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breckland

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

breckland A distinctive locality in south-western Norfolk and north-western Suffolk, England, with a mosaic of grass heath and Pteridium aquilinum (bracken) and Calluna vulgaris (heather, ling) communities. Pollen analysis has demonstrated that the breckland was one of the first areas in Britain to be permanently cleared of woodland by Neolithic farmers.

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breckland

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

breckland A distinctive locality in south-western Norfolk and north-western Suffolk, England with a mosaic of grass heath and Pteridium aquilinum (bracken) and Calluna vulgaris (heather, ling) communities. Pollen analysis has demonstrated that the breckland was one of the first areas in Britain to be permanently deforested by Neolithic farmers.

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Breckland

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Breckland (district) Norfolk. ‘Area in which ground has been broken up for cultivation’, from dialect breck, a name first used in the 19th cent.

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