Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity.

Shrublands are the areas that are located in west coastal regions between 30° and 40° North and South latitude. Some of the places would include southern California, Chile, Mexico, areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, and southwest parts of Africa and Australia. These regions are usually found surrounding deserts and grasslands.

2017年10月25日 · A shrubland is a specific type of ecosystem, which is identified by its large amount of shrubs and shrub-like plants. Other plants found within shrubland habitats include grasses, bushes, and other herbaceous plants.

Shrubland ecosystems, also known as shrublands or chaparrals, are unique habitats characterized by a dense growth of woody plants and shrubs. These ecosystems can be found across various regions of the world, including Mediterranean …

scrubland, diverse assortment of vegetation types sharing the common physical characteristic of dominance by shrubs. A shrub is defined as a woody plant not exceeding 5 metres (16.4 feet) in height if it has a single main stem, or 8 metres if it is multistemmed.

2017年10月23日 · Shrubland biomes are the bioregions where vegetation is dominated by evergreen sclerophyllous plants, particularly shrubs and short grasses. Shrublands are either naturally formed or established by human activity.

The principal shrubland ecosystems of the western United States are sagebrush, chaparral, mountain brush, coastal sage, blackbrush, salt desert, creosote bush, palo verde-cactus, mesquite, ceniza shrub, shinnery, and sand-sage prairie.

A shrubland is vegetation that is dominated by shrubs or short statured trees, generally < 5 m tall, often in a single canopy layer. Shrub cover may be very dense to fairly open with considerable grass cover, but with shrubs common and evenly distributed throughout ( Dixon et al., 2014 ).

Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. [1] . Deserts and xeric (Ancient Greek ξηρός xērós 'dry') shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth 's land surface area. [2] .

Shrublands are an important intermediary successional community. Shrubs, as the name suggests, dominate the canopy while small trees, snags, grasses, and herbaceous vegetation also contribute to the dynamic structural composition.