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English
Etymology
From mixed + wood.
Noun
mixedwood (countable and uncountable, plural mixedwoods)
- (ecology, attributive) Having a diverse assortment of trees.
- (countable) A stand, wood or forest with a diverse assortment of trees.
- 1995, Christopher Herbert Richard Wedeles, Laird Van Damme, Effects of Clear-cutting and Alternative Silvicultural Systems on Wildlife in Ontario's Boreal Mixedwoods, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, page 2,
- The remaining sites, with intermediate moisture and medium to rich nutrient regimes, are capable of growing mixedwoods.
2000, G. D. Racey, Ramune O. Wiltshire, D. J. Archibald, Ecoregional Forest Composition Analysis for Northwestern Ontario Present Forest Condition, Northwest Science and Technology, page 10:Mixedwoods play a somewhat larger role in this ecoregion when compared to ecoregion 3S.
2004, Kevin B. Porter, Brendan Hemens, David A. MacLean, “Chapter 11: Using Insect-Caused Patterns of Disturbance to Inform Forest Management”, in Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, Michael G. Weber, editors, Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances, Columbia University Press, page 143:The 2001 forest simulated with natural disturbance only included fewer stand types, and was composed of 47% spruce-balsam fir-hardwood mixedwoods and 53% hardwood-softwood mixedwoods and hardwood stands (figure 11.6).