barrens
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Smith and co-authors examined changes in species composition across the mosaic of barrens and persistent forests to untangle how kelp loss impacts the broader ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
Interspersed with the woods are wild blueberry barrens.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
But the rapid transformation of semirural areas into barrens of concrete tilt-up “logistic parks” is encountering a backlash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
Narrow but well-worn paths weave through a landscape of heath and coastal barrens, a colorful carpet of wildflowers and evergreens made into dwarf-like shrubs by constant exposure to salt spray and wind.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
The loons, geese, ducks, and shorebirds had heard the message from the environment and had left the barrens of Alaska and Canada.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
