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heathland

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as in grassland

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Recent Examples of heathland Designed by the renowned Tom Doak, the course draws inspiration from the classic heathland and links courses of London and the English coast, blending golden fescues, firm turf, and low-profile shaping to deliver golf that’s understated yet deeply compelling. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 Near his home in Kent there were two prominent ridges, the North and South Downs; between them lay an expanse of woodlands and heathlands known as the Weald. — Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The design of the New Course was inspired by classical heathland style. — Carrie Coolidge, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024 Stay at Sunriver Resort to gain access to the private heathland-style Crosswater (one of the Golf Digest honorees). — Sunset Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022 Trails weave through woods and heathland, veering to the rocky shore where harlequin ducks bob about the breakers. — Jeanine Barone, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2021 The island’s fabled heathland, site of all those chest-throbbing novels, faded and disappeared as woodland, no longer needed for fuel, was given over to agriculture. — Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020 In dunes, bogs, and heathlands, home to species adapted to a lack of nitrogen, plant diversity has decreased as nitrogen-loving grasses, shrubs, and trees move in. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2019

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Noun

In Oklahoma, increasing temperatures and drought have fueled a rise in grassland megafires since 2016.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
On Georgia's Jekyll Island, 52 acres of grassy terrain will be restored as a wildlife corridor, reconnecting fragmented pine and grassland habitats for shorebirds and snowbirds.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Definition of grassland

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Its 65 freestanding cabins and cottages are tucked among wildflower meadows, woodlands and a working farm, where mornings begin on hiking trails, in the gardens or with a cup of coffee overlooking the landscape.

— Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Horseback riding in the gentle meadows and stunning mountains is the main event here, but there is plenty to do beyond that— hiking, river tubing, board games, herding cattle, hayrides, the list goes on.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026

Definition of meadow

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The rolling hills and pastureland of Vernon County are home to the highest concentration of organic farms in the state.

— Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
That project covers 115,000 hectares of pastureland, focusing on improving soil health, biodiversity and carbon sequestration, while also improving supply resilience and providing fully traceable materials for Gucci’s collections.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 June 2026

Definition of pastureland

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Explore New England forests filled with sugar maple and hemlock, old carriage roads, and Green Mountain pastures in this National Historical Park.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
The mountains, undulating pasture and forest that surround Lanserhof Lans are a potent medicine in themselves.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026

Definition of pasture

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The trail starts in a glade, crosses a bridge over a creek, then emerges into alpine pasture and scree surrounded by high peaks.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
There was Asher Durand, master of the winsome glade; John Frederick Kensett, poet of still waters; and, above all, Thomas Cole, the philosopher-king of landscape, with whom an 18-year-old Church arranged to study privately.

— Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026

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