Headland Sample Clauses

Headland. The area of land between an allotment plot and any haulage way or perimeter fence.

Headland. Around the peninsula, there is a narrow band of treeless headland atop steep bluffs. This wind-swept zone is covered in a carpet of low-lying vegetation, traversed by a well-used walking/ATV trail. The vegetation here is simple: crowberry, cinquefoil and lowbush blueberry form an almost unbroken mat. Juniper bushes, xxxxx-xxxx, bayberry and common woodrush are found in the mat from place to place. A few roadside species such as hawkweeds and sow-thistles have invaded the disturbed ground created by the trail. This headland vegetation makes an abrupt transition into dense spruce forest within 50 m of the cliffs. Spurred gentian (Halenia deflexa) was found on the barren headlands to the east end of the site at Wreck Point (see Figures 4.5 and 4.6). The headlands cliffs also provide important breeding habitat for a variety of The eroding headlands of Donkin sea birds, including the Razorbill, which has a NSDNR General Status Rank of Yellow (see Section 4.4.3 for further information). A thick mat of Crowberry and Juniper help stabilize the fragile soils of the coastal headlands at Donkin. The headlands have traditionally been used by local bird-watchers and ATV users.