Adaptation
To survive in the hot and dry environment, plants:
-only with hard leaves can survive, ex) scrub oaks, chamiso shrubs, pines, cork and olive trees -produce hairy leaves so they can collect the moisture out of the air ex) Chaparral Germplasm -have adapted even to the fires ex) their seeds will only sprout until there is a fire To survive in the hot and dry environment, animals: -are mainly grassland and desert types ex) Meerkat -are usually small ex) chipmunk -do not require much water -(some) change their diet to include the scrubby brush lands |