LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

WOODLAND AND SHRUBS

RAIN FALL AND TEMPERATURE

ABIOTIC FACTORS

• Hot dry summers
• Cool moist winters
• Periodic fires
• Thin/nutrient-poor soils

CALIFORINA SUNFLOWER

• Can't live in weather less than 20 degree
• Adapted to the long summer droughts
• Adapted to occasional fires

CALIFORNIA SAGEBRUSH

• Adapted to long summer droughts
• Dry out in summer through fall so it can 'dormant'

LEMONADEBERRY

• Adapts to dry summers
• Fairly tolerant to cold weather
• Monthly watering improves fire resistances

BALD EAGLE

• Eats a variety of fish which will help them to not over populate largely
• Eats other a variety of other animals
• Cleans up and eats the remains of other animals

FOOD CHAIN

FOOD CHAIN

HUMAN IMPACT

• Buildings kill away habitats
• Cars and building give off toxins
• Toxins going into the waters and killing the animals/plants.
• Usage of shrubland for growing gain and commercial crops

Work cited
www.blueplanetbiomes.org/calif_chaparral.htm

www.biologicaldiversity.org