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CHAPARRAL’S MAP

JAVALINA BUTTERFLY

The Javalina or collared peccary is a pig like mammal that live in deserts dry woodlands and chaparral in the South Western USA and Mexico.

The zebra swallowtail butterfly is a common butterfly with distinctive black and white markings.

TUATARA

The tuatara is an reptile that lives on islands off the coast of New Zealand.

Coyotes live in many kinds ecosystems, including Chaparral. They hunt small prey, like rabbits and burrow in dens to withstand heat as well as cold.

COYOTE

BLUE OAKCOMMON SAGEBRUSH

The sagebrush is a perennial shrub with straight , stiff stems. Sagebrush can grow to be 2 to 12 feet tall.

The blue oak is native to the state of California on the western coast of North America.

FRENCH BROOMFAIRY DUSTER

The Fairy Duster has pink orange puff balls that can be up to 2 inches in diameter.

French broom is found in the Pacific North and Northern Canada on the America continent.

GOATS ROADRUNNER

The goat is a hoofed mammal that lives in mountains regions of south western North America and Europe.

The roadrunner or ground cuckoo a bird that lives in thorny scrub, space grassland and desert of Mexico and the South Waster USA.

WATER CYCLE

PHOSPHORUS CYCLE

CABON CYCLE

The CHAPARRAL Biome’s climateThe CHAPARRAL Biome’s climate

is is hothot and and drydry and is found in southern and is found in southern California and is on the west side of Africa. California and is on the west side of Africa. The herbivores that live there eat The herbivores that live there eat grassgrass, , like the like the tuatara lizardtuatara lizard and and jackrabbitjackrabbit. The . The plants that are found in the chaparral have plants that are found in the chaparral have small waxy (hard) leaves to maintain their small waxy (hard) leaves to maintain their water, and are adapted to seasonal fires; water, and are adapted to seasonal fires; in other words, their seeds germinate only in other words, their seeds germinate only after a fire has opened them.after a fire has opened them.

Problems in the Chaparral BiomeProblems in the Chaparral Biome

The chaparral biome has many problems. The chaparral biome has many problems. Lumberjacks are cutting down trees and Lumberjacks are cutting down trees and destroying the vegetation. Humans kill animals destroying the vegetation. Humans kill animals in the chaparral, which disrupts the food chain. in the chaparral, which disrupts the food chain. The most devastating problem is wild fires. The most devastating problem is wild fires. These wildfires happen often to the land, or These wildfires happen often to the land, or are started by humans. In nature some plants are started by humans. In nature some plants need fire to survive in the chaparral, which need fire to survive in the chaparral, which helps them grow. helps them grow.