Old-growth forest
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An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, late seral forest, or (in Great Britain) ancient woodland — is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community.
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See also
- Biodiversity
- Boreal forest
- Canopy (biology)
- Clearcutting
- Cloud forest
- Coarse woody debris
- Conservation reliant species
- Earth science
- Ecological succession
- Ecology
- Forest dynamics
- Forest ecology
- Forest migration
- Forestry Commission
- Habitat conservation
- History of the forest in Central Europe
- Illegal logging
- Intact forest landscape
- Jungle (terrain)
- Kelp forest
- List of countries by forest area
- List of old-growth forests
- List of superlative trees
- Native Forest Council
- Natural capital
- Natural environment
- Natural landscape
- Natural resource
- Nature
- Old-Growth Forest Network
- Plantation (forestry)
- Rainforest
- REDD-plus
- Subalpine forest
- Sustainable development
- Taiga
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Woodland management
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