CHAPARRAL


 * You and your partners' names: LaVar James and Kyle Onderdonk **


 * Title of biome: Chaparral **


 * Introduction: Characterized by hot-dry summers and mild and rainy winters. **


 * Definition: Vegetation consisting chiefly of tangled shrubs and thorny bushes. **


 * Map of biome: **


 * Biotic Factors (animals, plants, algae, etc. living things): Plants= shrublands, scrublands, corn oak. **
 * Animals= In California there are large cat species as well as coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, hawks, and eagles **


 * Abiotic Factors (rain, wind, temperature, location, soil quality, seasons): Varies greatly, during the summer it is very dry **** and **** y desert-like and temperatures can reach up to 100 degrees and during the winter temperatures can drop below freezing. Most precipitation happens during the fall and early spring. Precipitation slows after February and completely stops in May **


 * Additional Info. (any famous landmarks, famous types of your biome ex- Sahara Desert, anything well-known in biome, how is biodiversity, etc. make it interesting!!) Southern tip of South Africa Cape of Good Hope, Can also be found in mountain of central Arizona. **


 * SOURCES USED: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/text/biomes/biomes.chaparral.plants.html **
 * www.thewildclassrom.com/biomes/chaparral.html **