chaparral

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Because of its size and severity, this high-intensity burn area will remain what is called montane chaparral for decades, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Yes, some of the green was invasive species, but some was made up of native grasses and shrubby chaparral plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Because chaparral does not pose a notably greater fire risk as it ages, letting the park burn would not accomplish any significant ecological or wildfire risk reduction goals, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Other chaparral plants do not rely on fire but instead simply tolerate it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Like cottontail rabbits and chaparral birds and a baby possum that sulked and lay like dead for the first several hours until he finally decided that Arliss wasn’t going to hurt him.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson