Coastal sage scrub
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Coastal sage scrub, also called coastal scrub or soft chaparral, is a low scrubland plant community of the California coastal sage and chaparral subecoregion, found in coastal California and northwest
Coastal sage scrub in the Santa Monica Mountains. Note slope effect.
Coastal sage scrub on the Santa Rosa Plateau, with oak woodland in background.
Southern coastal scrub in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana) and southern coastal scrub, Santa Rosa Island.
Chaparral
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Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California, part of the California floristic province. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climat
Coastal sage scrub
…aromatic, and drought-deciduous shrubs adapted to the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the coastal lowlands. The community is sometimes called "soft chaparral" due to the predominance of soft, drought-deciduous leaves in contrast to the hard, waxy-cuticled leaves on sclerophyllous plants of California's…
Chaparral in the Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California
Old-growth chaparral more than a century old
Coastal sage scrub in San Diego County
An old-growth manzanita, a classic member of the chaparral plant community