shrubland

noun

shrub·​land ˈshrəb-ˌland 

 especially Southern  ˈsrəb-

: land on which shrubs are the dominant vegetation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Since 1982, researchers at this arid, semi-arid site have studied dramatic changes in vegetation, as perennial grasslands give way to shrubland in a process known as desertification. —Discover Magazine, 2 June 2017

To curtail carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires, the plan calls for 1 million acres of forests, shrubland, grassland and other habitat to be treated with techniques such as prescribed burning by 2025. —Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022

How this shrubland bounces back from the fire will likely impact mountain lions’ survival. —Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022

Instead, Greenville will be a hotter, drier, harsher place — one where the canopy of evergreens that once shaded its quaint downtown may never regrow, replaced instead by highly flammable shrubland. —Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022

By some estimates, the state has gone from just 20 percent forested at its agricultural peak to 80 percent forested (or at least semi-developed woods and shrubland). —Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022

State Route 211 traverses rolling desert shrubland in Southeast Utah, passing rust and buff-colored sandstone domes and the foothills of the Abajo Mountains before winding down into the Indian Creek valley. —The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022

This region is part of the Rio São Francisco drainage basin and is located within a semi-arid tropical shrubland and thorn forest, known as the caatinga, that covers around 10% of Brazil (olive green patch on Figure 1). —Grrlscientist, Forbes, 15 June 2022

Keep in mind that disease-carrying ticks can inhabit coastal shrubland near beaches, not just dense forests, Lane said. —Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above