A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Example Sentences: 1 He quoted figures from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust showing that shoots create or maintain 7, hectares of hedgerows and , hectares of copses.
Wood Definition: a. Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic. Woodland is home to a wealth of wildlife. If we don't protect what we have left and work to create woodlands of the future, we stand to lose more than just trees. Trees provide multiple benefits and can make our cities greener, healthier, happier places to live.
In urban environments, trees can have a cooling effect on the surrounding area, making them effective at reducing the urban heat island effect. Trees reduce surface and air temperatures through evapotranspiration and by casting shade. They can also improve the air quality in these urban environments by removing dangerous pollutants. Trees are also a store of carbon and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, one of the major greenhouse gases that contributes to climate change.
Planting more trees and maintaining and protecting those that we already have is hugely important in these times of changing climate. Woods and forests can be a good source of renewable fuel, as well as a source of nuts and fruit for food.
But they must be managed in an ecologically sustainable way so that the resource is available for future generations. Street trees provide a host of benefits for people, wildlife and our urban environment.
But they're under threat. Street trees and local woods add colour, life and pollution protection to towns and cities. What's the difference, anyway? Some would argue it's just semantics; a forest and a wood are essentially the same.
The truth is, there is a technical difference, but most of us use the terms fairly interchangeably. The very definitions of the two words — forest and woods — are similar, but not quite the same. A forest, according to Webster's New World Dictionary, is "a thick growth of trees and underbrush covering an extensive tract of land.
The U. National Vegetation Classification system yep, that's a thing that exists further defines forests and woods based on the density of trees, according to Sciencing. According to that agency, a forest must be at least 1. Trees in a forest must be at least 16 feet tall, and the tree canopy must cover at least 10 percent of the land. Other wooded land must similarly be at least 1. By all these standards, a forest is more substantial than a wood, but it's doubtful anyone would call you out on it if you use the terms interchangeably, as many of us do.
We even do it at the Forest Preserve. All our preserves with woods in the name — Hammel Woods, McKinley Woods and Messenger Woods, to name just a few — meet all of the above definitions of a forest. Things are tricky when it comes to another kind of forest too: a tropical forest. Many people use the terms tropical forest, rainforest and jungle interchangeably, just like they do forest and woods.
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