The Woods According to the US National Vegetation Classification System, areas that have between 25 and 60% tree canopy cover, they qualify as woodlands or “the woods” or “a wood.” Woods are ...

Old-growth tropical forests, where trees average more than 140 years old, are nearly carbon neutral, whereas temperate and boreal forests, where trees are young (less than 50 years) or middle-aged ...

The boreal forest is dominated by coniferous trees that are very well adapted to these conditions. Conifers are evolutionarily older than broad-leaved deciduous trees.

The boreal forest is dominated by coniferous trees that are very well adapted to these conditions. Conifers are evolutionarily older than broad-leaved deciduous trees.

For each biome studied — temperate, boreal, and tropical forests — the researchers considered how long-term changes in the landscape altered the region’s emissions-sucking power.

This vast and nearly entirely intact boreal forest biome, stretching across the Canadian landmass and some of the northern U.S., below tundra and above more temperate forest, consists primarily of ...

Forest fires and wildland fires are common in summer in the temperate boreal forest, rarer at high altitudes, and unheard of in an ice age at high altitudes -- until now.