shrubland

noun

shrub·​land ˈshrəb-ˌland How to pronounce shrubland (audio)
 especially Southern  ˈsrəb-
: land on which shrubs are the dominant vegetation

Examples of shrubland in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Western Watershed Project and Center for Biological Diversity have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court challenging the BLM’s approval of a plan to remove pinyon-juniper forests across more than 380,000 acres of sagebrush shrublands on federal land in eastern Nevada. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024 While eastern black rhinos are native to the warm savannas and shrublands of Africa, per the ICUN Red List, this fact didn't stop Tumani from frolicking in the snow. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024 More than two thirds of U.S. buildings destroyed in wildfires were in the West, and 79.5 percent of buildings burned in them were in shrublands and grasslands, the researchers found. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2023 These constrictor snakes are found in Southern California's deserts, shrublands, national parks, and northwest Mexico. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023 Nearly two-thirds of the wildfires in the United States between 1990 and 2020 burned in grasslands and shrublands, the study found. Nadja Popovich, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023 Only a few hundred remain, surviving in the low growing, Afro-alpine shrubland of the National Park which supports their largest population. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 All of these sightings occurred either in the dry shrublands and scrub of the Mackenzie District that encompasses the 79-acre reserve, or in the neighboring district of Central Otago roughly 140 miles south. Rina Diane Caballar, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2023 Smokey the Bear is famous for warning against forest fires—but for most U.S. homeowners, grass fires and shrubland fires are actually more of a threat. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shrubland was in 1903

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“Shrubland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrubland. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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