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second growth [′sek·ənd ′grōth]

(forestry)

New trees that naturally replace trees which have been removed from a forest by cutting or by fire.

Second Growth

(1) Poorly developed shoots of cereal grains (rye, wheat, barley) that form later than the principal shoots as a result of protracted or excessive tillering. Second growth yields a small, deficient grain. Sometimes the shoots do not form any inflorescences (unfertile stems or sprouts). Because it requires water and nutrients, second growth adversely affects formation of grain of the principal shoots. Second growth in grains is fostered by sparse sowing, excessive rains after severe drought, injury to the tillering node, and late nitrogen feedings. Preventive measures include planting varieties that undergo tillering at the same time and observing seeding standards and other agrotechnical measures that ensure uniform development of plants.

(2) The aggregate of trees and shrubs introduced into a forest to accelerate vertical growth and improve the shape of trunks of the principal species. Fast-growing timber trees (birch, Norway maple, elm) and shrubs (Siberian pea tree, filbert) are used as second growth.

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The woods on either side were primeval, which are more easily penetrated than woods of the second growth, and we had no great difficulty in carrying our canoes through them.

The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

Second Classical Revival style

second coat

Second Coming

Second Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party

Second Congress of Soviets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,

Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party