For instance, although California’s chaparral vegetation is at risk from too-frequent fire and warmer post-fire weather, another Northern Californian study we conducted found chaparral plant ...

Santa Barbara’s chaparral is also home to many endangered species. At least 50 of the 109 endangered plant species in Santa Barbara County occur in chaparral, including some found only in the ...

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.

The hills above Los Angeles are covered with dense, dark green brush, a unique plant community known as chaparral. In the wake of the extreme wildfires that destroyed more than 12,000 homes and ...

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.

Fire experts say trimming the vegetation directly around a home goes a long way in reducing fire danger, but clearing vast areas of Los Angeles' chaparral brush could actually make the problem worse.