chaparral

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Jan. 31 as we hike through Placerita Canyon Natural Area, an east-west canyon east of Santa Clarita with lush oak woodland, chaparral and a seasonal creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

Because of its size and severity, this high-intensity burn area will remain what is called montane chaparral for decades, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

According to the ATF special agent, a firebrand became lodged within dense chaparral and then smoldered and burned within the roots of the vegetation.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Below are thickets of green chaparral and densely packed homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Like cottontail rabbits and chaparral birds and a baby possum that sulked and lay like dead for the first several hours until he finally decided that Arliss wasn’t going to hurt him.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson