mature forest
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a forest where the trees are fully grown
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- Researchers documented higher biodiversity in a mature forest than in younger stands.
- We hiked quietly through the mature forest at dawn.
- A mature forest can store vast amounts of carbon over centuries.
- After decades of careful management, the plantation has finally become a mature forest.
- Fires are less frequent in a mature forest, but when they occur, they can be severe.
- The proposal seeks to protect every remaining patch of mature forest in the valley.
- By 2050, this corridor will have recovered into a mature forest that connects two reserves.
- Standing beneath the canopy of a mature forest, she felt how small and temporary she was.
- Timber should not be harvested from a mature forest that shelters endangered species.
- Would you volunteer to monitor bird nests in the mature forest this spring?