scrubland

Witnesses said the fire may have been started by a power line that fell and set scrubland alight but there was no official confirmation.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

In a weak and scratchy voice, she tells the BBC that when that happens there is only one option left - to walk into the scrubland to search for food.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

Slowly but surely, the unremarkable patch of scrubland next to Palmdale’s McAdam Park has been transformed into a bustling construction site swarming with workers and heavy machinery.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 19, 2026

Roads leading up to the site - which is sizable and mostly scrubland - have been closed off, while the day's focus appears to be on a nearby ruined building.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025

Below this, a bit of open scrubland dropped sharply down into the forest proper.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

She then added climate data from up to 6000 years ago and asked the model to predict which species could have slithered through ancient Egypt’s savanna and scrublands.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 16, 2023

The scrublands of South Texas are ideal habitat for the secretive ocelot, says Landon Schofield, a range and wildlife biologist for the East Foundation, which owns and manages 220,000 acres in the region.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 5, 2023

Two wildfires that ravaged different parts of Spokane County on Friday afternoon destroyed 300 structures, including homes and outbuildings, and torched 18,000 acres of homes, scrublands, farm fields and forests.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2023

Native to coastal scrublands, dunes and riverbanks near California's Pacific ocean, the pocket mouse's range once stretched from Los Angeles to the US-Mexico border.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023

And, too, out of the hundreds of creeks running through the scrublands, I only saw one that had gone dry.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.