Chaparral

By Maggie H.

Mike B.

What is a Chaparral?

• A chaparral is a shrubby coastal area that has hot dry summers and mild, cool, rainy winters.

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Climate

• Average Annual Temperature = 10°C

• Temperature Range = 25°C

• Avgerage Annual Precipitation = 50.8-60.8 cm

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Limiting Factors

• Hot and dry• Fires and droughts

common• Animals have to

adapt to desert and grassland

• Flat planes, rocky hills, mountain slopes terrain

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Geographic Location

• The green areas are the Chaparral biomes

• West coast of the US• West coast of South

America • Cape Town on the

Southern tip of Africa• Western tip of Australia• Coastal areas of the

Mediterranean “Blue Planet”

Plants

• Blue Oak– Native to Southern

California

– Natural habitat is in the valley so it can adapt to the dry climate

• Fairy Duster– Blooms all year round

– Used by many animals in Chaparral for food

– Looks like a pea pod

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Animals

• Lynx– A nocturnal carnivore

– Eats small mammals

– Fast solitary hunter that allows him to be able to catch prey easily

• Hedgehog – Can live in deserts, forests,

and plains

– Nocturnal

– Poke around in the dirt for food such as different bugs and insects

“Wikipedia”

Third Level Carnivores – Lynx, wolf, fox

Second Level Consumers

- Hedgehog, ant eater, ants, other bugs

First level producers – Fairy Duster, Blue Oak, olive tree, other plants

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<http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral.htm>.

"Chapparal Animal Printouts." Chapparal Animal Printouts. <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/chaparral/chaparral.shtml>.

N., R. C., ed. "Biomes." RCN Biomes. 4 July 2008. 21 Oct. 2008 <http://www.users.ren.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/biology/pages/b/biomes.

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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/image:lynx-canadensis.jpg>.

"Hedgehog." June 2003. Wikipedia. 21 Oct. 2008 <http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/image:igel01.jpg>.