Editing Chaparral (section)

=====Transmontane chaparral distribution=====
Transmontane (desert) chaparral typically grows on the lower ({{convert|3500|–|4500|ft|disp=or|m}} elevation) northern slopes of the southern Transverse Ranges (running east to west in [[San Bernardino County|San Bernardino]] and [[Los Angeles County|Los Angeles]] counties) and on the lower ({{convert|2500|–|3500|ft|abbr=on|disp=or|m}}) eastern slopes of the Peninsular Ranges (running south to north from lower [[Baja California]] to Riverside and [[Orange County, California|Orange]] counties and the Transverse Ranges).<ref>''A Natural History of California'', Allan A. Schoenherr, pp. 327, Figure 8.9, {{ISBN|978-0-520-06922-0}}</ref> It can also be found in higher-elevation [[sky island]]s in the interior of the deserts, such as in the upper [[New York Mountains]] within the [[Mojave National Preserve]] in the Mojave Desert.<ref name="Jordan_2022">{{cite journal |last=Jordan |first=Shane |date=April 2022 |title=Disjunct chaparral relicts in the New York Mountains of Mojave National Preserve: a preliminary survey |journal=2022 Desert Symposium at Copper Mountain College |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360227568 |access-date=2024-03-01}}</ref>

The California transmontane (desert) chaparral is found in the rain shadow deserts of the following:
* [[Sierra Nevada]] creating the [[Great Basin Desert]] and northern Mojave Desert
* [[Transverse Ranges]] creating the western through eastern [[Mojave Desert]]
* [[Peninsular Ranges]] creating the [[Colorado Desert]] and [[Yuha Desert]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="co.san-diego.ca.us"/>