Barrens
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Barrens may refer to:
  • Pine barrens
    Pine barrens
    Pine barrens, pine plains, sand plains, or pinelands occur throughout the northeastern U.S. from New Jersey to Maine as well as the Midwest and Canada....

    , a type of ecosystem found in the Northeastern United States
    • Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
      Pine Barrens (New Jersey)
      The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands, is a heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across southern New Jersey. The name "pine barrens" refers to the area's sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil, to which the crops originally imported by European settlers didn't take well...

      , a pine barren in the state of New Jersey
    • List of pine barrens which includes some other locations called "Pine Barrens" or "Barrens"
  • Serpentine barrens, a grassland or savanna ecosystem in which toxic metals in the soil from minerals of the serpentine group inhibit the growth of many plants
  • Urchin barrens, where the proliferation of sea urchins has caused a massive kelp die-off


The Barrens may refer to:
  • The Barrens (film)
    The Barrens (film)
    The Barrens is an upcoming horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Stephen Moyer.-Plot:A man takes his wife and two children on a camping trip in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and becomes convinced they are being stalked by the legendary monster the Jersey Devil....

    , an upcoming film
  • a location in the Warcraft Universe
    Warcraft Universe
    Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media originally created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of Four core games: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and World of Warcraft...

  • a novel by F. Paul Wilson
    F. Paul Wilson
    Francis Paul Wilson is an American author, primarily in the science fiction and horror genres. His debut novel was Healer . Wilson is also a part-time practicing family physician. He made his first sales in 1970 to Analog while still in medical school , and continued to write science fiction...

  • a novel by Joyce Carol Oates
    Joyce Carol Oates
    Joyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...

  • The Barrens (It) a location in the novel It by Stephen King

See also

  • Barren vegetation
    Barren vegetation
    The term Barren vegetation, or just barren, describes an area where plant growth is sparse, stunted, or possesses little biodiversity. Poor growth may occur due to high winds, climate, salt spray, infertile or toxic soil, or heavy exploitation by man....

  • Barren (disambiguation)
  • Barren Island (disambiguation)
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