Mixedwood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mixedwood is a noun meaning (ecology, attributive) Having a diverse assortment of trees.
Meaning
(ecology, attributive) Having a diverse assortment of trees.
More Meanings
- (countable) A stand, wood or forest with a diverse assortment of trees.
Example Sentences
Mixedwoods play a somewhat larger role in this ecoregion when compared to ecoregion 3S.
The 2001 forest simulated with natural disturbance only included fewer stand types, and was composed of 47% spruce-balsam fir-hardwood mixedwoods and 53% hardwood-softwood mixedwoods and hardwood stands (figure 11.6).
1995, Christopher Herbert Richard Wedeles, Laird Van Damme, Effects of Clear-cutting and Alternative Silvicultural Systems on Wildlife in Ontario's Boreal Mixedwoods, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, page 2, The remaining sites, with intermediate moisture and medium to rich nutrient regimes, are capable of growing mixedwoods.
Word Forms
- mixedwoods
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multivariety, multifariousness, diversity, tree, multiethnic, many-partedness.
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