WHERE TO FIND CHAPARRAL OLD-GROWTH CHAPARRAL PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE CHAPARRAL CHAPARRAL GEOLOGY FUNGI AND TINY THINGS

Where's the chaparral?   Chaparral Area in California by County (in acres)*   San Diego                    1,003,441 Los Angeles                    553,789 Riverside                         499,160 Santa Barbara                 440,645 San Luis Obispo              417,718 Monterey                        369,345 Ventura                           326,447 San Bernardino               276,010 San Benito                      246,623 Santa Clara                     188,427 Orange                            111,550 Marin                                37,566 San Mateo                         36,152 Santa Cruz                         32,328     *From Fried, J.S., C.L. Bosinger, and D. Beardsley. 2004. Chaparal in Southern and Central Coastal California in the Mid-1990's: Area, Ownership, Condition, and Change. USFS Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-240.     Distribution of chaparral in California (shown in blue). From Keeley, J.E. and F.W. Davis. 2006. Chaparral. In M.G. Barbour (ed), Terrestrial vegetation of California. University of California Press, Los Angeles. In press. Sample Locations of Various Chaparral Types Mixed chaparral above an oak woodland in Malibu Creek State Park Red shanks chaparral in foreground right, chamise chaparral in bloom background left. Above Noble Canyon, Pine Valley area, Cleveland National (Elfin) Forest. Ceanothus chaparral in bloom. San Mateo Wilderness in the Cleveland National (Elfin) Forest Mesic mixed chaparral in the Los Padres National (Elfin) Forest above Santa Barbara Maritime mixed chaparral in Torrey Pines State Park near Del Mar, California. The Torrey pine in the background is one of the few trees occasionally found in chaparral. Manzanita chaparral in the Cleveland National (Elfin) Forest near Horsethief Canyon on Japatul Road, San Diego County Montane chaparral in the Cleveland National (Elfin) Forest, on the Sunrise Highway (S1), San Diego County Chamise chaparral with isolated manzanita individuals (Arctostaphylos viscida) in Amador County, east of Sacramento. Redbud in fall colors in foreground. Arizona form of chaparral south of Payson off Highway 87. Several California chaparral plant species are also found here: Ceanothus greggii, Mexican manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens), and silk-tassel bush (Garrya flavescens). There is also a scrub oak species (Quercus turbinella).