old-growth forest

old-growth forest

English

Noun

old-growth forest (plural old-growth forests)

1. (forestry) A forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

Translations

forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance

Chinese: Mandarin: 原始森林 (yuánshǐ sēnlín), 原生林 (zh) (yuánshēnglín), 原始林 (zh) (yuánshǐlín) Dutch: oerbos (nl) n, primair bos n Finnish: aarniometsä (fi) French: forêt primaire (fr) f German: Primärwald m Hungarian: őserdő (hu) Lule Sami: dålusjvuovdde Polish: las pierwotny m Portuguese: floresta primária f Russian: де́вственный лес m (dévstvennyj les) Spanish: bosque primario m Swedish: urskog (sv) c Turkish: bakir orman (tr) Vietnamese: rừng nguyên sinh

See also

• second-growth forest
• virgin forest