Matorral is a Spanish word for shrubland, thicket or bushes. Matorral originally referred to the Matorral shrublands of Spain's Mediterranean climate regions, but the term followed Spanish settlement of the Americas, and is used to refer to both Mediterranean-climate and xeric shrublands in Mexico, Chile, and elsewhere.

See also:

• Chilean Matorral
• Central Mexican matorral
• Meseta Central matorral
• Tamaulipan matorral
• Tehuacán Valley matorral

Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub | Deserts and xeric shrublands