Re: OLD-GROWTH TERM

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• From: Fred Wright <fwright@GROUPZ.NET>
• Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:53:29 -0500
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>Can anyone please tell me anything about the origins of the TERM
>'old-growth'?  I guess it originated in the Pacific NorthWest of North
>America and has become widely adopted in Australia and elsewhere.  It does
>not appear in the indices of European forestry text books nor,
>surprisingly, in the US forestry text books of the 1930s that I have seen
>(eg Mathews 5th edn 1935). Any leads would be much appreciated.
>
>John Dargavel
>Australian National University
>
I have always heard that the definition of OLD GROWTH was:

THE PRESENCE OF DEAD AND DYING TREES...

Best,

FRED
Fred Wright               ********************************
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