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Heathland meaning
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.
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James Lawrence, Sandscapes project manager said: “Heathland, once a widespread and common component of the landscape in the Midlands, is now isolated and fragmented.
Plans are underway to restore Ockham and its heathland, with National Highways confirming support from conservation groups, including Surrey Wildlife Trust, Natural England, RSPB, and Forestry England.
The heathland is home to a range of wildlife including the Willow Warbler, a ground-nesting bird which arrives at Kinver Edge during the spring after flying more than 5,000 miles from Africa to the UK.
The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning on Heathland Way, Llandarcy.
It covers more than 200 hectares (494 acres) of heathland, grassland and woodland.
Flora and fauna The vegetation of the park ranges from pure mallee heathland in the Eastern Block to cypress pine and casuarina woodlands in the moister Western Block.
In many parts of the world, a " heath " or "heathland" is an environment characterised by an open dwarf- shrub community found on low-quality acidic soils, generally dominated by plants in the Ericaceae.
Until a few decades ago Kempen was a region of heathland and sand drifts with a sparse growth of pines, a few scattered villages subsisting on the poor soil and some small towns; and this is still the pattern in much of the region.