal Adaptation
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The Chaparral biome are home to many burrowing
animals. Many of these animals are nocturnal.
They burrow underground to escape the intense heat
in the day and come out at night to eat.
This makes them conserve water, energy, and keeps
them safe from fires.
Other animals secrete a semi-solid urine in order to
reduce water loss.
Temperature Ranges
Made to being very
hot and dry.
Winters are mild and
usually about 10
degrees Celsius.
Summers are so hot
and dry at 40
degrees Celsius that
fires and droughts
are very common.
Precipitation
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Gets probably between 10 – 17 inches of
rain all year, but most of it comes in
through the winter.
Humans Affecting the
Biome
 Small habitat blocks face many threats with
invasion of alien species as one of them.
 Predation introduced by animals and people,
and frequent fires from human communities is
carried out through grazing, burning, and
herbicide.
 Grazing domestic livestock can have a serious
impact on the coastal sage scrub communities.
Bibliography
• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral
_plant_page.htm
• http://www2.kpr.edu.on.ca/cdciw/biomes/c
haparral.htm
• http://biology.about.com/od/landbiomes/a/
aa060906a.htm
• http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profil
es/terrestrial/na/na1201_full.html#threats