Plant communities have been classified into nine categories: lowland subtropical rainforest, submontane rainforest, cloud-forest and scrub, lowland swamp forest, mangrove scrub and seagrass, coastal scrub and cliff vegetation, inland scrub and herbland, offshore island vegetation, shoreline and beach vegetation, and disturbed vegetation.
Waves, clouds, cliffs, vegetation, a waterfall and even a constellation are all accorded their due in elegantly linear terms.
Small herds of wild goats are reputed to have been deliberately established by farmers, because they grazed down cliff-ledge vegetation, discouraging less sure-footed sheep from getting too close to the edge.
The underwater environment with steep cliffs, caves and vegetation was tougher to navigate than searchers expected.
At last we came swerving out into a perfect, circular lagoon of blue-green water, surrounded on all sides by high cliffs, vines and vegetation clinging to the vertical habitat.
Predation hotspots were located at high altitudes, close to cliffs and dense vegetation, and far from roads or human settlements.
My favorite spa, Sekinoyu, is just yards off the beach, a vegetation-thick cliff at its back.
Vegetation at Castle Cliff, Beaverdam Mountains, Utah.
Hike through the myriad trails found in the 809-acre nature reserve, and discover gorgeous natural swimming holes, waterfalls and native vegetation surrounding limestone cliffs (popular with adventuresome swimmers and mountain climbers).
From the water, in the approach to Dover, the chalk cliffs under their cap of vegetation are like the filling in a broken wafer, a cross-sectional exposure of the nation's basement.
In Brittany (France), impacts of human activities, especially those caused by tourism, have progressively resulted in the alteration of coastal cliff-top heathland and grassland vegetation in most popular tourist sites.
