heathland
Open, uncultivated terrain
Heathland is open, uncultivated land dominated by low-growing shrubs like heather and gorse, typically on acidic, nutrient-poor soil.
Common in Britain and northern Europe, heathlands are often windswept and treeless: We walked across miles of purple heathland.
The term overlaps with moorland, though moors tend to be wetter and higher in elevation.
Open uncultivated upland
- scrublandArea of low shrubs
- peatlandWetland with accumulated plant matter
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
wetland · upland · lowland · expanse · wilderness · plateau · bracken · sedge
Small woody plant
- gorseThorny yellow-flowering shrub
- brackenCoarse, spreading fern
- lichenSymbiotic rock dweller
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
bilberry · broom · ling · sedge · furze · scrub · dwarf · woody
Fowl or fuss
- adderSmall venomous snake
- nightjarNocturnal insectivorous bird
- lizardFour-legged scaled reptile
- warblerSmall melodious bird
skylark · pipit · curlew · snipe · kestrel · spider · beetle · moth
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
habitat · chaparral · maquis · steppe · savanna · tundra · grassland · shrubland
Waterlogged decomposed vegetation
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- blanketSoft bed covering
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
upland · highland · barren · bleak · desolate · craggy · windswept · Yorkshire
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- protectionGuarding against harm
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
reserve · endangered · native · invasive · monitoring · grazing · burning · firebreak
moorland
Open uncultivated upland
fen · wetland · upland · lowland · expanse · wilderness · plateau · bracken · sedge · gorse
shrub
Small woody plant
moss · bilberry · broom · ling · sedge · furze · scrub · dwarf · woody · evergreen
grouse
Fowl or fuss
warbler · skylark · pipit · curlew · snipe · kestrel · spider · beetle · moth · butterfly
biome
Major ecological community
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
ecosystem · habitat · chaparral · maquis · steppe · savanna · tundra · grassland · shrubland · fire-adapted
peat
Waterlogged decomposed vegetation
marsh · upland · highland · barren · bleak · desolate · craggy · windswept · Yorkshire · Dartmoor
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- protectionGuarding against harm
stewardship · reserve · endangered · native · invasive · monitoring · grazing · burning · firebreak · rewilding
- European natureAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Balkans, Mediterranean
- landformsmountain, cliff, valley, volcano, mountain ridge
- landscapesmountain, valley, hills, landscape, scenery
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- European LandformsAlps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Danube, Rhine
- habitatsforest, ocean, lake, river, pond
heathlandforest
Tree-dense ecosystem
woodland · dense forest · rainforest · jungle · old-growth forest
heathlandfarmland
Agricultural terrain
cropland · agricultural land · arable land · plantation · orchard
heathlandfertile land
Soil suited for cultivation
arable land · cropland · agricultural land · bottomland · loamy soil