Sentences with phrase «coastal scrub vegetation»

Its vast grasslands, coastal scrub vegetation, oak woodlands, and rich coastline sustained the Chumash for millennia and they maintained a number of villages and seasonal settlements on the island.

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Their research showed that 98 percent of Bryant's woodrats occupied a boulder - strewn hillside made up of coastal / Sierra vegetation, while 93 percent of the desert woodrats occupied the adjacent valley floor consisting of Mojave desert scrub and a sandy substrate.

The predominant types of vegetation are coastal sage scrub, island chaparral, and grassland (Knapp 2005).

Smaller but no less significant vegetation communities include coastal dune, baccharis scrub, caliche scrub, and wetlands.

The native island vegetation is mostly coastal scrub, but these habitats have been heavily modified by the effects of introduced grazing animals and other human impacts.

Currently, the most extensive vegetation communities on the islands are grassland and coastal sage scrub with significant areas of chaparral on Santa Cruz Island, and to a lesser degree, on Santa Rosa Island.

The first phase of the Hawk Hill / Battery Construction 129 Restoration and Trail Improvement Project was recently completed with the restoration of approximately six acres of coastal scrub and prairie vegetation, to create improved habitat for declining bird populations and the endangered Mission blue butterfly, and the preservation of the historic resources at Battery Construction 129.