мертвопокровный

English translation: dead-cover forest

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Russian term or phrase:мертвопокровный
English translation:dead-cover forest
Entered by: Natalie

06:48 Jul 11, 2023
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
Russian term or phrase: мертвопокровный
На площадке происходит формирование мертвопокровного березняка
Alexander Kondorsky
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:42
Dead soil
Explanation:
мертвопокровный means that the forest is so dense that sunlight doesn't reach the ground and nothing else grows there
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Terratra OÜ
Estonia
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Спасибо!
не нужно преумножать сущности без необходимости :-))
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4Dead soil
Terratra OÜ
3 +1birch forest with barren understory
DTSM


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Dead soil


Explanation:
мертвопокровный means that the forest is so dense that sunlight doesn't reach the ground and nothing else grows there

Example sentence(s):
  • На площадке происходит формирование мертвопокровного березняка
  • Dead soil birch forest is forming on the site.

    https://haltonmastergardeners.com/2021/04/03/my-soil-is-dead/
Terratra OÜ
Estonia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Спасибо!
не нужно преумножать сущности без необходимости :-))
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мертвопокровный березняк
birch forest with barren understory


Explanation:
вместо birch forest можно birch thicket, birch stand, birch grove, birch copse, или birch wood

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Note added at 3 hrs (2023-07-11 10:33:05 GMT)
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The barren understory of a eucalyptus plantation
https://www.nybg.org/blogs/science-talk/2013/12/journey-to-b...

However, the site still contains many stands of intensive conifer plantation with barren understorey...
https://www.southeastriverstrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2022...

The Holm Oaks are evergreen, blocking sunlight from reaching the ground and leaving a barren understorey...
https://www.durlston.co.uk/ParksforPeople

Examples of these vegetative types are juniper stands in a predominant sagebrush type, sagebrush in a predominant woodland type, mature tree stands rather than younger growth, and woodlands with well developed understory rather than with barren understory.
https://books.google.by/books?id=rREyAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA8&lpg...

Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Near-monoculture, with characteristically barren understory. Susquehanna State Park, Havre de Grace, MD.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tgpotterfield/52028987121/



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Note added at 4 hrs (2023-07-11 11:27:28 GMT)
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В жёстких климатических условиях с низкоплодородными песчаными почвами формируются простые чистые насаждения без подроста и подлеска, чаще всего мертвопокровные, т. е. с отсутствием живого напочвенного покрова.
https://bigenc.ru/c/les-44f57f

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Note added at 4 hrs (2023-07-11 11:31:34 GMT)
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В плотных насаждениях формируются С. л. мертвопокровные, в к-рых кроны деревьев выносятся высоко вверх, плотно сомкнуты, а ниж. ветви отмирают. Под пологом такого леса не растут ни кустарники, ни травы.
http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/person/?id=8024

Ученые отмечают, что обычно в чистых буковых лесах подлесок отсутствует (мертвопокровные буковые леса), реже имеется редкий подлесок из боярышника
https://lesprominform.ru/jarticles.html?id=2390

DTSM
Local time: 13:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: understory это все-таки подлесок, второй ярус, а у меня речь идет о почве


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