chaparral

Let’s break up landscape-sized monocultures of fuels, whether trees, chaparral or houses.

It’s both wild and city so there is a combination of rich chaparral, dirt, oak and sage combined with the concrete and freshwater raging in the winter after rain.

It typically takes three to six weeks for vegetation like chaparral and coastal sage to soak up moisture from rainfall, Hall said.

Vibrant yucca, scrub oak and sage stood alongside dried-out chaparral.

Last week, I visited Eaton Canyon and observed the blackened manzanita and other chaparral.