forest
(fɒrɪst , US fɔːr- )
Word forms: forests
1. variable noun A2
A forest is a large area where trees grow close together.
Parts of the forest are still dense and inaccessible.
...25 million hectares of forest.
Synonyms: wood, trees, woods, grove
2. countable noun
A forest of tall or narrow objects is a group of them standing or sticking upright. [literary]
They descended from the plane into a forest of microphones and cameras. [+ of]
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Collocations:
acres of forest ancient forest cut down a forest forest habitat forest management forest path forest road forest stream forest trail forest trees forest vegetation hardwood forest inhabit the forest intact forest kelp forest lowland forests mangrove forest natural forest northern forests oak forest old-growth forest pine forest plant a forest preserve the forest primeval forest pristine forest protect a forest protected forest redwood forests remote forest spruce forest stretch of forest surrounding forest swamp forest temperate forests thick forest tropical forest vast forest wander the forest
About 30 million acres of forest are lost each year, the equivalent of 36 football fields per minute.
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About 50 acres of forest land was damaged before the fire was bought under control.
The Sun
It will have 365 acres of forest, 625 lodges and a swimming complex.
Times, Sunday Times
And with 1,400 acres of breathing space - and 23,000 acres of forest and countryside next door - it was some playground.
The Sun
There are 20 acres of forest to explore and a river to fish in.
Times,Sunday Times
We walked all morning through these ancient forests.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We forget that the world should be almost entirely covered with ancient forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Experts have begun felling hundreds of acres of ancient forest to stop the spread of a tree disease.
The Sun (2013)
The dry forest was cut down, and irrigation from streams became widespread.
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They cut down the forest and founded this village.
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Stop the forests being cut down and emissions targets are more attainable.
Times, Sunday Times
But elephant numbers in the country are dropping as forests are cut down.
The Sun
How do you keep all of that organized without cutting down a forest in sticky notes?
Christianity Today
If so, how can the remaining fragments of its forest habitat be preserved?
The Times Literary Supplement
The dunnarts lost 95 per cent of their forest habitat and were feared to have disappeared.
Times,Sunday Times
They argued that the mine would wipe out the forest habitat of the most viable of the last two known populations.
Times, Sunday Times
The panda's forest habitat has shrunk and become fragmented over many years due to agriculture, use of forest products for food and fuel, and commercial logging.
The Sun
It grows singly or in small groups in primary and secondary forest habitat.
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As a result, she said they should be able to trace where oak was supplied from through the different phases, giving insights into forest management.
Times,Sunday Times
And as wildfires in some places accelerate from drought, climate change, and forest management practices, this question may become more pressing.
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Most boroughs now have electronic databases tracking their tree stock, and the principles of forest management are a becoming the wisdom of the street.
Times, Sunday Times
They are currently pursuing such arrangements in land-use planning, forest management and the fishery.
Globe and Mail
This includes achieving a minimum greenhouse gas saving against fossil fuel of at least 60 per cent and sustainable forest management criteria.
Times, Sunday Times
We passed through a break in the sand dunes and were led down a dark forest path.
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Keep left on the forest path, ending at a road.
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He led me along a forest path in the gathering dusk.
Times, Sunday Times
This anyway would be a gala procession tracking down the forest path.
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Left along the forest path.
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Aim left here, along a forest road to pick up a flagstoned trail across the moor.
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A footbridge connects the forest road to an easy-to-navigate trail near the river and falls.
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Cannon were used, but due to the confines of the forest road, they were ineffective.
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A forest road goes along the river from the south or west side, according to the segments of the river.
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The existence of a coastal road traversing the park and a forest road elongating the southeast boundary facilitate access to the park by poachers.
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Outside the museum building a quarter-mile trail follows a forest stream lines with aspens and ponderosa pines.
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Habitat: boulder- strewn torrents, forest streams, road side canals.
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It can be found in small forest streams and backwaters, where it eats algae, detritus and small invertebrates.
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Its lives in small forest streams and in spring-fed alpine streams.
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The species has been recorded in grassy habitat near forest streams at up to 2550 meters in elevation.
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Finally, she summons a huge shrub of roses in an attempt to block the forest trail.
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This road was so rough that today in many places it can only be traveled by the occasional forest trail and hiking paths.
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It involves 2,830 'stairs' of rock, mud and wood on a vertical ascent via thick forest trails.
The Sun
The options are equally exciting for mountain bikers, with coastal paths, forest trails and old railway tracks to challenge them.
