Definition: High forest

Category: Forestry

Forest normally composed of trees of seedling origin, but may also include trees from vegetative reproduction, e.g. poplars.

Includes: stands in process of transformation into high forest.
Source:
Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE)/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Terms and Definitions, "Temperate and Boreal Forest Resources Assessment 2000", United Nations, July 1997
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