Chaparral

Chaparral ·  The average temperature there is 10 ̊ C to 40 ̊ C   ·   It gets about 15-40 inches per year ** Great Basin Desert, Mexico ** ·   Scrubby ·  Small vegetation, bushes ·  Shrubs are very dense ** Things to Pack ** ·   You should pack these things if you are going to visit these areas: ·  Lots of water ·  Sunscreen ·  Loose cotton or lightweight cloth ·  Things to do if you are going to the chaparral: ·  You can build sand castles ·  You can go exploring for different species of animals ·  Can research the area ·  Make an informational film ** Animals ** There are several different animals in the chaparral, some of them are aardvarks, ants, California Quail, coyote, and peccary. Here are a few: ** Aardvarks: ** ·   5-6 feet long, ·  with a 2 feet long tail, ·  weigh about 140 pounds, ·  long, narrow snout, long tong and very sticky saliva, which they use to get ants and termites, which are they’re diet, ·  Sleek brown coat, very long ears, short legs with 2nd and 3rd webbed toes ·  Strong, sharp hoof like claws ·  10 cheek teeth with bristles surrounding they’re mouth ·  Teeth are made up of cement, not enamel like ours are ·  Good sense of smelling and hearing ** California Quail ** ** male ** ·   8 inches long ·  Small, chunky, short tailed, round winged ground dwelling bird ·  An adult male has black, Black, forward-tilting, teardrop-shaped crest ·  Pale buff forehead ·  Dark brown cap ·  Black face ·  White border to face ·  Blackish nape stippled with white spotting ·  Dark blue-gray chest ·  Brown back and upperwings ·  Buff belly with darker scaly markings and chestnut center  ·  Brown flanks with white streaks   **Female ** ·   Short, curved, dark brown, teardrop-shaped crest ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gray or brown head, chest, back, and upperwings ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Chestnut flanks with white streaks ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pale belly with darker scaly markings ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The diet of the California quail is seeds, leaves and insects ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The nest is a simple scrape in the ground, lined with grass and leaves ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Eggs are creamed colored with brown marking ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Lays about 6-17 eggs at a time <span style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Broadway; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Coyote **    Fast running carnivore ·  Relative of the wolves ·  3-12 pups each spring ·  Guard their home territory fiercely ·  Small family groups ·  Live in forests, mountains, chaparrals and deserts ·  Brown, gray, cream and/or black to coat to camouflage themselves while hunting ·  Adults weigh from 20-50 pounds ·  Very good eyesight, accurate hearing, and very keen sense of smell ·  Eat rodents, carrion, fish, snakes, lizards, grains and fruit ·  Swallow food in large chunks, barely chewing Invasive Species ·  The Ice Plant ·  Native to south Africa ·  Brought over here for a bank stabilizing plant and became a popular plant ·  Excludes native dunemat vegetation ·  Displaces 3 plant: beach layia, primrose and pink sand verbena ·  Stabilizes sand and prevents movement ·  Capability of growing over entire beaches Plants Other plants that can grow in the chaparral: Yucca ·  Evergreen broad leaf foliage ·  Height is 2-3 feet ·  Spread is 2-3 feet ·  Shape is upright ·  Low durable shrub, forms a mound of stiff, sword-shaped leaves <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  Large cluster of white flowers bloom from a 4 ft stalk in summer Heather ·  Real name is Calluna Vulgaris ·  Perennial shrub ·  20-50 centimeters ·  Found on acidic soil in open sunny areas ·  Very popular as an ornamental plant in gardens ·  Flowers from white through pink ·  Wide ranges of purple ·  Including reds ·  Reddish or golden leaf color ·  Planted from July to November ·  Flowers turn brown but remain on plants over winter Saguaro ·  Habitat is desert slopes and flats ·  Especially rocky bajadas ·  Flowers are a creamy white ·  3-in wide flowers with yellow centers ·  The flowers bloom through May and June ·  Cluster near ends of branches ·  Blossoms open during cooler desert nights and close again by next midday ·  Tall, thick fluted, columnar stem ·  18-24 inches in diameter ·  2-inch spines

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