The vegetation in this harsh alpine zone consists of herbaceous and shrubby subalpine meadows. Has ability to out compete native shrubby or herbaceous species. Species that grow into a shrubby habit may be either deciduous or evergreen. Their breeding habitat is chaparral, thickets or shrubby areas across western North America. It is more common in forests with ample shrubby or grassy understory. Most Australian "Scaevola" have dry fruits and sprawling, herbaceous to shrubby habits. Plants are leafy and spiny, treelike, shrubby, and often scrambling. The chipping sparrow breeds in grassy, open woodland clearings and shrubby grass fields. They are also found in coastal and flood plain swamps and low shrubby thickets. It grows in peaty soils, shrubby areas, moss and lichen tundra. Most species of "Lonicera" are hardy twining climbers, with a minority of shrubby habit. Psychotria viridis is a perennial, shrubby flowering plant in the coffee the family Rubiaceae. Some shrubby species have a decumbent growth habit. They nest in small trees, shrubby growth, or cacti. It is common around cliffs and canyons and in gravelly plains with shrubby vegetation.