page_title: Sclerophyll
hierarchical_section_title: Sclerophyll
caption_attribution_description: Fynbos near Franschhoek
context_page_description: Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation which has hard leaves and short internodes. The word comes from the Greek sclero and phyllon.
  Sclerophyllous plants occur in many parts of the world. They are shaped by a Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and long hot dry summers. Wildfires often occur. These conditions feature summer drought-tolerant plants with hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves,
  This kind of climate occurs in:
  The Americas, in the chaparral biomes
  Californian woodlands
  Chilean Matorral
  Australia, this type of biome occurs throughout western, eastern and southern areas.
  Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome that cover the Mediterranean Basin
  Cape Province of South Africa.
context_section_description: Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation which has hard leaves and short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem). The word comes from the Greek sclero (hard) and phyllon (leaf).
  Sclerophyllous plants occur in many parts of the world. They are shaped by a Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and long hot dry summers. Wildfires often occur. These conditions feature summer drought-tolerant plants with hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves,
  This kind of climate occurs in:
  The Americas, in the chaparral biomes
  Californian woodlands
  Chilean Matorral
  Australia, this type of biome occurs throughout western (Perth), eastern (Sydney) and southern (Adelaide) areas.
  Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome that cover the Mediterranean Basin
  Cape Province of South Africa.
caption: Fynbos in South Africa
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