shrubland
noun
shrub·land
ˈshrəb-ˌland 
especially Southern ˈsrəb-
: land on which shrubs are the dominant vegetation
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In Southern California, for example, much of the wildland fuel is chaparral, a type of shrubland with dense, rocky soil and highly flammable plants in a Mediterranean climate.
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John W. Daily, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Only 30 to 35 ocelots live in the shrublands near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, about 30 miles north of Brownsville.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 7 May 2024
The largest part of the fire, however, was burning through woods and chaparral—shrubland—in the mountains, largely out of sight of the public.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Butterflies collected from the eastern Mediterranean, right in the beginning of the population spike, were carrying pollen from plant species found primarily in semi-arid shrublands, grasslands and salt marshes of northern Arabia and the Middle East.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
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John W. Daily, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Only 30 to 35 ocelots live in the shrublands near the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, about 30 miles north of Brownsville.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 7 May 2024
The largest part of the fire, however, was burning through woods and chaparral—shrubland—in the mountains, largely out of sight of the public.
—M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Butterflies collected from the eastern Mediterranean, right in the beginning of the population spike, were carrying pollen from plant species found primarily in semi-arid shrublands, grasslands and salt marshes of northern Arabia and the Middle East.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Shrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrubland. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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