Steppe
Extensive area of treeless grassland with short grasses and less rainfall than a prairie.
Veld, Veldt
Steppe with scattered trees and shrubs (especially in Africa)
Tundra
Extensive northern (arctic) treeless plain with mucky soil
Sward
Green tract of grassland or turf
Lea, Mead
Grassland tract for grazing or hay
Fell
High moor or barren field
Moor, moorland
A tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor
Barrens
Scrubby, uncultivated ground, or land along a lagoon covered by high water.
Heath
An area of open uncultivated land, esp. In Britain with characteristic vegetation of heather, gorse and coarse grasses
Croft
Yard or field used as a household kitchen garden or for a few farm animals
Paddock
A small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised
Boondocks
An uninhabited are with thick natural vegetation, as a blackwoods or marsh
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