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          Chaparral
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The  is a major ecosystem and vegetation type composed of woody shrubs that form a dense thicket about 3 to 13 ft high.  The species that live in the  are adapted to very dry summers and mild rainy winters.  The plants grow in extensive, but discontinuous stands on hillsides and mountain slopes fro ....
          Middle of essay .... is very harsh.  Annual rainfall ranges from 12 to 24 inches,  with 85 percent falling between November and April.  Summers are dry and hot, reaching over 104 degrees farenheit.  The  is bordered by grasslands and coastal sage scrub along its lower and drier elevational borders and by mixed coniferous forest along its upper and moister elevational borders.  Many types of  are recognized by their dominant shrub species or geographic location.  There are the chamise , scrub oak , ceanothus , manza....           |   
          
          
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