MEANING
A forest regarded as a relatively stable late stage of ecological succession under prevailing conditions.
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- mature climax forest
- climax forest community
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A climax forest occupied the slope where the fires had not reached.
The old map treated the woodland as a climax forest community.
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- climax forest
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular climax forest; plural climax forests. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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