old-growth forests
Never-logged timber stands
Old-growth forests are woodlands that have developed over long periods without significant disturbance from logging, fire, or human activity.
They're characterized by large, mature trees, diverse plant and animal life, fallen logs, and multiple canopy layers.
The term often appears in conservation debates: Activists fought to protect the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest.
Also called primary forests or virgin forests.
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- snagsUnforeseen complications
- fallen logsHorizontal timber on ground
- tree ringsAnnual wood layers
- biodiversityRange of life forms
ecosystem · ancient · keystone species · endemic species · carbon sequestration · habitat · temperate rainforest · ancient woodland · wilderness area · national park · conservation · dendrology · canopy · untouched · redwoods · sequoias · pristine · ferns
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- carbon sinkstrees, oceans, peatlands, soil, rainforests
- Northwoods heritagelogging camps, lumberjacks, sawmills, lumber camps, timber industry
- slow growersbonsai, bristlecone pines, coral, lichen, stalagmites
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
old-growth foreststree plantations
Areas for cultivating timber
tree farms · managed forests · pine plantations · palm oil plantations · Christmas tree farms
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