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An alvar is a unique ecosystem of grasslands, savannas and sparse vegetation growing in very shallow soil over flat limestone.
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“Stone Road Alvar” contains on of the best alvar and oak savannas on the island and comprises an ecosystem of global significance.
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By the way i think miles is working for alvar hanso himself.
The Tail Section » Henry Ian Cusick Drops Spoilers for “The Constant” 2008
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These alvar communities support a suite of prairie species that reach the eastern edge of their range here.
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Pronounced is the mosaic of freshwater marshes and dunes, bogs, and fens, hardwood and conifer swamps as well as the rare and unique alvar communities (also called pavement barrens) restricted primarily to this ecoregion in North America.
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These alvar communities are the most extensive in the world, and represent a habitat type that is globally endangered.
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Chaumont Barrens; 6.5 km2 (1600 acres) of alvar in Northern New York
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It might fairly be asked: where does Eggen get his authority for sjaa dei stjernur alvar gav deim!
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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Hennar vakt mun symrur vera, gyllne klæde mun dei bera; sjaa dei stjernur alvar gav deim!
An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway Martin Brown Ruud 1913
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He walks past the garden into the alvar, with its small trees, grasses and stone outcroppings.
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