overmature forest
1old growth — noun forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity • Syn: ↑virgin forest • Hypernyms: ↑forest, ↑wood, ↑woods * * * noun 1. : a mature or overmature forest growth more or less… …
2forestry — /fawr euh stree, for /, n. 1. the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests. 2. the process of establishing and managing forests; forestation. 3. forestland. [1685 95; < MF foresterie. See FOREST, RY] * * * Management of forested… …
3old growth — old growth, adj. 1. forest growth consisting of mature or overmature trees. 2. virgin timber. [1880 85] * * * …
