chaparral
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After about a decade, the chaparral reaches nearly the same density as before the blaze, fire ecologists say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some ecologists argue an intermix of invasive grasses and chaparral creates the most dangerous fire potential.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Southern California’s native chaparral ecosystems are no stranger to fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
But the western blacklegged tick, known as the deer tick in most of the country, is common in the state’s chaparral, grasslands and woods, and can transmit Lyme disease, babesiosis and other pathogens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
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