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woodland Definition

wood·land (wo̵odlənd, -land′)

noun

land covered with woods or trees; forest

adjective

of, living in, or relating to the woods

woodland Related Forms
wood·lander noun
woodland Synonyms

woodland

n.

wood, woods, timberland, grove, copse, forest, timber, wilds.

woodland Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • regenerate: The company intends to manage the parks as a haven for wildlife and as a way of regenerating native woodland.
  • inhabit: Colorful Altamira Orioles and Green Jays inhabit the riverine woodlands, where Spanish Moss forms curtains on the branches of trees.

Adjective modifier

  • broadleaved: This site has an interesting history, originally forming part of a very large area of ancient broadleaved woodland.
  • semi-natural: UK Wet Woodland Objectives: Maintain current area of ancient semi-natural wet woodlands.
  • deciduous: An essentially informal garden against a background of deciduous woodland with an apron of lawn.
  • ancient: There are 2000 acres of ancient woodland to explore in this Nature Reserve.
  • coniferous: The surface vegetation is usually coniferous woodland or heather moorland.
  • native: In the past five years the group have planted 10 ha of new native woodlands.

Modifies a noun

  • glade: Visualize the busty maidens in a woodland glade employed to carefully stir nature's store of balms and ointments in oak barrels.
  • planting: Soil preparation should form the basis for every woodland planting scheme.
  • clearing: Very high Corylus pollen percentages are often recorded following the creation of woodland clearings.
  • habitat: For the purposes of this report woodland habitats have been broken down into the types shown in the table below.
  • flora: The woodland flora over this open area indicates that there was probably denser tree growth in the past.
  • pasture: Was our ancient land covered in thick forests or woodland pastures?

Noun used with modifier

  • broadleaf: Broadleaf woodlands - Oak, Beech, mixed, Alder Carr.
  • coppice: The trees felled will be replaced with a coppice woodland.
  • miombo: Rotational woodlots take their turn A massive destruction of forests occurred in the Tanzanian miombo woodlands early this century.
  • oak: It is bordered at the top by a narrow strip of mature oak woodland.
  • carr: Nationally important areas of carr woodland ( fen woodlands dominated by alder ) are also present.
  • conifer: Then the way moves into denser conifer woodland before emerging into an open pasture, with oak woodland away to your left.
woodland Quotes

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

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