The upper parts of the hillsides were overgrazed moderately to heavily.
Ellis County; the subspecies was much rarer on rocky hillsides and in the habitat surrounding prairie ponds.
Tall grasses were dominant on the lowerhillsides and small patches of Slough grass (Spartina pectinata) grew in moist areas.
Not all the water of all our taps, not all the peat of all our hillsides will persuade them to be contented.
In the present case we flatter ourselves that the particular spot we have selected for our pool was intended by Nature to contain one, and nothing but the incurable aridity of these dry hillsides hindered her from carrying out that intention.
No buildings cut his view from the brown hillsides where the lazy mists of autumn beckoned to be out and free.
And when it's all over we shall ride those old hillsides again.
Thus we lay on the green hillsides of Valley Forge, busily preparing for the struggle which was certain to come, until far into the spring, without a sign of a movement on the part of the enemy.
Ah, how cold and bleak and barren the hillsides looked after the smiling fields of Maryland, touched and warmed by the Southern sun!
Nearly all the gold which the land has produced has come from the valleys and hillsides of this range.
These hillsides are dotted with beautiful villas, mostly owned by foreigners drawn hither in search of health, or the study of art.
It is for this reason that the chateaux of the Alpine valleys and hillsides of Savoy and Dauphiny differ from those of the Rhône or the Saône.
Turner and his engravers never dared attempt it, so complex was the light and shadow of the vintage sun shining on the hillsides and valleys of the Côte d'Or.
Milly, here in the midst of the opulent plains and hillsides of Burgundy, is a spot so calm and so simply environed that one can not but feel somewhat of the inspiration of the man who called it his "chère maison.
All the hillsides glisten and sparkle like cloth of gold, each glass knob on the telephone poles is like a resplendent jewel, and the long morning shadows of the trees lie blue upon the snow.
But though he took steep hillsides of shale on the run, the pony slithering down in a slide of rubble like a cat, the rider's alert eyes watched the footing keenly.
The dusty miles spun out behind them as they covered white sunbaked levels, cut across rough hillsides of rubble, dipped into sandy washes, and wound forward through wastes of cactus and zacaton.
Far away upon the hillsides his companions heard his voice, and they stopped upon their homeward way to listen, as the evening breeze bore the sound to their ears.
The hillsides loomed black out of chilly mist that wrapped the serried ranks of climbing pines in their smoky folds.
High above it on the one hand the hillsides sloped up toward the snow, which now crept lower to meet them every day.
There are gloomy recesses in the hillsides that encourage exploration from the knowledge that they are not tripper-worn, and there are endless heights to be climbed that are equally free from the smallest traces of desecrating mankind.
The valley was full of colour from the glowing west, and the steep hillsidesopposite appeared lighter than the indigo clouds above, now slightly tinged with purple.
The greater part of this district of Yorkshire is composed of limestone, forming bare hillsides honeycombed with underground waters and pot-holes, which often lead down into the most astonishing caverns.
The stone walls still cover the hillsides with a net of very large mesh, but the sheep find more bent than grass, and the ground is often exceedingly steep.
It is the stern grandeur of the scarred hillsides and the wide mountainous views from the heights that give this part of Yorkshire such a fascination.
And look at those ridiculous green hillsides over the river there!
The northern hillsides to a very considerable height above the river are covered with vineyards.
As in all southern scenery, the transition from these perfumed thickly clustering gardens to the bare unirrigated hillsides is very striking.
The hillsides are a labyrinth of box and arbutus, with coronilla in golden bloom.
A few spare olives cast their shadows on the lower slopes; here and there a copse of oakwood and acacia marks the course of some small rivulet; rye-fields, grey beneath the wind, clothe the hillsides with scanty verdure.
Yet upon these hillsides there are hardly any signs of life; the whole country seems abandoned to primeval wildness and the majesty of desolation.
The upper valley is beautiful, with verdant lawns and purple hillsides breaking down into thick chestnut woods, through which we wound at a rapid pace for nearly an hour.
Helena his mind often reverted to them, and he would speak of the gummy odours of the macchi wafted from the hillsides to the seashore.
For why do the slopes gleam with flowers, and the hillsides deck themselves with grass, and the inaccessible ledges of black rock bear their tufts of crimson primroses and flaunting tiger-lilies?
Far and near the landscape swims in rain, and the hillsides send down torrents through their watercourses.
Rhodora is found on damp hillsides and in swamps from Newfoundland to Quebec and south to N.
This attractive little Iris is found on rich wooded hillsides and along streams, from Md.
I know a place where the wild thyme grows," many such places indeed, and high hillsides of wild lilac and a wee mountain crowned with the flowering manzanita.
As the red gained in the sky, the earth and all upon it glowed, even the grey winter fields and the bare hillsides crimsoned, the waterpools were cisterns of molten brass, and the very road glittered.
They are to be found in the winters, on the hillsides and in fields where the weeds are showing through, feeding upon the small seeds, and at this time they are as restless and uncertain as the snowflake itself, from which it is called.
This is a bird of the hillsides or prairies, seldom being found near the water, their food consisting more of insects and worms than is usual with others of the Plover or Sandpiper families.
Moreover, owing to the shelter thus furnished, and to the disintegration of the granite trending in this direction so as to form deep beds of gravel, the valleys and hillsides are clothed with rich vegetation.
Colonel Bastard, ancestor of the present owner, planted all the heathery land and hillsides with trees, and received therefor the thanks of Parliament as one who by so doing had deserved well of his country.
In certain lights, hillsides on the moor show indications of having been cultivated in ridges, and this not with the plough, but with the spade.
The excavations of the old miners here are of a most extensive character, the hillsides in places being literally honeycombed by their burrows, indicating the production in past times of large quantities of the metal.
Tenements there must be, but they should be in the sheltered valleys, and the wide hillsides and sweeps of moor should be left severely alone.
When winter storms sweep across our land, these birds blow in like true snowflakes, settling down upon hillsides and feeding upon seeds from the weed stalks that are sure to be found above the snow somewhere.
They like dry hillsides covered with scrub pines and are often quite abundant in such localities.
With anxious eyes, the believers scanned the sky and the barrenhillsides for some sign, they knew not what.
Artemisia slipped her hand within that of Clearchus, while the Spartan followed with his eyes the glancing sails of a vessel whose prow was turned toward the north and the rugged hillsides of his native land.
For the same reason, they skirted the hillsides instead of keeping to the valleys, where it would have been easier to advance, and the wisdom of this precaution was made manifest before they had gone far.
But the slow-burning redwood of the California hillsides is used instead of the inflammable pine, the result being that since 1850 the loss by fire in the residence section of the city has been remarkably small.
Residents of the hillsides in the central portion of the city seemingly were safe from the inferno of flames that was consuming the business section.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hillsides" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
