revegetates
Restores plant cover
Revegetates means to grow vegetation again on land that has been stripped or damaged.
The word appears most often in environmental and land management contexts: The hillside revegetates naturally after wildfire, The mining company is required to revegetate disturbed areas.
Erosion control projects often aim to revegetate slopes with native grasses.
Recovery of something lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- replantingRelocating vegetation to soil
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
afforestation · erosion control · brownfield · topsoil · streambank
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- regrowthGrowing back again
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- rootingActively cheering someone on
establishment · budding · flourishing · colonization · spreading · regeneration · propagation · ground cover
Following in order
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- native speciesOrganisms originating in a region
indigenous · recolonization · wildlife · flora · fauna · understory · canopy · wetland
Reviving degraded natural environments
- wildlife corridorStrip connecting fragmented habitats
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- reserveSupply kept back
endangered habitat · stewardship · protected area · carbon sequestration · watershed protection · rewilding
reclamation
Recovery of something lost
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- replantingRelocating vegetation to soil
reforestation · afforestation · erosion control · brownfield · topsoil · streambank
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
rooting · establishment · budding · flourishing · colonization · spreading · regeneration · propagation · ground cover · maturation
succession
Following in order
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
native species · indigenous · recolonization · wildlife · flora · fauna · understory · canopy · wetland · grassland
habitat restoration
Reviving degraded natural environments
- wildlife corridorStrip connecting fragmented habitats
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
reserve · endangered habitat · stewardship · protected area · carbon sequestration · watershed protection · rewilding
revegetatesdeforests
Clears trees from land
clears · strips · denudes · desertifies · razes
revegetatesdesertifies
Makes land arid
degrades · devastates · sterilizes · despoils · destroys