old-growth

Speech parts

1. old-growth - Noun

2. old-growth - Adjective

Meaning

forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity

Alternative names

old growth

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Examples

HAZELTON, B.C. — The British Columbia government says it's taking a new and more all-encompassing approach to protecting the province's old-growth forests. Source: Internet

“Biologists are watching closely as the blazes encroach on old-growth redwood trees in Northern and Central California, where some giants are more than 1,000 years old and are known by individual names,” Source: Internet

Its habitats were old-growth wetland forests along rivers and in swamps especially in the Mississippi-Missouri drainage basin with large hollow trees including cypress and sycamore to use as roosting and nesting sites. Source: Internet

Grid and address system The city's street plan originates downtown and extends into the old-growth neighborhoods, following a grid pattern with the intersection of High Street (running north–south) and Broad Street (running east–west) at its center. Source: Internet

As you hike the last two miles to the falls, you’ll pass by large tuliptrees, silverbells, tallow birches and an old-growth cover hardwood forest. Source: Internet

BCTS has identified 250 old-growth cedar trees to be spared from logging in the Nahmint, the ministry said. Source: Internet

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