old-growth tree

collocation in English

meaningsoftree

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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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The next morning, they find anold-growthtreecut down with an unexplained band of green contained within its growth rings.
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The species requires cavernousold-growthtreecavities for suitable nest sites and stretches of productive rivers that remain at least partially unfrozen in winter.
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Most of the very expensive houses are obscured from view behind old-growth trees.
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It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.
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Logs are selectively harvested around old-growth trees, whose durability and long interconnectedness with the ecosystem provide unique habitats for plants and animals.
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These were old-growth trees with few limbs (knots) and straight with little taper.
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The main building was constructed with a 600 ft wide clearing at its center, filled with old-growth trees saved during the construction phase.
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The old-growth trees used had few limbs (knots) and were straight with little taper.
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No wood came from old-growth trees; all the wood came from certified sustainable forests.
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However, marbled murrelets may nest in remnant old-growth trees or groves that are surrounded by younger trees.
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It takes decades for cypressene to accumulate in the wood, so lumber taken from old-growth trees is more rot resistant than that from second-growth trees.
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They require large old-growth trees with capacious hollows for nesting.
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