Forest

Area managed for the production of timber and other forest products or maintained as wood vegetation for such indirect benefits as protection of catchment areas or recreation.

forest

Environment; Environmental policy

Generally, an ecosystem characterized by a more or less dense and extensive tree cover. Specifically, a plant community composed mainly of trees and other woody vegetation that ...

forest

Geography; Physical geography

Ecosystem dominated by trees. Major forest biomes include tropical evergreen forest, tropical savanna, deciduous forest, and boreal forest.

forester

Professional careers; Occupational titles

A professional who manages and develops forest lands and resources for economic and recreational purposes. Responsibilities include: * Plans and directs forestation and ...

aglaonema

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 20 species of usually rhizomatous, evergreen perennials from tropical forest in Asia. The leaf blades are borbe on long, sheathing leaf stalks from a central ...

amorphophallus

Plants; General plants

Genus of 90-100 species of perennials, with corm-like rhizomes, from moist, shaded habitats in tropical Africa and Asia. An unusual, fast growing plant. When the bulb starts to ...

datura

Plants; General plants

Genus of 5 species of evergreen shrubs and trees found in scrub and along streamsides from S. US to South America. Angel's Trumpet is so named because it produces large, ...

adenium

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 5 species of perennial succulent from semi-arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula and E. to S.W. Africa. The true species forms a caudex at an early age, tends to ...

bark

Plants; General plants

The outer covering of the trunk, branches and the root of the trees. Bark protects the trees from heat, cold, and insects.

cork

Plants; General plants

The light, spongy, outer bark of a kind of oak tree that grows near the Mediterranean Sea.

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