heathland
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heathlands
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Some trails and heathland areas of the site were hit by the fire, but fortunately wind conditions as well as the vegetation and marshland had stopped it spreading further into the reserve.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
It has a Surrey heathland feel, that can play like a seaside links in certain areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Fire spread from a blazing van on the A31 on 9 August, destroying ancient oak and beech trees, rare heathland and wildlife across an area of more than 100 hectares.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Other heathland reserves, including those at Ideford Common and Teigngrace Meadow, would become home to both species, he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Beyond it were slopes covered with sombre trees like dark clouds, but all about them lay a tumbled heathland, grown with ling and broom and cornel, and other shrubs that they did not know.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
"In heathlands like this one, native mosses have gone locally extinct or reduced significantly in their populations," he says.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Oliver Fry of Surrey Wildlife Trust says conditions are incredibly dry on the heathlands of Surrey, which creates "tinderbox conditions".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
Typically contaminants such as lead and arsenic are more concentrated in the heathlands further up the mountains.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
It comprises diverse natural habitats, like riparian forests, standing- and flowing waters, open and semi-open inland dunes, and heathlands, and is surrounded by diverse landscapes of forests, rivers, and wetlands.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
The heathlands when sufficiently drained are prepared for cultivation by being cut into sods and burnt.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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