Downland
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Downland, chalkland, chalk downs, or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, largely turfed with grass, such as the Chiltern Hills and North Downs.
Devil's Dyke, a dry valley in the South Downs
Beachy Head cliffs and Belle Tout Lighthouse
Galium verum (L.), lady's bedstraw, a typical English chalk downland plant
Calcareous grassland
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Calcareous grassland is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland.
Ranscombe Farm, Medway on the North Downs. In June, these meadows are covered with chalk grassland flowers.
Wacholderheide, Swabian Alb, Naturschutzgebiet Digelfeld