downed trees
Forest floor timber
Trees that have fallen or been knocked down, typically by storms, wind, disease, or logging.
The phrase appears in news reports about storm damage, trail conditions, and forestry: Crews worked through the night clearing downed trees from the highway.
A single fallen tree is simply a downed tree.
- fallenHaving dropped down
- logsCut wood sections
- timberWood for construction
- deadfallTrap using falling weight
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
branches · brush pile · debris · chainsaw · blocked · tangled · uprooted · root ball · trunk · windfall · clearing · firewood · rot · decay · moss · forest floor · forest · hurricane
- hurricaneshurricane, tropical cyclone, Andrew, Katrina, eyewall
- weather damagestorm damage, wind damage, hail damage, flood damage, tornado damage
- ice stormsfreezing rain, sleet, ice pellets, ice buildup, black ice