A nature trail winds among the prairie's tall grasses, diverse wildflowers, and occasional shrubs.
And thanks to grit and sleet and the occasional uprooted shrub, Bruno can seež the turbulence they create: crack-the-whip sheets and rolls of whirling air snapping off every peak, slicing through every valley.
Matt felt almost daunted by the hugeness of the wasteland that rolled up toward the sky without a single tree or occasional shrub.
Teen-agers flock to the rolls, pitches, cliffs and occasional low-lying shrubs in the above-treeline slopes of Loveland the way their parents seek the manicured trails of, say, Deer Valley, Utah, or Stowe, Vt.
As the road turns back northward and then slightly northwestward, the surrounding terrain turns into a more barren land dotted with occasional shrubs and grass.
The grass and occasional shrubs were green.
Most of the country consists of sparse savanna grasslands, with the occasional shrub or acacia.
Flora and fauna include small trees in some ravines and the occasional shrub, along with many birds (e.g., sage grouse and pheasant) and pronghorn, mule deer, feral horses, and the occasional elk.
Beneath their feet were sand and gravel, while occasional shrubs managed a sickly existence, as did some grass and the life-giving krenoj.
A prairie is a type of habitat with mostly grasses, but also flowering plants and occasional shrubs or isolated trees.