Scrub (id: scrub) is a biome in Zoo Tycoon 2. The biome is used in the official game for extant animals from Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America and extinct animals from Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene South America. User-made additions include extant animals from North America and Europe, extinct animals from Eocene Asia and Cretaceous and Miocene South America and cryptid animals from North America.
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Exhibit Animals (12 official + 20 user-made)
- Aardvark (African Adventure)
- Asian Elephant (Zoo Tycoon 2 bonus download)
- Beira Antelope (Scrub Pack)
- Blackbuck (Forgotten Animals)
- Caracal (African Adventure)
- Cuero Chupacabras (Paranoia!)
- Darwin's Rhea (Ratites Pack)
- Doedicurus (Extinct Animals)
- Embolotherium (Extinct Animals booster pack)
- Emu (Ratites Pack)
- Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Endangered Species)
- Gemsbok (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Gerenuk (African Adventure)
- Giant Ground Sloth (Extinct Animals)
- Giganotosaurus (Dinosaur Digs)
- Golden Jackal (Scrub Pack)
- Hogzilla (Paranoia!)
- Indian Gray Mongoose (Arabian Nights)
- Indian Rhinoceros (Colonel Swampert download)
- Island Fox (Island Excursions)
- Komodo Dragon (Endangered Species)
- Kudu (Scrub Pack)
- Macrauchenia (Forgotten Animals)
- Meerkat (African Adventure)
- Mexican Gray Wolf (Scrub Pack)
- Nilgai (Scrub Pack)
- Onager (Forgotten Animals)
- Pronghorn Antelope (Scrub Pack)
- Red Kangaroo (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Rock Hyrax (Arabian Nights)
- Tunderbird (Paranoia!)
- White Rhinoceros (African Adventure)
Ambient Animals (three official + two user-made)
- Common Crow (Endangered Species)
- Common Shot Silverline Butterfly (Arabian Nights)
- Golden Oriole (Arabian Nights)
- King Vulture (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Kookaburra (Endangered Species)
Enrichment (one official + one user-made)
Scenery (one official)
Trees (three official + nine user-made)
- Apple of Sodom (Paranoia!)
- California Fan Palm (Island Excursions)
- Common Fig Tree (Arabian Nights)
- Dead Tree (Paranoia!)
- Galapagos Candelabra Cactus (Island Excursions)
- Island Oak (Island Excursions)
- Khejri Tree (Forgotten Animals)
- Olive Tree (Scrub Pack)
- Shepherd's Tree (Endangered Species)
- Tanoak (Scrub Pack)
- Weeping Myall (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Yellow Fever Acacia Tree (Zoo Tycoon 2)
Plants (four official + eight user-made)
- African Astragalus (Arabian Nights)
- Bluebush (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Dry Bush (Paranoia!)
- Feather Wiregrass (Endangered Species)
- Giant Coreopsis (Island Excursions)
- Harmal (Arabian Nights)
- Mojave Aster (Scrub Pack)
- Pacific Orach (Island Excursions)
- Prickly Pear Cactus (Endangered Species)
- Sage Brush (Scrub Pack)
- Spinosa Bush (Zoo Tycoon 2)
- Yucca Plant (Scrub Pack)
Rocks (three official)
Zoopedia Entry
The scrub biome, also known as a chaparral, is type of shrub-land community that is dominated by small-leaved evergreen vegetation.
Such habitats are characteristic of the Mediterranean type of climate with warm, wet winters and long, dry summers. The name is applied to the shrub lands of California and Baja California that are dominated by scrub oak and by the dense shrubs chamiso and manzanita.
Scrub is fire dependent. Fire wipes out decadent growth, disposes of accumulated litter, recycles nutrients, and stimulates new, vigorous growth from seeds and sprouts.