Plants:

Pinus torreyana
Arctostaphylos Olea europaea
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maritimus
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/torreypine.htm through their leaves.
> To be able to survive in
   
getting their water
a hot and dry climate,
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plants have adapted to
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>   protective coating and
 
Ocean fogs frequently
hairy undersides that annual precipitation.
slows transpiration. grows. There isn't much
  This works well where it
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in through its leaves.
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> Protea can take moisture
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Protea cynaroides
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Baccharis
pilularis
> Artemisia tridentata Quecus douglasii
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Calliandra eriophylla > shed its leaves
during severely hot
and dry years and go
> dormant. The litter of
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leaves and twigs
decomposes into a
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monspessulanus soil high in nutrients

Cytisus and organic matter,
holding water better
than the surrounding
areas. This
contributes to high
species diversity
under the canopies.
 
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