Climate & Climate Zone
The woodland and shrub-land is in a Mediterranean temperate climate zone, meaning that it does not get too hot or cold for a prolonged period. But that does mean that this biome experiences hot and dry weather in the summer and cold and moist weather in the winter. The temperature range is between 30 F to 100 Degrees F. In the summer, the weather can go way past 100 degrees F; it can go up into the 110. Chaparral can actually experience more heat than grasslands or deserts.
It gets an average of 10-17 inches of rain per year. Most of the rain occurs in the winter. Chaparral lies within a mid-latitude climate which means it lies in sync with western winds; which is why chaparral is mainly found on the west sides of continents. |
http://www.ri.net/schools/West_Warwick/manateeproject/chaparral/climate.htm
https://www.storehouse.co/stories/2027-temperate-woodland-and-scrubland
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_climate.htm
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http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chaparral_climate.htm
Abiotic Factors
Nutrient poor soil: The soil within a chaparral environment is very thin and rocky. It does not provide enough for plants to grow as well. That is because of the wildfires in the area. when there is a fire, it leaves bad nutrients in the soil. Wildfires and droughts: What is very interesting about chaparral is that wildfires actually maintain the landscape. In the hot and dry summers, the plants get very hot and extremely flammable which causes the fires. plant and other types of trees like, oaks, pines and mahoganies, and brush actually have adapted to wildfires and recover slowly from the fire. Now droughts on the other hand are very common because the summer dryness can take over and cause it not to rain. |
https://www.storehouse.co/stories/2027-temperate-woodland-and-scrubland