Times, Sunday Times
The park, located in a rural area, offers a visitor center with exhibits and audio-visual program, a 0.3-mile (500 m) colonial forest trail, and a picnic area.
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It takes up to ten hours for assistants to camouflage him as he also stands in front of supermarket drinks, temples or forest trees.
The Sun
Forest trees have evolved to live in cooperative, interdependent relationships, maintained by communication and a collective intelligence similar to an insect colony.
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In summer, more hot sunshine reaches the delicate forest floor, heating up and drying out the cool, damp, evenly regulated microclimate that such forest trees prefer.
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Most forest trees have joined in, notably ash and oak.
Times, Sunday Times
Mast refers to the fruit of forest trees such as chestnuts, oaks and beech.
Times, Sunday Times
Forest territories were differentiation on natural basis, experimental research of interaction of electromagnetic radiations with typical forest vegetation was made.
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This area has a unique thorn forest vegetation.
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Historically, deforestation and selective cutting for agriculture, grazing, production of charcoal, and the cutting of wood for construction materials have affected dry forest vegetation.
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The majority of the river catchment has been cleared for agriculture although some remnant forest vegetation exists at the headwaters.
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The reserve forest has two main types of forest vegetation namely the limestone and lowland evergreen forests.
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Major habitat types on the refuge include hardwood forest, agricultural land, grazing units, brushland, wetlands, and lakes.
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At the same young age he also sought to maximize his time exploring and playing in his neighborhood's hardwood forest.
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Westward from the northern coastal areas, the terrain changes from mangrove swamp to tropical pine savanna and hardwood forest.
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The park lands are covered in a hardwood forest of maple, basswood, elm, and oak, with some meadow openings.
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The trail winds in and out of rhododendron and laurel thickets, joins with an old logging road, and passes through a hardwood forest.
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It has been suggested that they may be pollinated by animals such as the endemic lizards which inhabit the forest where they occur.
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Red alder, black cottonwood, vine maple and broadleaf maple are deciduous trees that also inhabit the forest.
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They still inhabit the forests of the south and east provinces.
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They inhabited the forests and richly wooded lowland, and were occasionally found on elevated forest tracts.
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Other spirits inhabit the forests and environment, and belief in their existence necessitates rituals to placate them or gain their favors.
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The burnt, regrown forest population contained more adult and subadults than the intact forest population, which had more infants, small juveniles and large juveniles.
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Disturbed hi a montane mesic forest with some intact forest areas.
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Large swathes of intact forest are required to allow species to recover from occasional large events, like forest fires.
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Forest biodiversity largely depends on intact forest landscapes.
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Infant survival rates in burnt, regrown forest groups are lower than in intact forest groups.
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Thousands of square miles of previously unrecorded kelp forest that could provide a refuge for wildlife amid climate change have been discovered.
Times, Sunday Times
Known as the king of the kelp forest, the fish can grow up to 2.1m in length, reach over 250kg, and, scientists believe, live for more than 70 years.
Times,Sunday Times
There's a kelp forest here that's home to a truly startling amount of wildlife.
Times, Sunday Times
Under an electron microscope 'it was like snorkelling through a kelp forest', he said.
Times, Sunday Times
Also, since kelp forest ecosystems are homes to many other species, the loss of the kelp ultimately caused their extinction as well.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Its natural habitats are lowland forests of any type, though very dense and humid as well as savanna-like semiarid habitat are not preferred.
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The habitat consists of dipterocarp and lowland forests.
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Its natural habitats are lowland forests, including secondary forests.
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It forages for flying insects primarily in lowland forests and open areas.
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It grows vigorously in disturbed areas of mangrove forest and may be difficult to eradicate.
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Large portions of the original mangrove forest have been degraded or completely destroyed for the construction of fish and shrimp ponds.
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The refuge includes both fresh and saltwater, and protects a large area of mangrove forest.
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Estimates are that 50% of the mangrove forest has been lost since 1980 as a result of development.
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Dense mangrove forest parted by numerous canals covered the area then.
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The natural forest was largely cleared at that time.
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The island has lost 48% of its natural forest cover since 1985, and many of the remaining species are endangered.
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In natural forest only about 7% of the trees are infected by the fungus.
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The rest of the commune area consists of old dunes, where the natural forest has changed little over centuries.
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Its facilities have been designed to complement the natural forest and waterways.
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That green expansion, however, occurred as neighbouring northern forests were changing.
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The southern forests were ironwood forests, while the central and northern forests were teak.
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These northern forests are a vast wilderness of pine and spruce trees mixed with patchy stands of birch and poplar.
