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chaparral

[shap-uh-ral, chap-] / ˌʃæp əˈræl, ˌtʃæp- /






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Chaparral ecosystems, including the shrubby plants and oak trees that cover the Santa Monica Mountains, have historically experienced fire every 30 to 130 years — primarily due to lightning strikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

In the girls Division 1 100, Georgia-bound Keelan Wright of Chaparral repeated as champion with a time of 11.50.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025

As President Trump was signing executive orders on Monday, a minibus swept through the gates at the Chaparral border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana carrying a handful of deportees.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

In order to do even more of that, she, Heather Praun of Plant Material and designer Bianca D’Amico of Chaparral Studio launched a semi-annual craft show at Plant Material’s Altadena location.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Chaparral of goldcup oak, manzanita, and ceanothus abundant hereabouts, wanting about the Tuolumne meadows, although the elevation is but little higher there.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John




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