coniferous forest

collocation in English

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coniferous
adjective
uk
/kəˈnɪf.ər.əs/us
/kəˈnɪf.ɚ.əs/
(of a tree) producing cones, and having leaves that do not fall off in ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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The belt ofconiferousforestis dominated by evergreen pine, spruce, larch and fir trees.
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Nutrient release from litter and humus inconiferousforestsoils - a mini review.
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In the southern part of theconiferousforest, the variety is increased by hardier types of deciduous trees, especially birch, asp and alder.
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A borealconiferousforestgrew on the better drained areas in the vicinity of the palaeo-channel.
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Tree species used by birds in logged and unlogged mixedconiferousforest.
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None of these rewarding and attractive occupations will exist once theconiferousforesthas blanketed the moorland.
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The main vegetation zones are the mixed forest, beech and mossy forest, sub-alpineconiferousforestand alpine grassland.
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Coniferousforest, however, does not form a continuous array and sparse areas of birch, alder, willow (mainly in river valleys), the wetlands - marshes.
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Lower areas are covered by denseconiferousforest.
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It has less diversity than the mixedconiferousforestbelow.
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The surrounding area has leached, gravelly-sandy soils with layers of hardpan, covered by open sand, large areas of heathland and extensiveconiferousforest.
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The river flows in theconiferousforest(taiga).
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Another 30% of the park is covered byconiferousforest.
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The snake is bright green and found mainly in moist meadows, prairies and clearings inconiferousforest.
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Theconiferousforestgrows in a belt right around the globe, some 1,900 kilometres across at its widest.
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It is surrounded by open moorland which in turn is surrounded by denseconiferousforest.
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Much of the mountain is covered by mixed broadleaf andconiferousforestand protected in an 18,000 ha national park.
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The habitat is meadows and the ecotone between grass-forb meadows and mixedconiferousforest.
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They occur on flat to undulating plains underconiferousforestor mixed forest in boreal and temperate climates with cold winters and short cool summers.
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