Forest Terminology Explained
Glossary
While undertaking research, you or your students may come across some terms that may need explaining, so we have made it easy for you.
C
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
A molecule made up of one carbon atom joined to two oxygen atoms. It is a major gas in the Earth's atmosphere. Also see greenhouse gases.
Catchment area
A drainage area in the landscape that is the source of water for a river or reservoir. Also see drainage line.
Controlled burning
See hazard reduction burning, backburning, fuel reduction burning, post-logging burning, prescribed burning.
Copice
Regrowth that grows from dormant buds under the bark of tree stumps after the tree has been felled. Eucalypts will copice. Also see lignotuber.
Crown
The top of a tree or group of trees. The leaves and living branches of a tree. Also see canopy.

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