Editing Chaparral (section)

====California cismontane chaparral====
'''''Cismontane chaparral''''' ("this side of the mountain") refers to the [[California chaparral and woodlands|chaparral ecosystem]] in the [[Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub]] [[biome]] in California, growing on the western (and coastal) sides of large mountain range systems, such as the western slopes of the [[Sierra Nevada]] in the [[San Joaquin Valley]] foothills, western slopes of the [[Peninsular Ranges]] and [[California Coast Ranges]], and south-southwest slopes of the [[Transverse Ranges]] in the Central Coast and Southern California regions.

=====Cismontane chaparral plant species=====
{{For|more flora species|:Category: Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands}}

In Central and Southern California chaparral forms a dominant habitat. Members of the chaparral biota native to California, all of which tend to regrow quickly after fires, include:

[[File:11 Legacy A refugioensis.jpg|thumb|An old-growth manzanita, a classic member of the chaparral plant community]]
* ''[[Adenostoma fasciculatum]]'', chamise
* ''[[Adenostoma sparsifolium]]'', redshanks
* ''[[Arctostaphylos]]'' spp., manzanita
* ''[[Ceanothus]]'' spp., ceanothus
* ''[[Cercocarpus]]'' spp., mountain mahogany
* ''[[Cneoridium dumosum]]'', bush rue
* ''[[Eriogonum fasciculatum]]'', California buckwheat
* ''[[Garrya]]'' spp., silk-tassel bush
* ''[[Hesperoyucca whipplei]]'', yucca
* ''[[Heteromeles arbutifolia]]'', toyon
* ''[[Acmispon glaber]]'', deerweed
* ''[[Malosma laurina]]'', laurel sumac
* ''[[Marah macrocarpus]]'', wild cucumber
* ''[[Mimulus aurantiacus]]'', bush monkeyflower
* ''[[Pickeringia montana]]'', chaparral pea
* ''[[Prunus ilicifolia]]'', islay or hollyleaf cherry
* ''[[Quercus berberidifolia]]'', scrub oak
* ''[[Quercus dumosa|Q. dumosa]]'', scrub oak
* ''[[Quercus wislizenii|Q. wislizenii]]'' var. ''frutescens''
* ''[[Rhamnus californica]]'', California coffeeberry
* ''[[Rhus integrifolia]]'', lemonade berry
* ''[[Rhus ovata]]'', sugar bush
* ''[[Salvia apiana]]'', Californian white sage
* ''[[Salvia mellifera]]'', Californian black sage
* ''[[Xylococcus bicolor]]'', mission manzanita

=====Cismontane chaparral bird species=====
{{For|more bird species|:Category: Fauna of the California chaparral and woodlands}}

The complex ecology of chaparral habitats supports a very large number of animal species. The following is a short list of birds which are an integral part of the cismontane chaparral ecosystems.

[[File:Wrentit with Crest b.jpg|thumb|Wrentit, the most characteristic bird of the chaparral]]

:Characteristic chaparral bird species include:
* Wrentit (''[[Chamaea fasciata]]'')
* California thrasher (''[[Toxostoma redivivum]]'')
* California towhee (''[[Melozone crissalis]]'')
* Spotted towhee (''[[Pipilo maculatus]]'')
* California scrub jay (''[[Aphelocoma californica]]'')

:Other common chaparral bird species include:
* Anna's hummingbird (''[[Calypte anna]]'')
* Bewick's wren (''[[Thryomanes bewickii]]'')
* Bushtit (''[[Psaltriparus minimus]]'')
* Costa's hummingbird (''[[Calypte costae]]'')
* Greater roadrunner (''[[Geococcyx californianus]]'')