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41. Glen or Dale: A depression between hills. 



42. Fencerow: A strip of land along the course of a fence 

 left untilled. 



43. Hedgerow: A thicket of bushes between any two 

 portions of land, often planted, but sometimes left after clear- 

 ing wild land. 



Subsection: Sun plant formations: Heliophytia. 



44. Grassland: Land kept in grass and not tilled. 



45. Meadow: Lowland covered with (a) coarse grass, or (6) 

 composites or other herbage; (c) dry or drained. 



46. Pastures: Grasslands for cattle, horses, etc.; (a) dry; 

 (b) abandoned. 



47. Field: Open cleared land; (a) sandy; (b) gravelly; (c) 

 grassy; (d) abandoned; (e) stubble; (/) cultivated. 



48. Waste: Unproductive and unused land. 



49. Barren: A tract of barren or elevated land on which 

 grow small trees, but not timber; (a) pine barrens; (6) oak 

 barrens; (c) sterile; ((/) fertile. 



III. Dry Plant Formations: Xeropiivtia. 



50. Desert: Vast sandy tracts of land, appearing in western 

 United States, where evaporation exceeds rainfall. 



51. Hill: A natural elevation of land rising above the common 

 level of the surrounding land, in height less than a mountain: 

 (a) sandy; (6) limestone. 



52. Prairie: An extensive tract of level or rolling land, 

 destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually charac- 

 terized by a deep fertile soil; plains. 



53. Plains: \n open field or broad stretch of land with an 

 even surface, or surface little varied by ineciualities; prairie. 



54. Dry Open Woodland : Land well drained, openly scattered 

 with trees; (a) border; (b) sandy loam. 



55. Dry Thicket : Land covered with a wood consisting of 

 trees, shrubs, etc., but with well drained soil; (a) border. 



56. Dry Forest: wild land, well drained, covered with trees; 

 (a) border. 



57. Gravel Slide: Sliding land made up largely of small 

 stones and sand; (o) gravelly hillsides; (b) gravel pit. 



58. Sand Bar: An extensive ridge of .sand formed by currents 

 in the water; usually submerged, but sometimes exposed by 

 receding water. 



59. Blowout: An excavation in sandy ground produced by 

 the action of the wind. 



60. Strand: The shore, especially the beach of the sea, 

 ocean, or lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. 



