Chaparral: Quick Facts

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Burgeoning borderland community of Chaparral outgrows ‘colonia’ status • Nov. 9, 2026, 1:13 AM ET (Sante Fe New Mexican)

Facts

Also Known As	chaco • matorral

Photos

Dense chaparral vegetation with green shrubs and dry grasses covers rolling hills along a hiking trail in the California mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

California scrub oak

Santa Monica Mountains

Dense chaparral shrubs cover rolling hills in the foreground, with patches of burned vegetation visible on distant hilltops along a trail in California.

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