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definition
A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.
Examples of heathland in a Sentence
You are most likely to come across a basking adder by accident while walking on a narrow heathland track.
Holyhead is a popular seaside heathland course on Holy Island which is linked by a picturesque causeway to Anglesey.
It is an arid bank of heathland and dunes, but both Nordby and Sonderho in the south are frequented as seaside resorts.
Species in the national and local BAPs include bullfinch and common pipistrelle while habitats include lowland heathland.
They are predominantly diurnal (daytime) and feed on a variety of heathland plants.
Further on, the maritime heathland was alive with Arctic Terns, Great and Arctic Skuas, all engaged in dramatic aerial dogfights.
As well as open fen the reserve includes a mixture of wet heathland, open water, scrub and woodland.
Lichens, especially species of the diverse genus Cladonia, are a very important group on heathland.
Heathland is a rare and threatened habitat, and many of the species of plants and animals found on Hartland are equally rare.
Recent bracken clearing will allow a more natural heathland habitat to emerge, which will be enhanced further under Tir Gofal.
There are pockets of heathland which support cross-leaved heath & dwarf gorse.
The heathland is rich in lichens, including the rare golden hair lichen.
Back to top Grazing Grazing by domestic livestock can benefit heathland in a number of ways.
Other mire types frequently occur within the heathland matrix, especially M25 Molinia caerulea-Potentilla erecta mire.
Left ungrazed the heathland becomes invaded with scrub, causing heavy shading that will kill off the heathland vegetation.
Many grassland, heathland and wetland species declined over this period, with habitat loss as the main driver.
Sweeps of purple flowering heather and sweet scented gorse dominate the heathland whilst the wetlands harbor insect-eating sundews and rare marsh gentians.
This process can be hastened by additions of mown heather seed capsules, application of topsoil or by laying heathland turves.
In contrast to the surrounding clay vales, the acidic soils of the ridge support areas of heathland and mixed woodland.
Bracken removal and heathland restoration on Trinity Hill west would result in a mixed age mosaic of heathland vegetation.
Some species of plants, such as petty whin Genista anglica, are found only on heathland.
The plan has been created with the aims of preventing further decline and restoring vast tracts of heathland back to their former glory.
Upland heathland is also represented within the National Nature Reserve (NNR) network.