Shrubland is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shrubland meaning
Land that is covered mostly with shrubs.
Using Shrubland
- The main meaning on this page is: Land that is covered mostly with shrubs.
Context around Shrubland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrubland
- In this selection, "shrubland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, maquis, arid, premna, backing and appears stand out and add context to how "shrubland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a native shrubland to nonnative and forests or shrubland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrubland" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrubland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At higher altitudes, a form of arid shrubland was also present. (11 words)
Premna shrubland appears mostly adjacent to the developed areas of the atoll, particularly in the well fields. (17 words)
Before and after: resident Margaret Holden's garden used to have a tranquil set of trees and shrubland backing onto it. (21 words)
Angiolina's Farm, Legnaro and Levanto are in the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) region of Liguria amid forests of conifers, chestnut trees, strawberry trees, orchards, olive and lemon groves, and the Mediterranean maquis (shrubland) of heather and broom. (38 words)
Today, frequent accidental ignitions can convert chaparral from a native shrubland to nonnative annual grassland and drastically reduce species diversity, especially under global-change-type drought (Syphard et al. 2007, Pratt et al. 2013). (34 words)
They are generally found in a wide variety of landscapes; sclerophyll forest, (occasionally) rainforest, shrubland, and some more arid landscapes, though not in Australia's deserts. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Before and after: resident Margaret Holden's garden used to have a tranquil set of trees and shrubland backing onto it.
Angiolina's Farm, Legnaro and Levanto are in the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) region of Liguria amid forests of conifers, chestnut trees, strawberry trees, orchards, olive and lemon groves, and the Mediterranean maquis (shrubland) of heather and broom.
Federal officials said Noman’s offers ideal habitat for New England cottontails, which live in dense thickets found in young forests or shrubland.
At higher altitudes, a form of arid shrubland was also present.
Premna shrubland appears mostly adjacent to the developed areas of the atoll, particularly in the well fields.
They are generally found in a wide variety of landscapes; sclerophyll forest, (occasionally) rainforest, shrubland, and some more arid landscapes, though not in Australia's deserts.
Today, frequent accidental ignitions can convert chaparral from a native shrubland to nonnative annual grassland and drastically reduce species diversity, especially under global-change-type drought (Syphard et al. 2007, Pratt et al. 2013).