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covering 300 square miles (780 km2). It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk...

'mid-latitude areas dominated by herbaceous vegetation and termed locally steppes, prairies, pampas, high veldts, downland, etc.' "Ecoregions of the United States-Ecological...

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along...

Transcaucasus, and Turkey). It is found in chalk downland, in warm, sheltered spots, flying low over vegetation, seeking females that are rich chocolate brown...

Ham Hill is a hill and area of chalk downland in Wiltshire, England, on the steep banks running alongside the road from the village of Ham to Buttermere...

surprise, by using a night march to position his numerically inferior army on Downland high above the town by early morning. To avoid detection they ascended...

working coppices in the area today, at places such as at the Weald and Downland Living Museum. Coppices provided wood for many purposes, especially charcoal...

rich with Downland flowers. Its seems a favourite spot for brown hare, but much has been lost to thorn scrub as it is under-grazed. The Downland chalk and...

about the ability of animals alone to create such regular steps or ridges. Downland Vincent, Peter J.; Clarke, Joan V. (1976). "The terracette enigma – a review"...

the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The slopes represent some of the best chalk downland in the area. Ditchling Beacon was an Iron Age hill fort and its ramparts...

area with many butterflies and migrant birds in spring. Blackcap is a Downland peak which like Ashcombe Bottom has been under the National Trust’s ownership...

breaking the cohesiveness. On both sides of the road, the contours of the Downland are impressive to behold and, for the most part, even the noise of the...

acres (20 km2) of woodlands (known as Ashridge Forest), commons and chalk downland which supports a rich variety of wildlife. Today, Ashridge is home to Hult...

p. 122. 1938 USDA soil taxonomy Alvar Calcareous grassland Chalk heath Downland Edaphic FAO soil classification Gypcrust Gypsum flora of Nova Scotia...

Stonehenge with about 30 acres, 2 rods, 37 perches [12.44 ha] of adjoining downland." Cecil Chubb bought the site for £6,600 (£668,000 in 2024) and gave it...

green hills and perennial rivers. Most of its terrain consists of rolling downland, sometimes lightly wooded, lying at altitudes between 1,800–2,593 metres...

Britain. There are two breeding areas: the area surrounding The Wash, and downland areas of southern England, from Dorset and Hampshire north to Oxfordshire...

where the food plants grow among tussocky vegetation. The species prefers north- or west-facing slopes in downland habitats. As adults, the sexes exhibit...

the alpine cragginess of this pit the older pits meld into the adjacent Downland at their northern end. In the past they were grazed as part of those Down...

to ancient trackways or green lanes, especially those found on chalk downlands, like the Ridgeway. Greenways are vegetated, linear, and multi-purpose...