alderwood
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4ADJ.
equivalent
VERB + ALDERWOOD
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ALDERWOOD + NOUN
equivalents, example, meadow
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noun
A wood largely populated with alder trees.
Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alderwoods, and gives rise to the river Gelt, which flows northwards.
In consequence, when the ground-level in spite of all does in time rise above the water-level, instead of an alderwood one encounters meadow associations belonging to the order Molinietalia.
The wood from an alder tree.
Fig. 12. Is a piece of Alder-wood the breadth whereof is about the bigness of the bristle of a Hog, to the naked Eye.
The said bishop Ofbaldiston cut and sold all the alder wood upon the demesne at Rose, with large quantities of oak and ash, to the value of many hundred pounds.
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3Geltsdale Forsest is an extensive tract of mountain, forming the south-east portion of Castle Carrock parish, and is a royal forest leased by the Earl of Carlisle. Part of it abounds in birch and alde
WiktionaryIn consequence, when the ground-level in spite of all does in time rise above the water-level, instead of an alderwood one encounters meadow associations belonging to the order Molinietalia.
WiktionaryNot all stand types have an alderwood equivalent. For example, Quercus petraea and Fagus rarely grow with alder, so the alderwood equivalents of stand types 6A and 6C are the same as those of 6B and 6
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