Chaparral (disambiguation)

Chaparral is a Spanish word which entered English vocabulary and means a forest made of short trees.

Chaparral may refer to:

In biology

• Chaparral, a biome found in California and other Mediterranean climates
• Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), a North American plant used in Native American medicine and modern herbology under the name of chaparral
• Larrea divaricata, a South American plant also known as chaparral
• Geococcyx, a genus of birds commonly known as roadrunners, also known as a chaparral, chaparral bird, or chaparral cock

In geography

• Chaparral, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Chaparral, New Mexico, a census-designated place in New Mexico, USA
• Chaparral, Tolima, a Colombian municipality of the Department of Tolima
• El Chaparral, border crossing from San Diego (USA) to Tijuana (Mexico)

In art, entertainment, and media

• Stanford Chaparral, a Stanford University humor magazine
• The High Chaparral, an American 1967–71 Western-genre TV series

In schools

• Chaparral High School (Arizona), in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Chaparral High School, Temecula, California, in Temecula, California
• Chaparral High School (Colorado), in Parker, Colorado
• Chaparral High School (Nevada), in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Chaparral Middle School (Diamond Bar), in Diamond Bar, California
• Chaparral Middle School (Moorpark), in Moorpark, California

In sports

• Dallas Chaparrals, an American Basketball Association basketball team that became the San Antonio Spurs in 1973
• The Chaparral is the athletic mascot of the College of DuPage, a junior college in DuPage County, Illinois

In transportation

• Chaparral Boats, a line of pleasure boats manufactured in the USA
• Chaparral Cars, a motorsports manufacturer from North America

In other uses

• High Chaparral Theme Park, a Western theme park in Sweden
• MIM-72 Chaparral, a U.S. Army surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder