The chaparral biome is found in a little bit of most of the continents - the west coast of the United States, the west coast of South America, the Cape Town area of South Africa, the western tip of Australia and the coastal areas of the Mediterranean. Not in the NYBG. See the helpful links below.

Helpful links:

http://www.californiachaparral.com/

http://w3.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/shrub.htm

http://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1516.pdf

http://arizonaexperience.org/land/az-habitats

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/publications/rb240/parta.pdf

http://w3.marietta.edu/~biol/biomes/shrub.htm

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/chaparral.html

Hope this helps.

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