Chaparral
A popular misconception about Los Angeles is that it's a desert. It gets more rainfall than the desert. Its ecological designation is chaparral, characterized low shrubs or scrub brush, long dry summers, moist winters and susceptability to wildfires. Chaparral is fairly fire resistant, and in fact, old growth chaparral is very unlikely to burn. However, once it gets going, everything is incinerated. The word chaparral comes from the Spanish word chaparro, the name of a dwarf evergreen oak. Though Southern California is the most well known example of chaparral, others are chaparral are the Mediterranean, Chile, South Africa and parts of Australia.Now when celebrities add chaparral to their list of ridiculous names they give their children, you'll know what it means (even if they don't.)
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