Characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, its broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, bushes, and short trees form a dense thicket.
The fires that occur there during the late summer serves to clear away dense ground cover and to stimulate germination in certain shrub seeds. It is similar to the Mediterranean climate but only receives 20 to 30 inches of rain per year. Characterized by hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters, its broad-leaved evergreen shrubs, bushes, and short trees form a dense thicket. FTP, what is this scrubland biome found primarily in the Southwestern North America?
The fires that occur there during the late summer serves to clear away dense ground cover and to stimulate germination in certain shrub seeds.
Chaparral