chaparral

noun2

1. •
   (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

   • It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed. — 1920
2. •
   The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.