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Chaparral

Image: California montane chaparral plant community, Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, Southern California. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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Wyoming Basin shrub steppe Last Updated on 2013-05-05 at 00:50 The Wyoming Basin shrub steppe is an expansive ecoregion of high, open, arid country. The ecoregion is nearly surrounded by mountain ecoregions. It is drained by three major... More »

Kangaroo Island Last Updated on 2013-03-12 at 18:35 Kangaroo Island is a large island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Australia. The island is under the national authority of Australia and within the state of South... More »

Evolution of flammability Last Updated on 2013-02-18 at 11:04 The evolution of flammability is an intricate time progression of ancient plant adaptation to the changing disturbance regimes of natural wildfires. Wildfires are a powerful... More »

Chilean matorral Last Updated on 2012-12-17 at 09:31 The Chilean matorral is an ecoregion in western central Chile that covers an area of approximately 57,300 square miles. This ecoregion is classified within the Mediterranean... More »

Leather Oak Last Updated on 2012-12-16 at 19:03 Quercus durata Jeps. (1909) The Leather Oak, a California endemic, occurs primarily in the California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion. It is a... More »

Zambezian and mopane woodlands Last Updated on 2012-12-13 at 14:23 Zambezian and mopane woodlands are dispersed throughout southern Africa, bounded by the Luangwa River in the north and the Pongola River in the south. Mopane tree... More »

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