California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion

E71548

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biodiversity hotspot terrestrial ecoregion

The California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion is a Mediterranean-climate landscape characterized by dense, drought-resistant shrublands and mixed woodlands that support high biodiversity and frequent wildfire cycles across much of coastal and inland California.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
California chaparral and woodlands	15
California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion canonical	3
California interior chaparral and woodlands	3
California montane chaparral and woodlands	3
California coastal chaparral and woodlands	2
California Floristic Province	1
California coastal sage and chaparral	1
California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion	1
California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion	1
Sierra Nevada Mediterranean climate zone	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ⓘ biodiversity hotspot ⓘ terrestrial ecoregion ⓘ
biomeType	Mediterranean climate shrubland ⓘ
borders	California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion Mojave Desert ⓘ Sierra Nevada ecosystem ⓘ surface form: Sierra Nevada forests ecoregion Sonoran Desert ⓘ
climateType	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
conservationStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
contains	Channel Islands of California ⓘ Coastal Ranges ⓘ surface form: Coast Ranges Peninsular Ranges ⓘ Transverse Ranges ⓘ foothills of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
faunaIncludes	California gnatcatcher ⓘ California quail ⓘ coastal horned lizard ⓘ coyote ⓘ mountain lion ⓘ mule deer ⓘ
floraIncludes	Adenostoma fasciculatum ⓘ Arctostaphylos species ⓘ Ceanothus species ⓘ Quercus agrifolia ⓘ Quercus douglasii ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	cool wet winters ⓘ evergreen hard-leaved plants ⓘ fire-adapted vegetation ⓘ frequent wildfires ⓘ hot dry summers ⓘ sclerophyllous shrubs ⓘ summer drought ⓘ
hasEndemism	high plant endemism ⓘ high vertebrate endemism ⓘ
locatedIn	Baja California ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	California Floristic Province ⓘ Nearctic ecozone ⓘ surface form: Nearctic realm
recognizedBy	EPA Level III ecoregions of the United States ⓘ World Wildlife Fund ⓘ
threatenedBy	agricultural expansion ⓘ altered fire regimes ⓘ invasive plant species ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
vegetationType	chaparral shrubland ⓘ coastal sage scrub ⓘ grassland patches ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ pine-oak woodland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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Input

Subject: California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion
Description of subject: The California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion is a Mediterranean-climate landscape characterized by dense, drought-resistant shrublands and mixed woodlands that support high biodiversity and frequent wildfire cycles across much of coastal and inland California.

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vaca Mountains → hasVegetation → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

Mayacamas Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Diablo Range → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Gabilan Range → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Tehachapi Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California montane chaparral and woodlands

California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) → distribution → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

subject surface form: California buckwheat

this entity surface form: California Floristic Province

Topatopa Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Santa Ynez Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

San Bernardino Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California montane chaparral and woodlands

California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → borders → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion

California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → borders → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion

San Gabriel Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California montane chaparral and woodlands

Verdugo Mountains → ecosystem → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Rim Fire 2013 (affected area) → climateContext → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Nevada Mediterranean climate zone

Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park → biome → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Santa Ana Mountains → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Matt Davis Trail → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California coastal chaparral and woodlands

Cleveland National Forest (part) → locatedIn → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

Salinas River → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands

Pajaro River → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California coastal sage and chaparral

Pajaro River → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands

Mitchell Canyon Trail → ecosystem → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Sespe Creek → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Santa Clara River watershed → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Simi Hills → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Cuyama River → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Adenostoma fasciculatum → nativeTo → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

Coyote Creek → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Marin Peninsula → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California coastal chaparral and woodlands

Temblor Range → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California chaparral and woodlands

Temblor Range → ecoregion → California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion ⓘ

this entity surface form: California interior chaparral and woodlands