scrub habitat

collocation in English

meaningsofscrubandhabitat

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scrub
noun
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/skrʌb/us
/skrʌb/
(an area of land covered with) short trees and bushes, growing on dry ground of ...
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habitat
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/us
/ˈhæb.ə.tæt/
the natural environment in which an animal or plant ...
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(Definition ofscrubandhabitatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The refuge is characterized by a thornscrubhabitatwith rocky coastline surrounded by spectactular reefs.
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It can be found in forest, woodland, andscrubhabitat, often in dry areas.
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It is adapted to the occasional wildfire that naturally occurs in thescrubhabitat.
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It grows on vernally moist coastal grassland and coastal sagescrubhabitatwith clay soils.
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It grows on streambanks in forests andscrubhabitat.
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It is considered an indicator species for the alluvialscrubhabitattype in this region.
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It grows in chaparral and coastal and inlandscrubhabitat.
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Despite local efforts to conserve its favoured coppice andscrubhabitat, numbers fell by 53 per cent between 1995 and 2008.
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The main threat to the species is the loss of itsscrubhabitatto development and silviculture.
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Thescrubhabitatpreferred by the bird has declined due to increased agricultural activity.
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It grows on sandy soils in chaparral, woodland, andscrubhabitat, and sometimes appears in disturbed habitat along roadsides.
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Various rhododendrons live in thescrubhabitatnear timberline, as do junipers and birches.
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It is a plant of coastalscrubhabitat.
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It grows in forest, woodland, andscrubhabitattypes.
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It is a resident of desertscrubhabitat.
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It grows in desert andscrubhabitat, often in areas with alkali soils among plants such as shadscale.
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It is most commonly found in areas where there is ground cover near flax andscrubhabitat.
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It is a resident of dry mountainscrubhabitat, often on serpentine soils.
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It grows in forest, woodland, andscrubhabitat, sometimes in saline soils.
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