See also : Flora of California chaparral and woodlands and California native plants The Santa Monica Mountains are in the California chaparral and woodlands Ecoregion , and includes the California oak woodland and Southern coastal sage scrub plant community , and are covered by hundreds of local plant species , some of which are very rare or endemic , and others which are widespread and have become popular horticultural ornamentals .
The Santa Monica Mountains are in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion and are covered by hundreds of local plant species , some of which are very rare , and others of which have become popular ornamentals .