heathland

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Recent Examples of heathland The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style. Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees). Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022 Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers. Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021 The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture. Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020 In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in. Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019 Surfers, swimmers, bushwalkers, cyclists, and campers escape to the park, drawn by its beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, valleys, rocky cliffs, and coastal heathland. Sophie Davies, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2018 Denmark’s wolf pack has settled in an area of farmed heathland and pine plantations, The Guardian’s ​Barkham reports. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017 LTERN covers more than 1100 long-term field plots in ecosystems including alpine grasslands, tall wet forests, temperate woodlands, heathlands, tropical savannas, rainforests, and deserts. John Pickrell, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heathland
Noun
  • Grand Teton National Park Located just 10 miles from Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park showcases the dramatic mountain range, its grasslands and nearby lakes.
    Andrea Agostni Ferrer, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
  • In the 20th century, after scientists found many fossils and stone tools in East African savannas, many researchers concluded that our species was especially adapted to life in grasslands and open woodlands, where humans could hunt great herds of mammals.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Once Glasco’s patch of grass ignited without a problem, firefighters lit other small fires in the meadow.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
  • And Texas islands, with their shallow bays and seagrass meadows, are home to an extensive amount of wildlife.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The region’s shepherds complain that Chinese soldiers have captured multiple pasturelands and restricted them from grazing their herds.
    Aijaz Hussain, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Download Article Across the world, complex social and market forces are driving the conversion of vast swaths of rain forests into pastureland, plantations, and cropland.
    Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
Noun
  • Browsing and trampling by sheep and cattle also created these pastures.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Rainfall was 53% lower this year than the average of the last 30 years, causing a lack of pasture for livestock to feed on.
    Reuters, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nowhere is colder and more inhospitable in the whole of Season 1 than Episode’s 1 high mountain moors scenes where José Arcadio’s expedition edges along a path half way up a precipice, a mule slipping into the void.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Out on the wily, windy moors—or, just the snowy Berlinale International Film Festival—Jacob Elordi has debuted another hair transformation.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One of several constrictors known to exist in the ‘glades, the python has decimated native species including rabbits, raccoons, opossums, and birds.
    Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There are 81 trails, slopes and glades at Jay Peak, according to its website.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Biel kept the rest of her look low ley, wearing a black peacoat and trousers.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • While Watkins thought of ley lines as prehistoric walking paths or trade routes defined by invisible roads connecting various ancient structures and landmarks, the idea has had different interpretations over the years.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023

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