New chaparral growth provides good grazing for domestic livestock, and chaparral vegetation also is valuable for watershed protection in areas with steep, easily eroded slopes.

• 新生长的浓密常绿阔叶灌丛是家畜的良好放牧地，浓密常绿阔叶灌丛植被在山坡陡、易于侵蚀的地区中也有保持水土的功能。