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heathland

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Noun1.heathland - a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
barren, wasteland, waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom


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WORK to clear bracken from three precious heathland sites in the Midlands will take place next week.
The small iridescent-blue insect breeds primarily in heathland streams and has been hit by loss and fragmentation of its habitat.
Cannock Chase is the largest surviving area of lowland heathland in the Midlands.
 
 
 
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