Examples of 'heathland' in a sentence

Meaning of "heathland"

Heathland refers to an area of uncultivated land with low-growing vegetation, often dominated by heather, gorse, and similar plants
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  • A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.

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This is characteristic of heathland in an early stage of development.
It is surrounded by large tracts of forest and heathland.
The heathland today has long since gone.
An independent research on heathland fires has been commissioned.
The habitat is drier eucalyptus woodlands or heathland.
The habitat consists of heathland with scattered trees.
It provides an important habitat including maritime heathland.
In the low heathland environment it dominates the landscape.
An important economic sideline of past centuries was heathland beekeeping.
The heathland farmers lacked meadows and pastures.
The area is mostly heathland and pine forest.
The habitat consists of alpine heathland.
The controlled burning of heathland is used as a conservation tool.
These ants are usually found on heathland.
Certain remnants of the heathland and its environment remain.

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It thus may qualify either as polar tundra or heathland.
Heathland dominates the landscape.
The name refers to a former heathland in the area.
The habitat is heathland or dry eucalyptus woodland on poor soils.
Striped skinks are found in open bushland and heathland.
The web is built low down in heathland and in woodland clearings.
It has specific characteristics as a result of the predominantly heathland vegetation.
The heathland parts of the links host areas of juniper scrub.
Raised nutrient levels change heathland into grassland.
Small areas of chalk heath surrounding a larger plateau of heathland.
This vast humid forest and heathland was virtually uninhabitable.
It is traditionally thought of as a species of heathland.
Its favoured habitat is open heathland with plenty of bare ground.
The habitat consists of open grassy areas and heathland.
Accidental fires on the heathland were threatening the little heath remaining.
The area consisted mainly of sand dunes and heathland.
Agricultural moorland and heathland are the main features of the region.
Sometimes seen in the form of mats on the heathland floor.
Across a conifer heathland come the plaintive calls of the young sauropods.
It is a typical area of sandy heathland.
It tends to grow in mallee and heathland environments in sandy well drained soils.
Native macaronesian dry heathland.
The park is mostly composed of heathland and scrubland situated on an inland sandplain.
Its natural habitats are forest patches surrounded by mountain fynbos heathland.
Moors and heathland.
The area has several woodlands and some open heathland.
Optimize the use of heathland and shrubs provisioning and cultural ecosystem services.
The habitat includes densely forested areas as well as alpine heathland.
Further south is the heathland of the Fläming.
The north and east includes steep wooded hills and heathland.
Heathland fires Development and disturbance in montane areas.
After a small skirmish both armies confronted each other on an area of heathland.
South of Mareuil one encounters heathland and dry grassland.
The regular removal of the top layer of soil contributed to the spreading of heathland.
The heathland was gradually destroyed during the decades following WWII.

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