# Introduction
Chaparral is a shrubland biome characterized by its evergreen plant-life with hardened leaves. Deluge and Shiver tend to be rather mild, while Scorch is rather severe.
# Fauna
## Tiny Fauna
- Common Shrew
- Ground Squirrel
- Whitefoot (Mouse)
- Gopher
- Woodrat
- Kangaroo Rat
- Deermouse
- Vole
- Coruro
- Rock Rat
- Toad
- Tortoise
- Sierra Newt
- Bluebelly (Lizard)
- Beaded Lizard
- Shingleback (Lizard)
- Spiny Lizard
- Horned Lizard
- Whiptail (Lizard)
- Banded Gecko
- Ringneck (Snake)
- Night Snake
- Blackhead Snake
- Garter Snake
- Towhee
- Common Wren
- Yellow Warbler
- Sandpiper
- Woodpecker
- Canyon Wren
- Bushtit
- Goldfinch
- Poorwill (Bird)
- Fox Sparrow
- Dove
- Golden-Crowned Sparrow
- Lark Sparrow
- Mockingbird
- Oriole
- Lapwing
- Kingbird
- Sheartail
- Leafnose (Bat)
- Hoary Bat
- Spotted Bat
- Vesper Bat
- Smoky Bat
- Noctua (Little Owl)
- Horned Owl
- Cat Owl
- Spotted Owl
- Aldbine Owl (Elf Owl)
- Hummingbird
- Kestrel
- Quail
- Heron
## Small Fauna
- [[Chupacabra]]
- [[Fox, Red|Red Fox]]
- [[Lynx]]
- [[Salamander, Common|Salamander]]
- Badger
- Porcupine
- Hedgehog
- Skunk
- Opossum
- Ringtail
- Kit Fox
- Gray Fox
- Culpeo
- Jackrabbit
- Cottontail
- Black Jackrabbit
- Brush Rabbit
- Scrub Hare
- Bunyoro
- Jackelope
- Rubber Boa
- Desert Boa
- Red Cobra
- Common Rattlesnake
- Black Rattlesnake
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Racer (Snake)
- Glossy Snake
- Gophersnake
- Mastiff Bat
- Buzzard
- Striker (Hawk)
- Raven
- Magpie
## Medium Fauna
- [[Bear, Black|Black Bear]]
- [[Puma]]
- [[Wolf, Gray|Gray Wolf]]
- [[Coyote]]
- Diamondback (Rattlesnake)
- Whitetail (Deer)
- Pronghorn
- Peccary
- Thamin (Deer)
- Goral
- Grysbok
- Kingsnake
- Pine Snake
- Coachwhip
# Insects
- Black Widow
- Brown Recluse
- Buckeye Butterfly
- Cockroach
- Fire Ant
- Honeybee
- Jumping Spider
- Ladybug
- Lovebug
- Mite
- Paper Wasp
- Pillbug
- Plague Ant
- Redback Spider
- Skipper Butterfly
- Stink Ant
- Swallowtail Butterfly
# Flora
- Acourtia
- Black Mustard
- Bromus
- Brush Monkey Flower
- Buckwheat
- Bush Poppy
- Bushrue
- Camus
- Canchalagua
- Canyon Sunflower
- Ceanothus
- Chamise
- Checkerbloom
- Deerweed
- Dodder
- Everlasting
- Filaree
- Fire Poppy
- Fremontia
- Golden Eardrops
- Gooseberry
- Hyacinth
- Indian Pink
- Larkspur
- Laurel Sumac
- Lemonadeberry
- Lilac
- Lupine
- Mahogany
- Mallow
- Manzanita
- Mariposa Lily
- Matilija Poppy
- Morning Glory
- Peony
- Phacelia
- Poison Oak
- Popcorn Flower
- Purple Needlegrass
- Rope Vine
- [[Salvia|Sage]]
- Sagebrush
- Scrub Oak
- Silk-tassel Bush
- Snapdragon
- Southern Honeysuckle
- Spiny Redberry
- Sugar Bush
- Sweet Pea
- Toyon
- Whispering Bells
- Wild Cucumber
- Wild Oats
- Woolly Indian Paintbrush
- Yellow Rock-rose
- Yerba Santa
- Yucca
# Dragons
- [[Tiger Salamander]]