shrubland
noun
shrub·land ˈshrəb-ˌland 
especially Southern ˈsrəb-
: land on which shrubs are the dominant vegetation
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web State Route 211 traverses rolling desert shrubland in Southeast Utah, passing rust and buff-colored sandstone domes and the foothills of the Abajo Mountains before winding down into the Indian Creek valley. 
The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022 This region is part of the Rio São Francisco drainage basin and is located within a semi-arid tropical shrubland and thorn forest, known as the caatinga, that covers around 10% of Brazil (olive green patch on Figure 1). Grrlscientist, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Keep in mind that disease-carrying ticks can inhabit coastal shrubland near beaches, not just dense forests, Lane said. Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2022 The Summit District at this national park includes the volcanic crater wilderness as well as the shrubland on the mountain’s slants. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Only one such training program exists in the U.S., and it’s in Tallahassee, Fla. — a landscape that has little in common with California’s forests and shrubland. Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2021 In the photoseries, the drum majorettes are a dynamic jolt of color in muted landscapes of concrete and shrubland. CNN, 27 July 2021 That fire, spurred by intense winds, jumped the Continental Divide, traveling across more than a mile of rocks and tundra shrubland and into Rocky Mountain National Park. National Geographic, 26 Oct. 2020 In Washington state, a fire burned more than 750 square miles of forest, brush, and shrubland, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday after a 30-minute tour of the fire area in Sumner, east of Tacoma. Andrew Selsky And Gillian Flaccus, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2020 See More
The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022 This region is part of the Rio São Francisco drainage basin and is located within a semi-arid tropical shrubland and thorn forest, known as the caatinga, that covers around 10% of Brazil (olive green patch on Figure 1). Grrlscientist, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Keep in mind that disease-carrying ticks can inhabit coastal shrubland near beaches, not just dense forests, Lane said. Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2022 The Summit District at this national park includes the volcanic crater wilderness as well as the shrubland on the mountain’s slants. Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Only one such training program exists in the U.S., and it’s in Tallahassee, Fla. — a landscape that has little in common with California’s forests and shrubland. Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2021 In the photoseries, the drum majorettes are a dynamic jolt of color in muted landscapes of concrete and shrubland. CNN, 27 July 2021 That fire, spurred by intense winds, jumped the Continental Divide, traveling across more than a mile of rocks and tundra shrubland and into Rocky Mountain National Park. National Geographic, 26 Oct. 2020 In Washington state, a fire burned more than 750 square miles of forest, brush, and shrubland, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday after a 30-minute tour of the fire area in Sumner, east of Tacoma. Andrew Selsky And Gillian Flaccus, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above