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A structural unit of a major ecological community characterized by relative uniformity of life-form or of height and usually constituting a particular stratum of that community.

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  • In Paraguay we referred to UNESCO, who classify this as "medium-tall grassland with broad-leaved evergreen tree synusia (cerrado)".
  • Linework for this ecoregion follows United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), from which the following formation were lumped within western...
  • She had correctly spelled “tmesis,” “izzat,” “kanone,” “aubade,” “psittacism,” “recrementitious,” “clinamen,” “hukilau,” “Shedu,” “towhee,” “synusia,” “cucullate,”...
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