timberless
Lacking woody growth
Timberless means without timber—lacking trees suitable for building or lumber production.
The word describes barren landscapes, treeless plains, or regions where forests have been depleted: The settlers found themselves on a timberless prairie, forced to build sod houses.
Recording system events
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
- clear-cuttingRemoving all trees completely
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
- agricultural expansionIncreasing cultivated land area
cattle ranching · deforested · stripped · denuded · clearance · pulpwood · land clearing · desertification
Devoid of water
- infertileUnable to produce offspring
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- lifelessDevoid of animation
bare · empty · sere · inhospitable · unproductive · bleak · desiccated · impoverished
logging
Recording system events
- slash-and-burnPrimitive clearing method
- clear-cuttingRemoving all trees completely
- habitat destructionEliminating natural living spaces
agricultural expansion · cattle ranching · deforested · stripped · denuded · clearance · pulpwood · land clearing · desertification · erosion
arid
Devoid of water
lifeless · bare · empty · sere · inhospitable · unproductive · bleak · desiccated · impoverished · treeless
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
emptiness · isolation · lonely · deserted · forsaken · remote · stark · drear · windswept · godforsaken
prairie
Open grassy flatland
- grasslandTreeless herb-covered ecosystem
- steppeTreeless Eurasian grassland
- savannaTropical grassland, sparse trees
tundra · meadow · pasture · plain · pampas · veld · heath · moor · fell · dale