Definition of "heathland" [heathland]

• A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate. (noun)

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• "The environment we were working in was called heathland."
• "To protect themselves from predation they like rough land such as heathland, and coastal terrain with good cover, such as that provided by furze (gorse) and other dense shrubbery."
• "Its first two summers were spent as a pioneer of a forest that was never meant to be, since heathland depends on maintaining a permanent state of arrested development."