revegetation
Restoring lost greenery
Revegetation is the process of replanting or regrowing vegetation in an area where it has been lost or destroyed.
The term appears most often in environmental contexts—restoring plant cover after mining, wildfires, construction, or erosion: The revegetation of the hillside took three years.
Success typically requires careful selection of native species suited to local conditions.
Replanting depleted woodlands
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- seedbankStored plant genetic material
flora · fauna · indigenous · endangered · preservation · conservancy · stewardship · reserve
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- propagationAct of spreading widely
nursery · sowing · cuttings · broadcasting · hydroseeding · mulching · staking · planting
Previously developed, possibly polluted land
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
- landscapesViews of natural terrain
Nutrient-rich surface earth
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- mycorrhizaeFungal-root mutualistic associations
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- biocharCharred biomass soil amendment
humus · earthworks · drainage · runoff · geotextile
reforestation
Replanting depleted woodlands
- afforestationIntroducing woods to treeless land
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biodiversityRange of life forms
seedbank · flora · fauna · indigenous · endangered · preservation · conservancy · stewardship · reserve · regeneration
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- saplingsJuvenile trees
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
propagation · nursery · sowing · cuttings · broadcasting · hydroseeding · mulching · staking · planting · growth
brownfield
Previously developed, possibly polluted land
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- desertificationLand becoming barren, infertile
- terraformingModifying worlds for habitability
topsoil
Nutrient-rich surface earth
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- mycorrhizaeFungal-root mutualistic associations
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
biochar · humus · earthworks · drainage · runoff · geotextile
- habitat creationhabitat restoration, nest boxes, bat houses, bee hotels, insect hotels
- land restorationreforestation, ecosystem restoration, rewilding, land reclamation, habitat restoration
- Mining Damagetailings, mine tailings, toxic runoff, coal ash, slag
- reclamationland reclamation, energy recovery, habitat restoration, reforestation, river restoration
- erosion controlerosion control, riprap, geotextiles, hydroseeding, swales
- green restorationecosystem restoration, habitat restoration, reforestation, rewilding, native planting
revegetationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
land clearing · stripping · forest clearing · logging · slash and burn
revegetationdesertification
Land becoming barren, infertile
soil erosion · environmental degradation · degradation · denudation · habitat destruction
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