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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. natural resources
  3. biological resources
  4. vegetation
  5. vegetation types
  6. heathlands

Preferred term

heathlands

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A vegetation type dominated by low growing woody plants from the Ericaceae family and typically found in uncultivated open land with poor acidic or peaty soils.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • heath land
  • heathland
  • heath lands
  • moor land
  • moorland
  • moor lands
  • moorlands
  • moors (vegetation type)
  • moor (vegetation type)

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148616

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