Editing Chaparral (section)

=====Transmontane chaparral plants=====
* ''[[Adenostoma fasciculatum]]'', [[chamise]] (a low shrub common to most chaparral with clusters of tiny needle like leaves or ''fascicles''; similar in appearance to coastal ''[[Eriogonum fasciculatum]]'')
* ''[[Agave deserti]]'', desert agave
* ''[[Arctostaphylos glauca]]'', bigberry manzanita (smooth red bark with large edible berries; glauca means blue-green, the color of its leaves)
* ''[[Ceanothus greggii]]'', desert ceanothus, California lilac (a [[Nitrogen fixation#Root nodule symbioses|nitrogen fixer]], has hair on both sides of leaves for heat dissipation)
* ''[[Cercocarpus ledifolius]]'', curl leaf mountain mahogany, a nitrogen fixer and important food source for [[desert bighorn sheep]]
* ''[[Dendromecon rigida]]'', bush poppy (a fire follower with four petaled yellow flowers)
* ''[[Ephedra (plant)|Ephedra]]'' spp., [[Mormon tea]]s
* ''[[Fremontodendron californicum]]'', California flannel bush (lobed leaves with fine coating of hair, covered with yellow blossoms in spring)
* ''[[Opuntia acanthocarpa]]'', buckhorn cholla (branches resemble antlers of a deer)
* ''[[Opuntia echinocarpa]]'', silver or golden cholla (depending on color of the spines)
* ''[[Opuntia phaeacantha]]'', desert prickly pear (fruit is important food source for animals)
* ''[[Purshia tridentata]]'', buckbrush, antelope bitterbrush ([[Rosaceae]] family)
* ''[[Prunus fremontii]]'', desert apricot
* ''[[Prunus fasciculata]]'', desert almond (commonly infested with tent caterpillars of ''[[Malacosoma]]'' spp.)
* ''[[Prunus ilicifolia]]'', holly-leaf cherry
* ''[[Quercus cornelius-mulleri]]'', desert scrub oak or Muller's oak
* ''[[Rhus ovata]]'', sugar bush
* ''[[Simmondsia chinensis]]'', jojoba
* ''[[Yucca schidigera]]'', Mojave yucca
* ''[[Hesperoyucca whipplei]]'' (syn. ''Yucca whipplei''), foothill yucca – our lord's candle