heathland
Noun
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a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
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In many parts of the world, a " heath " or "heathland" is an environment characterised by an open dwarf- shrub community found on low-quality acidic soils, generally dominated by plants in the Ericaceae.
Flora and fauna The vegetation of the park ranges from pure mallee heathland in the Eastern Block to cypress pine and casuarina woodlands in the moister Western Block.
Until a few decades ago Kempen was a region of heathland and sand drifts with a sparse growth of pines, a few scattered villages subsisting on the poor soil and some small towns; and this is still the pattern in much of the region.