Abiotic factors: hot, dry summers; cool, moist winters; thin nutrient-poor soils; peridodic fires.
Dominant plants: woody evergreen shrubs with small, leathery leaves; fragrant, oily gerbs that grow during winter and die in summer.
Dominant wildlife: predators such as coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and mountain lions; herbivores such as blacktailed deer, rabbits, and squirrels; birds such as hawks, California Quails, warblers and other songbirds; reptiles such as lizards and snakes; butterflies.
Abiotic factors: hot, dry summers; cool, moist winters; thin nutrient-poor soils; peridodic fires.
Dominant plants: woody evergreen shrubs with small, leathery leaves; fragrant, oily gerbs that grow during winter and die in summer.
Dominant wildlife: predators such as coyotes, foxes, bobcats, and mountain lions; herbivores such as blacktailed deer, rabbits, and squirrels; birds such as hawks, California Quails, warblers and other songbirds; reptiles such as lizards and snakes; butterflies.