forest clearing
Gap among trees
A forest clearing is an open space within a wooded area where trees have been removed or never grew.
Clearings may be natural—created by fire, windfall, or poor soil—or made deliberately for farming, logging, or settlement.
Wildlife often congregates at clearings where sunlight reaches the forest floor: We spotted deer grazing in a small clearing.
- gladeWoodland's open space
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- sunlightRadiance from our star
- openingGap or start
- treesWoody plants with trunks
old growth · stumps · tree stump · wildflowers · deer · wild animals · birdsong · dappled · mossy · ferns · fairy ring · logging · timber harvest · slash · brush · timber · edge · grassy
- forestswoods, pine trees, maple trees, spruce trees, grove
- outdoor placespark, yard, backyard, front yard, shore
- habitat destructionhabitat loss, habitat fragmentation, destruction, degradation, fragmentation
- land clearingbulldozer, chainsaw, brush cutter, brush hog, excavator
- wildlife threatsbiodiversity loss, extinction, habitat loss, poaching, species extinction
- swidden farmingslash and burn, slash-and-burn, shifting cultivation, swidden, ray
forest clearingdense forest
Closely packed woodland
dense canopy · jungle · old-growth forest · thicket · virgin forest
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