an area dominated by short, multi-stemmed plants; a typical example is the chenopod shrublands but sometimes the 'mallee' is classified as a shrubland ( see chenopod shrubland)

(scrub) vegetation dominated by shrubs greater than 0.5 meters or 1.5 feet and typically less than 4 to 5 meters or 13 to 16 feet in height, forming greater than 25 percent cover, with trees forming less than 25 percent cover; shrub cover may be less than 25 percent in cases where the cover of each of the other life forms present is less than 25 percent and the shrub cover exceeds the cover of other life forms; does not include developing secondary associations dominated by tree species. 225

Shrubland is a habitat type dominated by woody shrubs. A shrub is a perennial woody plant that branches at ground level to form several stems. Shrublands form in several different biomes, and may be either a permanent habitat type, stable over time, or a transitional one, caused when another habitat type is disturbed by natural or human causes, like fire or logging.