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Many penguin species huddle together in massive colonies, but pairs of yellow-eyed penguins go out of their way to be alone, nesting deep in New Zealand’s scrublands and forests out of sight of other penguins.
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
In the rocky scrublands of western Iran and eastern Iraq, a cunning predator relies on masterful mimicry to capture its prey.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Tarantulas can be found throughout Arizona, including desert areas, grasslands, scrublands and even some mountainous regions.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
The waters eventually receded, but somehow the pupfish found a refuge in the vast expanse of scrubland and sand.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
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Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
In the rocky scrublands of western Iran and eastern Iraq, a cunning predator relies on masterful mimicry to capture its prey.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Tarantulas can be found throughout Arizona, including desert areas, grasslands, scrublands and even some mountainous regions.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
The waters eventually receded, but somehow the pupfish found a refuge in the vast expanse of scrubland and sand.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrubland
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The team is currently modeling at the level of the woodland stand, a unit of forest made up of a relatively uniform group of trees, to assess the optimal distance between trees.Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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Sitting in ancient Cumbria—the Lake District is a mighty UNESCO World Heritage Site drawing over 18 million visitors each year, home to the largest national park in England, covering over 880 square miles of terrain with towering mountains, serene lakes, and lush forests.Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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During these quieter times, the native chaparral and vegetation would slowly recover over the course of years.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Here's what to do if that happens, or in any scary wildlife encounter Black bears are the only species of bear found in Arizona, and they can be found in forests, chaparral and desert riparian areas.John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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This native shrub ranges from five to 15 feet high and will slowly form thickets if allowed.Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
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Across the garden, Corley, in headphones, held a professional recording device up to another thicket of reeds.Oren Peleg, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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The castaway lifted his eyes slightly, barely making out the thick copse of palm trees dotting the horizon.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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In fall, the Valley glows yellow and gold thanks to copses of aspen and cottonwood trees.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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During one expedition to what was once London, a young scientist, out gathering brushwood, unearths a small vacuum flask, inside which is a handwritten account of life in a small village called Beadle during the days leading up to the lunar catastrophe.Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
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Bare dunes were planted with ‘brushwood and windbreaks, perpendicular to wind direction’ so that the dunes do not interfere with the canal system and irrigated farmlands.Azera Parveen Rahman, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
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Celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen gives these bright copper nails indents and groves for a unique way to dress them up.Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Woodland Hills display winds through an eight-block cluster of streets that were home to walnut groves when the tradition began in the early 1950s.Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
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The team is currently modeling at the level of the woodland stand, a unit of forest made up of a relatively uniform group of trees, to assess the optimal distance between trees.Alexa Phillips, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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It's recommended the box be placed under a tree limb at the woodland edge with adjacent fields or wetlands.Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Dec. 2024
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The two most straightforward of the trials will involve large-scale planting of trees and bioenergy crops, including Miscanthus grasses and coppice willow, reports Robert Lea for AZoCleanTech.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2021
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Another strategy, called short rotation coppice, involves planting fast-growing trees such as willows and poplars in extremely dense rows.Eric Toensmeier, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2020
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“Scrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrubland. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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