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Mariott Posted 15 years ago
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"It would require a lot of small saplings to counteract our very large global footprint (carbon emissions), and too often we assume that a grid of conifers is a true replacement of an ancient wood we have destroyed."
In the sentence above, I wonder what is a grid of. Does it mean the size of a football ground?
And I doubt what an ancient wood is. It it an old wood?
Thanks in advance!
In the sentence above, I wonder what is a grid of. Does it mean the size of a football ground?
And I doubt what an ancient wood is. It it an old wood?
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
a grid of trees means trees which have been planted in regular rows - in a regular pattern. an ancient woodland is one that has been there since the last ice age and has a mixture of ages of trees and species (=kinds of) trees. Ancient wodlands are rich habitats which lots of bio-diversity.
- a grid of trees means trees which have been planted in regular rows - in a regular pattern.
- an ancient woodland is one that has been there since the last ice age and has a mixture of ages of trees and species (=kinds of) trees.
- Ancient wodlands are rich habitats which lots of bio-diversity.
- Plantations of pine trees have little wild-life and are often made up of just one species of tree.
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a grid of trees means trees which have been planted in regular rows - in a regular pattern.
an ancient woodland is one that has been there since the last ice age and has a mixture of ages of trees and species (=kinds of) trees. Ancient wodlands are rich habitats which lots of bio-diversity. Plantations of pine trees have little wild-life and are often made up of just one species of tree.
an ancient woodland is one that has been there since the last ice age and has a mixture of ages of trees and species (=kinds of) trees. Ancient wodlands are rich habitats which lots of bio-diversity. Plantations of pine trees have little wild-life and are often made up of just one species of tree.
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