Download CHAPARRAL BIOME

CHAPARRAL
BIOME
Jillian Schuyler
and
Carly Cassera
BIOME DESCRIPTION
Commonly located in western regions the
terrain commonly appears as flat plains, rocky
hills and mountain slopes. The biodiversity
mainly pertain to animals who have adapted to
the hot surrounds and retain water due to the
lack thereof in the environment.
FIVE ABIOTIC CHARACTERISTICS
● Natural Fires and Droughts
● Dry and Hot (Commonly rains in Winter at 50F, while
summer remains to average 100F)
● Rocky terrian
● flat landscapes with sparse vegetation grown in grainy
soil
● Soil is usually loose and rough, easily rubbed and if
done dry and hot grains will rub off the slightly compact
soil.
MAIN LOCATIONS OF CHAPARRAL
BIOMES
● West Coast of the United States of America
● West Coast of South America
● Cape Town, South Africa
CHAPARRAL BIOMES ACROSS THE
WORLD
Climograph
of Western
Coast of
United States
of America
Climograph of Western Coast of South
America
Climograph
of Cape
Town, South
Africa.
NATIONAL PARKS/ MONUMENTS
● Los Padres National Forest
● Channel Islands National Park ( Five North
Channel Islands)
Slogan
Save the place that hugs the coast and heals
the ecosystem!
Jingle
Chaparral, scrub forest, its hot and dry
and houses many animals that learn to fly
save it quick
save it fast
we don’t know how long this burnin biome will
last
Species of the Chaparral
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coyote
mountain lion
lynx
fox
northern red diamond rattle snake
jack rabbits
mule deer
brown headed cowbird
red winged black-bird
alligator lizards
cactus mouse
honey bees
toyon
chamise
cacti
Adaptations
Food Chains
Food Web
Commensalismrelationship in biology between two organisms,
in which one of the organisms benefits and the
other is neither benefitted nor harmed in any
way
Example: red-winged blackbird and torrey pine
or cattle egret and cattle or cactus wrens and
bushes
Parasitismnon-mutualistic relationship between species
where one benefits at the expense of the other,
the host
Example: brown-headed cowbird vs red-winged
blackbird (brown-headed cowbird is a brood
parasite; meaning it lays its own eggs in nests
of other species) [nestwatch.org]
Competitionwhere two species are competing for the same
resource; usually results in one species being
left out
Example: Scrub oak, Toyon, and Chamise all
compete with each other for light, nutrients, and
water
Mutualismrelationship in biology between two living things
who are mutually beneficial to each other
Example: honey bees and flowers
ENDANGERED/ THREATENED
SPECIES
● Costas Hummingbird
● Coast Horned Lizard
● Rosy Boa
● Heermann Kangaroo Rat
● Santa Cruz Kangaroo
Rat
● White Eared Pocket
Mouse
● California Gnatcatcher
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
● In California housing complexes have surrounded the
Chaparral Biomes (Santa Barbara)
● Exotic plants and animals
● Over Grazing by Cattle
● Disruption of Natural Fire Regime (Puts out Natural
Fires)
● Due to the Dry Climate it is also common for people to
start fires intentionally to easy clear land for housing
needs
Possible solutions???
It has been already made apparent that
humans are not to interject with starting fires in
the dry areas, but I think we should aslo allow
the fires that naturally take course. This allows
the ecosystem to act as it has been for years
before man interrupted the ecosystems cycle.
Limited housing would be a huge factor in
healing the broken landscape aswell.