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These are arboreal birds of northern forests.
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Since these northern forests rely on thick layers of decaying organic matter for growth and nutrition, they are diminishing in diversity and young plants struggle in these environments.
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He then sold the wood from 3,000 acres of oak forest to the construction industry to enable the estate to be saved.
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If humans abandoned this country tomorrow, in a few centuries or so the great oak forest that once covered the place would return.
Times, Sunday Times
Next day we hired bikes and rode through a dappled oak forest and past red houses where tiny robot lawnmowers kept every lawn pristine.
Times, Sunday Times
It was built entirely without nails, and drinks are served via a pulley system on the oak forest floor.
Times, Sunday Times
Covered rather extensively by mixed pine and oak forest, it has a much lower population density than much of the rest of the state.
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An area covering more than 500,000 sq km, including the largest old-growth forest in the world, will be connected to a mobile broadband service.
Times, Sunday Times
Eagles soar above the old-growth forest.
Smithsonian Mag
It was built in a clearing surrounded by old-growth forest with a view to the lake to the east.
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The preserve's 46 acres includes old-growth forest, a rare remnant prairie, and shoreline.
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This area contains a rare old-growth forest and many endangered plant species.
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The continuous roar of the plane's engines changed tone and the wings tipped as it banked over the pine forest.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
It's a small lake in the pine forest with a frankly worrying car park.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The mountains are covered in thick pine forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We push up through pine forest to higher ground, where the trees thin out.
The Sun (2014)
The walled island is covered with vineyards, fruit trees and a small pine forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
What motivated him to plant his forest?
Times, Sunday Times
Money has been found to plant a forest of 50million trees (even as councils fell oak and ash trees by the tens of thousands).
Times, Sunday Times
Why not plant a forest that will survive 10,000 years rather than a clock which will mean nothing, as our planet will not be habitable in 10,000 years.
Times, Sunday Times
He has even arranged for the party to offset its own hot air by planting a forest.
Times, Sunday Times
Or rather they used to be; to preserve the forest, they're now fibreglass.
Times, Sunday Times
It was important to create a protected area to preserve the forest and the ecosystem that it sustains.
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The islanders work hard to preserve the forests and respect nature.
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He supervised the foresters and under-foresters, who personally went about preserving the forest and game and apprehending offenders against the law.
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The local people have taken the lead in preserving the forest from illegal logging and clearance for farming.
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In three or four years a corporate cattle ranch can reduce primeval forest to a degraded pasture and washedout soils.
Times, Sunday Times
At first sight, a primeval forest looks a lot like its less venerable cousins.
Times, Sunday Times
Pages that take you into menaced remnants of primeval forest or contemplate singularly splendid or fascinating trees teem with knowledge and gleam with aesthetic appeal.
Times, Sunday Times
The tree survived until the 1920s and was thought to be a survivor of the primeval forest.
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Life in the primeval forest fell lamentably short of the ideal he had pictured.
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Yet we were surrounded by a pristine forest of cork oaks.
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The site harbors a pristine forest and a beach.
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By the mid-1990s the pristine forest had been reduced to about 400,000 or at most 450,000 ha.
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Live in evergreen rainforest, which active in mossy trees and on rocky boulders in submontane and montane pristine forest.
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Acres of pristine forest laced with trails rise behind the school.
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But hopefully they will be able to protect the forest at the same time.
The Sun
The permanent tents are connected by wooden walkways to prevent erosion and protect the forest.
Times, Sunday Times
We want to protect this forest.
Times, Sunday Times
The narrator tells one of his friends in the government the truth about the natural forest, and the friend also helps protect the forest.
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Together they work to protect the forest for the future generations.
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Its sandy-floored beach bars, small guesthouses rather than big hotels, and protected forest add to its less-discovered feel.
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It had a protected forest, an old lighthouse and a rare species of deer.
Times, Sunday Times
Forty two acres of the site are a protected forest area.
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It spans approximately 831 hectares of protected forest and parkland.
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The mountain has a protected forest area of approximately 2,000 hectares.
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In this case, the redwood forests.
Times, Sunday Times
Historically, unbroken redwood forests moderated the local climate by trapping the coastal fog and producing shade.
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The 1940s and 1950s were boom years, when industrial automation and modern highway transportation enabled rapid liquidation logging of the remaining redwood forests.
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The redwood forests are also notable for having the highest forest productivity in the world.
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The remaining and substantial redwood forests are nearly all second-growth trees.
