Barrens

Barrens

Barrens may refer to:

* Pine barrens, a type of ecosystem found in the Northeastern United States
** The Pine Barrens (New Jersey), a pine barren in the state of New Jersey
** List of pine barrens which includes some other locations called "Pine Barrens" or "Barrens"
** "The Pine Barrens" (book), about the history, people, and biology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens

* Urchin barrens, where the proliferation of sea urchins has caused a massive kelp die-off

The Barrens may refer to:
*a location in the Warcraft Universe
* a novel by F. Paul Wilson
* a novel by Joyce Carol Oates

ee also

* Barren, numerous meanings
* Barren Island, numerous islands


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