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Shrubland that needs fire like lungs need air, then nobody waters it.
means A dense tangle of drought-hardy shrubs and thorny brush, typically covering dry hillsides, that's built to burn and regrow.
from From Spanish 'chaparro,' meaning a dwarf evergreen oak or scrub oak, likely rooted in Basque 'txapar' ('little thicket' or 'shrub'). Spanish settlers used it to describe the thorny, tangled brushlands of the Americas, and the word rode straight into English with its thicket intact — along with 'chaps,' the leg armor cowboys wore to survive riding through it.
- fire dependency
- some seeds only germinate after burning
- leaf design
- small waxy leaves hoard water in drought
- location
- mediterranean climates like california and chile
- regrowth speed
- resprouts from roots within weeks of fire