Remnant natural area

A remnant natural area, also known as remnant habitat, is an ecological community containing native flora and fauna that has not been significantly disturbed by destructive activities such as agriculture, logging, pollution, development, fire suppression, or non-native species invasion.

"[5] Abiotic elements determining the quality of a natural area may include factors such as hydrologic connectivity or fire.

In the upper Midwestern United States, remnant natural areas date prior to European settlement, going back to the end of the Wisconsinian Glaciation approximately 15,000 years ago.

[1] Diverse remnant plant community examples in that region include tallgrass prairie, beech-maple forest, savannas, bogs, and fens.

"[8] In Australia, remnant habitats are sometimes called "bushland," and include communities such as forest, woodland, grasslands, mallee, coastal heathland, and rainforest.