old-growth forest

English

Noun

old-growth forest (plural old-growth forests)

1. (forestry) A forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

Translations

forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原始森林 (yuánshǐ sēnlín), 原生林 (zh) (yuánshēnglín), 原始林 (zh) (yuánshǐlín)

• Dutch: oerbos (nl) n, primair bos n
• Finnish: aarniometsä (fi)
• French: forêt primaire (fr) f
• German: Primärwald m
• Hungarian: őserdő (hu)
• Lule Sami: dålusjvuovdde
• Polish: las pierwotny m
• Portuguese: floresta primária f
• Russian: де́вственный лес m (dévstvennyj les)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: pralěs m

• Spanish: bosque primario m
• Swedish: urskog (sv) c
• Turkish: bakir orman (tr)
• Vietnamese: rừng nguyên sinh

See also

• second-growth forest
• virgin forest