low scrub
Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words
Describes scrubland that does not grow very high.
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- The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
- Beyond the dunes, vast areas of low scrub stretched towards the horizon.
- The hikers found shelter behind a cluster of low scrub during the dust storm.
- Only hardy plants and low scrub could survive in the arid climate.
- Small birds often nested in the dense low scrub to protect their young.
- The landscape was dominated by rolling hills covered in low scrub.
- Farmers struggled to clear the stubborn low scrub from their fields.
- From the airplane, we could see patches of low scrub interspersed with rock formations.
- The wild goats grazed on the sparse grasses and low scrub of the mountainside.
- Environmentalists are working to preserve the unique ecosystem of the low scrub desert.