woodlots
Small timber stands
Woodlots are small areas of forest or trees, typically on private property, maintained for timber, firewood, or wildlife habitat.
The term is North American, often describing the wooded portion of a farm: The family harvested firewood from their woodlot each fall.
A woodlot might be carefully managed or left largely wild.
Cut logs for burning
- cordwoodWood sold by volume
- lumberSawn wood for building
- sawlogsSleep with loud breathing
- fuelwoodWood burned for energy
pulpwood · hardwood · softwood · maple · oak · hickory · ash · cherry
Forest cultivation practice
- arboricultureCultivation of woody plants
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- standUpright support structure
- saplingsJuvenile trees
understory · canopy · regeneration · thinning · coppicing · growth · forester · inventory
Farm with residence
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- bucolicIdyllically rural
homestead · smallholding · self-sufficiency · windbreak · hedgerow · tradition · heritage · seasonal
firewood
Cut logs for burning
fuelwood · pulpwood · hardwood · softwood · maple · oak · hickory · ash · cherry · birch
silviculture
Forest cultivation practice
- arboricultureCultivation of woody plants
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- standUpright support structure
saplings · understory · canopy · regeneration · thinning · coppicing · growth · forester · inventory · rotation
farmstead
Farm with residence
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
bucolic · homestead · smallholding · self-sufficiency · windbreak · hedgerow · tradition · heritage · seasonal · generations
wildlife
Undomesticated natural organisms
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- refugePlace of safety
- biodiversityRange of life forms
ecosystem · deer · songbirds · owls · squirrels · nesting · shelter · understory · deadfall · snags
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
hectares · acres · property · smallholding · homestead · farmland · allotment · holding · estate · boundary
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
- forest land usestimber, logging, tree farms, firewood
- agroforestryfood forest, intercropping, shade-grown coffee, windbreaks, shelterbelts
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- Forest Termsoak, pine, spruce, fir, cedar
woodlotsclearings
Treeless forest spaces
cleared land · open fields · pastures · cropland · farmland
woodlotswilderness areas
Protected undeveloped natural regions
old-growth forests · virgin forests · primeval forests · untouched wilderness · virgin timber