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Definition of Second growth
1. Noun. A second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting.
Medical Definition of Second growth
1. A second generation of timber of merchantable age. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Second Growth
Literary usage of Second growth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1900)
"second growth. When this timber was cut off, a second growth of Oak and Pine took
its place on the better soils, while on poor soil Pitch Pine was the ..."
2. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"second growth Yellow Pine occurs on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in
... Typical stands of second growth Yellow Pine are now found in the ..."
3. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"First and second growth of trees in the forest.— Opinion of the Presbyterian
minister as to the healthiness of the climate and the prosperity of ..."
4. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Influence of such natural fires upon the quality of the land.—Land on the north-west
branch of the Miramichi River.—First and second growth of trees in the ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"Found in the original forest as well as in the second-growth, and in both these
... Abundant throughout both the second-growth and the original forest. ..."
6. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Second-growth wood is much prized, since, being younger, it contains more ...
Most second growth woods are regarded as being inferior to first growth woods ..."
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