The California Chaparral Field Institute

...the voice of the chaparral

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FACTS & MYTHS

Where to find chaparral

Old-growth chaparral

Plants & Animals

Chaparral geology

Tiny Things

BOOK EXCERPTS

Book Corrections

CHAPARRAL EDUCATION

Chaparral Kids!

Bibliography

FIRE & NATURE

Desert fires

Grass fires

Forest fires

FIRE & PEOPLE

Fire Politics

Protecting your home

The human habitat

Native Americans & fire

THREATS TO CHAPARRAL

California ugly

VERNAL POOLS

WILDNESS WITHIN

CONTACT & LINKS

SITE MAP

Slime mold
Unknown orange fungus, probably a slime mold, found after the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego County.

Tiny Things in the Chaparral

Surprisingly, one of the dominant life forms in the chaparral is fungi (not to mention all the other tiny things people don't usually see). Please come back soon to this page for further details!

 

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