heathland in English
1,000 acres of heathland
Use "heathland" in a sentence
1. Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is a native British fern commonly found in woodland and heathland
2. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland.
3. Bracken is the UK's most common fern and grows in dense stands on heathland, moorland, hillsides and in woodland
4. It has a limited distribution in acidic pools of water in heathland peat flats of southwest Australia, between the Blackwood and Kent Rivers.
5. Betony prefers dryish, light soils often on sunny banks and hedgerows, on heathland and other grassy places including, occasionally, the undisturbed margins of arable fields
6. The diet of nestling linnets (Acanthis cannabina) living on a heathland in Brittany (France) was studied by faecal pellet analysis during the 1982 and 1983 breeding seasons.
7. Adders prefer heathland areas, but they are also found in sunny areas of woodlands, grassy banks, sand dunes, and other habitats with warmth and well-drained soils 3
8. In addition to the reed beds, the bird habitats include brackish and freshwater lagoons—the largest called the Scrape—shingle, sand dunes, marshes, meadows, heathland, and both deciduous and coniferous woodlands.
9. In fact, this largest and most important heathland park in Europe is such a hospitable home for butterflies in general that 60 percent of all butterfly species living in the Netherlands can be seen there.
10. 1° heathland, moorland, marshland, mobile dunes, dune fields, salt meadows, tidal gullies, salt marshes, alluvial land, mud flats, ‘green’ beaches, reed beds, scrub, thickets, swamps, bogs, ponds, brooks, small rivers, pools, closed river channels, creeks, springs and water sources, in so far as they cannot be used as agricultural land;