NOUN
- a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting
How To Use second growth In A Sentence
- A double oscillation is also a possibility, for example if the trees are defoliated by predators and then put out a second growth of leaves.
- They are often found in mature and old-growth forests, but will breed in second growth as long as there are some large nesting trees.
- _ -- Stock should be practically free from serious external imperfections, including late blight rot, common scab, sunburn, frost injury, bruises, knobbiness, second growth, etc. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916
- The company's winter logging consists of the second growth mix of fir, hemlock and red cedar that Christensen is harvesting.
