Heath
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A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths wit
Flowering heath on Amrum, Germany
Lüneburg Heath, an anthropogenic heath in Lower Saxony, northern Germany
Fynbos heathland, South Africa
Heathland at Woodbury Common, Devon (England), featuring purple flowers of Calluna vulgaris and yellow flowers of Ulex gallii
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
Heath
…heathlands. Even more diverse though less widespread heath communities occur in Southern Africa. Extensive heath communities can also be found in the Texas chaparral, New Caledonia, central Chile, and along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to these extensive heath areas, the vegetation type is also…
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