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Low shrubland in Hawaii Scrub vegetation with cactus in Webb County in south Texas Mediterranean shrubland in Sardinia, Italy. Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result ...
Many of the plants are pyrophytes, or fire-loving, adapted or even depending on fire for reproduction, recycling of nutrients, and the removal of dead or senescent vegetation. In both the Australian and Californian Mediterranean-climate eco-regions, native peoples used fire extensively to clear brush and trees, making way for the grasses and ...
The California coastal sage and chaparral (Spanish: Salvia y chaparral costero de California) is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion, defined by the World Wildlife Fund, located in southwestern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California . It is part of the larger California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Florida scrub is a forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks. Because the low-nutrient sandy soils do not retain moisture, the ecosystem is effectively an arid one.
Endangered plants of the Florida scrub include Florida golden aster (Chrysopsis floridana), Ashe's savory (Calamintha ashei), pygmy fringetree (Chionanthus pygmaeus), sandlace (Polygonum dentoceras), scrub plum (Prunus geniculata), short-leaved false rosemary (Conradina brevifolia), etonia rosemary (Conradina etonia), yellow scrub balm ...
Scrub brush or scrubbrush may refer to: Shrubland, an environmental habitat characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs; Silkworm (missile), a missile with the NATO reporting name "Scrubbrush" Tawashi, a Japanese traditional scrubbing brush; Toilet brush, a scrubbing brush for cleaning toilets
PHOTO: An air tanker drops retardant on a grass fire burning above Interstate 580 in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 18, 2024. (Noah Berger/AP)
Northern coastal scrub and coastal prairie generally occur where the Pacific Ocean moderates summer drought. As a result, northern coastal scrub not only traces the Pacific Coastline from central California to Southern Oregon, but extends inland, following the distribution of marine climate influence, appearing where the winds press coastal fog inland.