| The prairie barrens occur on limestone with shallow clayey soils that are well-drained. |
| This species, typical of mesic to dry-mesic upland forests, has wind-dispersed seeds and evidently readily invades barrens. |
| It has many similarities to the Blackbelt prairies and the barrens of Tennessee and Kentucky. |
| The pine barrens of New Jersey is the northernmost range of 109 southern plant species. |
| The other is a mosaic of sand barrens and woodland and in this case, poor soil has probably slowed succession. |
| After exploring gentle mountain slopes, taiga flatland and highland barrens, we suddenly reached the plateau's edge. |
