The Chaparrla biome is known for being mild and moist, but not rainy, during the winter and hot and dry during to year. Their temperatures can range anywhere from 30-100 F, and they only get 10 to 17 inches of rain a year. Since most of their rain comes to them during the winter the animals and plants have adapted to the dryness of the summer. An example of such is that most plants here developed hard leaves that can hold the moisture, like the King Protea flower and the Mountain Mahogany. Plants like these help support animals like the Black-tailed Jackrabbit, the Island Grey Fox and also the endangered lynx.

    The human threat posed here is of course our own growth in population, you can only push someone so far away before they have no where else to go. Also over resent years ,and even as far back as the Native Americans, we continually burn the chaparral lands to drive out animals and make nutrients for our crops. The land can only take so much of this before it is completely useless.