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definition
An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
Examples of grasslands in a Sentence
Grasslands offer some of the best geography.
The farm supports some diverse wildlife habitats like grasslands and woods.
The inundated grasslands were prone to flooding.
In grasslands, most threatened birds appear to tolerate some disturbance from cattle.
Habitats of medium wetness, with the accompanying plant communities of woodlands and grasslands.
Savannah grasslands - Hot, dry grassy plains that often support large numbers of grazing herd animals.
The open grasslands produced more Great bustards, Collared pratincole, lots of lapwing, redshank and blue headed wagtails.
Along with adjacent fens, these grasslands are home to waders, including curlew.
Guinea pigs live in the wild in South America, living in rocky areas, grasslands and forest edges.
The superb natural environment at Newton Park lakes, streams, grasslands, woods provide a unique base for study.
Desmoulin's Whorl Snail is a tiny gastropod that lives in swampy grasslands.
These small, patchy woods are often the only relief from closely grazed grasslands or moorland.
She often thinks back nostalgically to carefree days, leaping through the Suffolk grasslands like a young gazelle.
Irish hare is also recorded from the rougher grasslands.
Other globally threatened habitats can also be found such as near-natural dwarf-shrub heaths, moss-heath and grasslands.
Last year's rain shortages and locust invasion severely affected agricultural production and grasslands reserved for cattle.
In the damp grasslands, breeding waders have also been recorded lapwing, curlew and snipe.
Visitors can explore ancient oak and beech woods, flower-rich grasslands, or wander through traditionally managed riverside meadows.
Richer grasslands may include common milkwort, salad burnet, wild thyme and common rock rose.
Some of the pastures are sown grasslands dominated by ryegrass and few other species - low biodiversity is in-built.
In autumn the meadows bloom once more, this time with meadow saffron - a plant associated with ancient grasslands.
Northern species include yellow saxifrage Saxifraga aizoides and hair sedge Carex capillaris, both of which are locally abundant in flushed grasslands at Inchrory.
Five miles of footpath pass through these grasslands and also take you to woodlands, ponds and the lough shore.
These grasslands also provide feeding or breeding habitat for a number of scarce or declining birds including the skylark.
On damper grasslands surrounding the lower pond cowslip, ladies smock & ragged robin occur.
The country ranges from forested savannah in the southwest to open grasslands and the desert steppes of the north.
It is dissected by numerous small rivers with valley grasslands and papyrus swamps.
In their wild state the grasslands were maintained because the wild ungulates roaming these areas included a high proportion of browsers.
Sadly only around 4250 hectares of agriculturally unimproved grasslands remain in Suffolk -- 1.1% of the total area.
When traveling through the countryside you see many inspiring visages, from mountains and streams to open grasslands and lakes.
On Guam, the colony inhabiting the eastern side of the Naval Magazine feeds over savanna grasslands dominated by Miscanthus and ravine forest.
These rhos pastures, found across mid Wales, are some of the most species-rich grasslands in the UK.
Among the many prized habitats in the Gower Peninsula are grasslands, heathlands, fresh and salt water marshes and historic ancient woodlands.
Savanna grasslands are found between tropical rainforests and desert.
This is the Hortobágy, an ancient flood-plain that contains not only steppe grasslands, but also a chain of wetlands of international importance.
The willows are associated with an area of 6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands on steep, rocky and remote ground.
Its tall grasslands and riverine forest support a very high wild ungulate biomass which greatly exceeds that reported elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent.
Unimproved grasslands on neutral or acidic soils are likely to contain at least 12 species of vascular plant per meter square.
We 're creating lots of new woods and wildflower grasslands in Hull, but, to you, what makes Hull green?
Moreover, decaying plants give off stored carbon, thereby releasing a large abundance of carbon into the air during the clearing of forests or grasslands for building purposes.
For green, choose between the yellow undertones of the darker Sycamore Tree to the lighter Grasslands, which also has a touch of gray.
It thrives in grasslands, getting lots of sun and rainfall.
This area emphasizes the grasslands that also encompass the vast lands of the African rainforest.
As a result, however, partly of the usual want of work on the grasslands in certain seasons, there has been a considerable emigration to America.
We will be removing hawthorn from the chalk grasslands and laying a hedge.