A dense thicket or shrubland dominated by chamise plants, found in California and the southwestern United States.
From Spanish 'chamiso' (chamise plant), with the suffix '-al' meaning 'place of' or 'field of.' It entered English through Californian Spanish regional terminology.
Chamisal ecosystems have adapted to wildfires through evolution—the plants actually need fire to reproduce, and their thick waxy leaves resist burning while storing the energy needed to regenerate after flames pass through!
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