a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
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Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.—Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 The Wall Ranch, in Eagle Pass, Texas, occupies a thousand acres of scrubland along the Mexican border.—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 The land that surrounds the areas that burned is largely chaparral, a type of scrubland, said Ernesto Alvarado, a professor of forestry and forest fires at the University of Washington.—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025 New Jersey Pine Barrens The New Jersey Pine Barrens, a large, beautiful national reserve in the southern part of the state, is a unique ecosystem composed of forests, scrubland and waterways.—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scrubland
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