Natural Environment
The foothills provide greenbelts and contain Open Space Preserves and Regional parks. The hills are part of Southern California’s Mediterranean climate California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion with the montane chaparral and woodlands and s habitats. Their chaparral, grassland, and oak woodland plant communities evolved with wildfires, with some species of their native plants dependent on natural fires to regenerate and thrive.
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