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hardwood forest

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hardwood forest [′härd‚wu̇d ¦fär·əst]
(ecology)
An ecosystem having deciduous trees as the dominant form of vegetation.
An ecosystem consisting principally of trees that yield hardwood.


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He draws on oral tradition, missionary records, travel accounts, and colonial documents to analyze conservation dilemmas, the many policies and practices for managing the commercial hardwood forest asset, and the ecological and poverty impacts of woodland use and conservation.
Small hardwood forest owners have little incentive to take on the additional cost and paperwork burden to certify their land.
It should go without saying that allowing the beetle to spread relentlessly through Central Massachusetts and much of the state, and ultimately into the millions of acres of hardwood forests across northern New England and beyond, is not an option.
 
 
 
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