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He ties him up and drives him to a remote forest.
The Sun
He revealed that her mobile phone signal had been traced to a remote forest area 10 miles south of the nightclub.
Times, Sunday Times
Many spend whole weeks holed up in fight clubs in remote forest areas, honing both their battle plans and their bodies.
The Sun
By 2008, when a small population with three infants was discovered in a remote forest, fewer than 250 of the primates were thought to exist.
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This part of the river basin offers camping, hiking, and fishing opportunities in a remote forest setting.
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Only the spruce forest stays green throughout the winter.
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There are sparse pine forests, coastal spruce forest and small regions of spruce-dominated swamp forest, lakes and wetlands, meadows and sedge marshes.
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It lives in spruce forest clearings and damp meadows within these.
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Weakened spruce forest, less resistant against various types of parasites, were on the verge of extinction.
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These wasps usually occurs in hedgerows, meadows and spruce forest edges.
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The 155-mile stretch of forest was his hunting ground.
Times, Sunday Times
You will continue connecting up with more neighborhoods, and soon go through a tiny stretch of forest.
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Whole stretches of forest were cloaked in creeper, which made the trees look like ghosts in green bedsheets pawing their way towards the water.
Times, Sunday Times
He often goes to great lengths describing vast stretches of forest, scenery, small towns, and so on.
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It has 15 rooms featuring décor that reflects the surrounding forest, a restaurant and a large sun terrace.
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They have no contact with the outside world and a surrounding forest prevents anyone leaving.
Times, Sunday Times
All the materials used to build the cabin were from the surrounding forest, apart from the nails, floorboards and roofing.
Times, Sunday Times
Parts of the surrounding forest were drenched in radioactive isotopes such as strontium-90, meaning radioactive particles can be released in case of fire.
Times,Sunday Times
He would spend his days observing how they relied on the river and surrounding forest for food, work and transport.
Times, Sunday Times
As a result, it meanders through what seems like a primeval swamp forest of overarching cypress trees and wetlands vegetation.
Globe and Mail
Pine islands are dotted throughout the extensive hydric swamp forest and comprise 40% of the property.
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The area contains 600 km of freshwater swamp forest and 1,100 km of undisturbed peatswamp forest.
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This large tree occurs in secondary and primary forest, as well as in freshwater swamp forest.
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The other vegetation types include coastal mangrove forest, freshwater swamp forest and kerangas forest.
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Parrots are supposed to decorate palm trees in the tropics not the cypress of temperate forests.
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Unlike temperate forests, tropical rainforests create the environmental conditions that make their existence possible.
Times, Sunday Times
Sub-alpine and temperate forests are found along its middle and lower reaches.
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Its natural habitats are subantarctic forests, temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
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Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.
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One night he disappeared into a thick forest on horseback.
Christianity Today (2000)
They are naturally elusive animals, with a liking for thick forests.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The resort is on a quiet curve of the coast amid thick tropical forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We lose millions of acres of tropical forest a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The resort is on a quiet curve of the coast amid thick tropical forest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Like most tropical forest timbers, okoume forms arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.
2002, 'Statut mycorhizien de l'okoumé (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre) en régénération artificielle au sud Cameroun', Tropicultura
Foliicolous lichens are an important component of lowland tropical forests and are useful bioindicators of vegetation continuity or forest health.
2013, 'Foliicolous lichenized fungi of lowland Amazon forests in Pando, Bolivia', Polish Botanical Journal
Silence: but somewhere out there in this vast forest, perhaps just out of earshot, they were there.
Times, Sunday Times
It was built more than 2,000 years ago and boasts a vast forest of trees as its breathtaking backdrop.
The Sun
She said she loved the vast forest but it was a lonely existence, far from civilization.
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In the north are vast forest areas, which cover 27.4% of the urban area.
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The first threatened to inundate traditional villages, the second gave outsiders control over vast forest lands.
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In turn, the sage curses the king to wander the forest for 16 years.
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You also won't encounter poisonous snakes, so wander the forests at leisure.
Times, Sunday Times
Sad and lonely, he wanders the forest where he finds the mirror from which he came from.
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Translations:
Chinese: 森林
Japanese: 森
- express joy
- express knowledge
- express love
- expressly
- express openly
- express opposition
- express optimism
- express outrage
- express permission
- express power
- express pride
- express privately
- express publicly
- express relief
- express remorse
- express repeatedly
- express reservations
- express route
- express sadness
- express satisfaction
- express shock
- express solidarity
- express sorrow
- express support
- express surprise